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Oregon ear Emerald VOL. 20. =iScS EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, FEB. IS, 1919. NO. 48. 1.000 EXPECTED TO ATTEND BIO COLONIAL FETE Tickets Sell Rapidly; Details Nearly Ready for Saturday. MEN ESPECIALLY URGED TO COME TO ASSEMBLY L&t of University Guests is Complete; to be on Campus * for Week-End. 'With tickets selling rapidly, daily re Ivikrsals going on, and glimpses ot quaint attk and satin gowns waiting m my f. Uir, the setting for the^colo U * ^ids fair to he eamplete 11tt a-itnrdav night- '> e ia every detail by Saturday night L expecting to sell 1-000 tickets to tke affair,” said Mellie Barker, business ZJSS Tickets will be sold » the "h-pus »»d i« town .11 tins The committee selected to si K: Zdi UP of Era Godfrey, Caroline Cannon, Harris Elsworth, Horothy Wootton, Beatrice Wetherbee, NeU \Ur vick, Sam Lehman and Mellie laike . The men particularly are urg c cosne to the assembly, since there will be £? dance music, besides the program planned by the committee. The g E o are urged to make the party a sue - c^s bv coming dressed in the becoming colonial costume. The girls of Kappa Kappa Gamma have already expressed tUr intention of “dolling <up”-every of them, and the committee expects tint th.re will be much competition litnong the houses and individuals in mak ing costumes this week. “This is one of our greatest opportunities to show the state how skillfully we can co-op erate, and with the material we have, give a truly lovely assembly,” said Dean Louise Ehrmann. _ Gladys Hollingsworth is head of tne Invitation committee and she has invited « taimber of People from Portland to be quests of the women of the University at this time. The guests will he appor tioned to the various women’s houses of residence, where they will he enter tained Saturday and Sunday- The fol lowing people from Portland have been invited as guests of honor: Mrs. John Scott, Mrs. David Honeyman, Mis. Rob ert Stanfield, Mrs. Frederick Eggert, Mrs. Logan Geary, Mrs. A. S. Kerry, Mrs- ,T. C. Remick, Mrs George Ger linger Sr.. Mrs. Louis Gerli-nger Jr., Mrs. George Q. Talbot, Mrs, 1 . L. Grelle, Mrs. Frank Robertson, Mm Esther Jobes, Mrs. Clarence Jacobson. Mrs. C. W- King. Mrs. John Keating. Mrs. D. P. Thompson. Miss Genevieve Thomp &ch, Mrs. Solomon HirscL. Miss Hirseh, Mrs. J. B. Bilderback, Mrs. George Whitesides, Mrs. Otis Wight, Mrs. Ev erett Ames. Miss Frances 'Warren, Mrs. J. P. Piel, Mrs. Thomas Kobertson, Mrs. Carleton B. Swift and Mrs. Russel Haw kins. WILL PLAN COLONIAL FETE Every Woman in the University Askod to Attend Meeting Thursday. The colonial assembly will be discuss ed and plans and arrangements will be made for it at the meeting of Woman’s League Thursday at o o’clock in Villard hall. Plans for the paying of the State Federation tax will also be made. The executive board of Woman's lea gue has voted to present the University student body with $50 so that that body would be able to pay the State Federa tion tax. A tax of ten cents a person will be collected the first of March from the members of Woman's League to pay thi=. The tax collecting will be put into the hands of a freshman committee with a sophomore in charge. Miss Dorothy Flegel, president of Wo man’s League, asks that every woman in the University will be present at the meeting Thursday and hopes that a great deal of enthusiasm will be aroused for the colonial fete which will be held Sat urday. KANSAN’S MAY DANCE ’TILT, 1. Tiie student senate of the University of Kansas has passed a ruling that all formal dances must close at. J a. m. Dr. Conklin Appeals For Spook Stories; Have You Seen Ghosfc Hare you seen a ghost? Do you even know of anyone'who hai seen a spook, wraith, apparition, or ani of the spectral family? If you have seen one yourself, yot have an opportunity to he of great as sistance to the cause of science. Dr Edmund S. Conklin wants to hear fron you. I*1’- Conkllin can use your experience in his psychological work. He said sc in a letter published in the Oregoniar Inst Sunday. He was quoted Severn! weeks ago as having investigated the ex istence of superstition among college students. It may be therefore, that sonic of the many believers in Friday the 13th. bad luck in black cats, and other things of that sort have had some ghost ex periences or at least some ghost stories in his repertory. Dr. Conklin appealed to the readert of the Oregonian to send in such infor mation on experiences with ghosts as they might have in their possession, foi use in a work he has under way. Former Student, Sigma Nu, Wins High Commendation From Colonel. Floyd H. Hart, ex-’20, now a second lieutenant in the air service in France, has been cited by Colonel Milling, air service commander of the First United States army in France, for exceptional devotion to duty. "Second Lieutenant Floyd H. Hart,” the order reads, "by his spirit, initiative and ability was an inspiration to service among officers and enlisted men. He ser\ ed with distinction for five months at the front.” Lieutenant Hart, pilot, brought down an enemy airplane in combat in the re gion of Dampvitoux at an altitude of 2f>20 feet, on September 20, 1918, at 7 ;45 o’clock. Lieutenant Hart enlisted in the ait service April 19, 1917, and received his training at Kelly Field, Belleville, Illi nois. University of Illinois, and Issodine and Tours, France. He has had seven months service in France and during that time has taken active part in engagements in the Toni sector and participated in the St. Mihiel, Argonne and Meuse drives. He has not been wounded. He is not certain that he will return to the University as yet. He is a member of Sigma Nu. HULIINI MADE CARTOONIST Sophomore from Pomona Collage will Draw for Oregana. Wilbnr Hulin has been appointed staff cartoonist for this year’s Oregana and Roger Plummer, his assistant, by Adelaide V. Lake, following the com petitive try-out held last week. The work of both men -was of unusual merit, and the cartooning in the fea ture section of this year's book promises to be the best it bas been in years. Hulin is a sophomore. He attended Pomona college last year and was art editor of the Metate, the anntfitf publi cation of that institution. His cartoon ing was also a feature of the 1916 Eu gene high school annual. The selection of Hulin as staff cartoonist does not mean that other cartoons will not be accepted according to Miss Lake SOPHOMORE TAX PAST DUE Only 73 Out of 230 Member* Class Have Paid Their $1.00. Members of the sophomore riass are delinquent in paying their one dollar tax made necessary by the debts incurred by the sophomore dance and underclass mix stunts, according to Odine Nicholson, treasurer. Nicholson reports that but 5 out of the 93 men in the class have paid their assessment and that 68 women out of 145 have paid. Announcement that the tax would have to be levied was made at the last class meeting and Treasurer Nicholson is desirous that the members of the class of '21 do not neglect paying the dues as several of the class bill* must be paid immediately. E. B. PIPED TO BE > LUDBHEON GUEST OF EDITING CUSS Oregonian Editor will Visit Journalism School After Assembly. Edgar B. Piper, managing editor of the Oregonian, who will speak at assem bly Wednesday is to be the guest of hon or at luncheon given by the members of the editing class in the School of Jour nalism, Wednesday at noon. After the assembly period, Mr. Piper will be shown about the journalism de partment, and then taken to luncheon. The guests at luncheon will be President Campbell, Eric W. Allen, dean of the School of Journalism; George Turnbull, professor of journalism, and the mem bers of the editing class: Tracy Byers. Dougins Mullnrky, Erza Zimmerman, Adelaide Lake, Bess Column, Elizabeth Aumiller, Frances Blurock and Helen McDonald. “War Glimpses,” will be the subject of Mr. Tiper’s assembly address Wed nesday, which will probably include many personal reminiscences of his trip to Eu rope last fall at which time he was one of a group of editors who were guests of the British government and who visit ed the French front, the British navy and Ireland. Mr. Piper is a newspaper man of wide experience and is an interesting writer as proven by the articles he has written of his travels. TWELVE TEACHERS PLACED All but Two Applicants Since January I Obtain Positions. x Twelve applicants of the Teachers’ Ap pointment Bureau of the University of Oregon have secured positions since the first of January, according to Dr. II. D. Sheldon, dean of the School of Educa tion. This lenves but two on the list who have not secured suitable positions, al though there are several registered who are applying for positions for next fall. Following are the applicants who have secured positions in schools since the first of the year: Mildred Steinmetz, ’19, who is teaching In the Coos River high school; Chnlmcr Patterson, ’16, Albany college; Lynn Parr, ’16, Lincoln high school, Portland; Gladys Cartwright, ’18, Kelso, Washing ton; Ilalile Hart, ’18. Enterprise high school; Mabel Rankin, ’IS. Medford high school; George Schanton. Benson Poly technic eehool, Portland; Ray Baker, Mc Minnville high school; Florence Sher man, ’18, Ashland; Kate Chnthurn, Sa lem high school, and Walter Moore, ’08, Klamath Falls. ‘HAWKSHAW’ GEARY VISITS Old Student Believes Oregon will have 2000 Students Next Fall. Roland (“Hawkshaw”) Geary, ’17, president of the class of 1917 and stu dent manager of football, was on the campus this week-end for the first time since his discharge from the air service. Geary left the University in the spring of his senior year hut has been gradu ated by credits earned since his enlist ment. Since returning to Oregon, Geary has been attending to business interests in Salem and Portland. Basing his opinion on conversations with old Oregon men in the service and with the people of the state, he believes Oregon will have an enrollment of 2,000 students next fnll. While visiting here this week-end, Geary was a guest at the Sigma Nu houee. BURGESS BACK IN COLLEGE James Burgess, a student in the junior class last year, has returned to the cam put and registered for the balance of the quarter. Burgess has been in the service at Camp Uewis smee last summer vaca tion. His home is in I^akeview. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ANNOUNCEMENT + ♦ Student council will not meet ♦ ♦ this. Wednesday, evening, owing to ♦ ♦ Herald White’s absence from the ♦ ♦ campus. Rlla Dews, vice president, ♦ ♦ announces. The time of the next ♦ j ♦ meeting will be determined later. ♦ *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * Twenty-two Freshmen Drafted From Gym Classes for Track ! Same System to be be used in forming Varsity Team; Men Fail ing to Appear Without Excuse to be Placed on Blacklist, Announces Coach Hayward. Twenty-two freshmen from the Uni versity gymnasium classes were drafted for track work yesterday in a list issued by “Bill” Hayward, coach. According to Hayward, these men will be asked to change from their various gymnasium hour to enter the four o'clock class so that proper attention can be given them toward development for the freshman team this season. The draft system of picking men who should be out for track will be used in picking men for the varsity team this year also, Hayward announced. This will be necessary, lie says, because of the fact that there are but. three or four old track men hack- A larger squad of varsity track men must be formed, and nil must be in the four o’clock division in order that they may be given the spe cialized training for which they ore qual ified, whereas this would he impossible under the present system of training with the regular classes. Upperclass men not in gymnasium work will he enlled if Hayward believes them good material. Drafted men who do not show up to expectation in the freshman and varsity team classes will he transferred to their former gymnasium classes, Hayward said. Those who do not respond when drafted, unless able to give a good rea son for not changing their schedule to the four o'clock class, will be posted later on Hayward’s track “blacklist." The freshmen who will be asked to be gin turning out for the freshman squad work, according to the first draft list, are: It. Adkisso-n, *140 and sprints. S. F. Patterson, sprints J. C. Adams, distance. G. Korn, sprints. E Sloan, sprints. Lends Punsmore, 440. sprints. "Bill" l’urdy, distance. G. Walkley, distance. C. A. Paris, 880. W. Akers. 8S0 S. Hayslip. 440. II. P. Staub, 440. ,T. B. Butler, weights. It- Meyers, jumps and hurdles. G. Black Jr., sprints, pole vault. It. Johnson, sprints. II. Koepke Jr., distance. N. Clark, sprints. H. Quayle, sprints J. Schenk, distance. It. Sunderleaf. distance. P. Comings, sprints. I It. Hemenway, sprints E. B. Van Osdel Comes to Hut From “Y” Work at Camp Lewis. Edgar 15. Van Osdel, Y. M. C. A. sec retary recently stationed at liut num ber 1 at Camp Lewis, arrived on the campus yesterday to take charge of the local hut and Y. M. 0. A. work on the campus. lie was accompanied by Ralph McAfee, associate district secre tary of the “Y” work on the coast, who has been trying during the last three weeks to obtain a secretary for the Y. M. C. A- work at; Oregon. Mr. Van Osdel Has been working with young men and women, particularly on the religious side of life, for many years. Before enlisting with the AVat Work Council as a Y. M. C. A. secre tary last August, ho was professor of physics and chemistry at McMinnville college at McMinnville, Ore., a position which he had held for 10 years. Hut No. I Well Known. Ilia ability as a “Y” secretary is shown by the fact that since entering the service he lias been in charge of hut number 1, at Camp Lewis. I liis hut, according to Mr. McAfee, was the first Y. M. C. A. hut to be erected at Camp Lewis and lias the reputation of being one of the most renowned huts at the cantonment. Many prominent men of the coast and the United States have spoken from the platform in its assembly room ; it has had a state senator for a building secretary and is now tl\e hut 6< rving the 1st company of United States infantry. This first company of infantry had been stationed in the Phil ippines for the past several years until some time ago it was transferred to Camp Lewis, where it is now stationed. Spends Two Weeks at 0. A. C. With the rapid demobilization of troops at Camp Lewis, Mr. Van Os 1 ’ was sent to the Y. M. C. A. hut at Cor vallis on the campus of O. A. C., two weeks ago. As there were already two secretaries attending to the work there Mr. McAfee got in touch with the coun cil headquarters in Knn Francisco sev eral days ago trying to get Mr, Van Osdel transferred to Oregon. Permis sion from the council for the transfer came by wire yesterday afternoon but a few minutes before the two secretar ies spoke to the Friendly council and cabinet of the local organization. The new secretary will start work immediately and intends to carry on the “Y” work with renewed vigor he says. lie was well pleased by the way with which the Friendly council of the campus Y. M, C. A/ had taken a hold of the Bible study work and other features. WORK IS Hi NEXT DEBATE SERIES Judges Already Appointed and Personnel of Majority of Teams Made Up. With most of the twelve house teams appointed, work on the second series of intramural doughnut debates lias begun with renewed vigor .and rest and the c om petition between frntornirb'H promises to be keener than it. was in tin first debates two weeks ago. The men’s teams which are planning to delete on the question: “Resolved, That the United States should cancel the French government’s money debt to the United States government.” consists of the following personnel, including the re spective conches: Phi Delta Theta—Wilber Carl, George Rlnck, Ren Ivey, Portland; Roseoe Rob erts, The Dalles; conch, W. F. O. Tbncli or. Sigma. Nil—Willard Hollenbeck, Ral tleground, Wash, Steve Mntthieu, Spra gue Carter, Portland, Rnrton Shirk. Ken newick, Wash.; coach, E. S. Rates. Friendly Hall—Stanley Kismnn, Remy Cox, Arthur Johnson, Portland, George Shirley, McMinnville; conch, Carlton Savage. Reta Theta Pi—Curtiss Peter son, Eugene; Eugene Kolty, Forest Wat son, Richard Martin, Portland; coach, Walter Myers. Delta Tail Delta—Karl Weigel, The Dalles; Raymond Koesscl, Portland; Raymond Lnwrence, Wood burn; coach, L. L. Ray. Men’s Oregon Club—Arthur Hicks, Day Rayley, Lon Fishback, Dewey Probst, Eugene; coach, Kenneth Armstrong. Alpha Phi—Gwladys Bowen, Eugene; Elizabeth Hadley, The Dalles; Dorothy Reed, Portland; Rutli Young, Seattle; coach. Miss Mary Perkins. Pi Reta Phi — Alice Thurston, Rosehurg; Clara Calkins, Eugene; Pearl Craine, Randan; Laura Rand, Portland; coach, Peter Crockalt. Hendricks Hall—Alys Sutton, Elaine Cooper, Wanda Daggett, Portland; Ethel Wakefield, Long Reach, Cal.; coach, E. !' ‘r ■ Ce-nnia Phi Reta—Coach, Wal ter Myfcrs. Team not yet appointed. Kap pa Kappa Gamma—Team not yet made up. coach, W. F. G. Thacher. Oregon Club- Helen Flint, Junction City; Grace Knopp, Jessie Todd. Marie Ridings. Dor othy Dickey, Eugene; coach, George Turnbull, Judges are now being asked to attend the various debates and these together with a definite list of the pieces where the competing teams are to meet will he ready for publication in a few days STUDENT PRESIDENT ILL. Herald White, president of the stu dent body, was forced to leave for his home in Cottage Grove Sunday on ac count of returning Spanish influenza symptoms. White returned to the Uni versity last week after a short illness. I WET VICTORIOUS III conus TOUT GOES TO PULLMID Saturday Game Ends 36 to 16, With 0. A. C. Outclassed Throughout. NORTHWEST CHAMPIONS TO PLAY CALIFORNIANS Oregon Must Win All Four of Conference Contests to Get Trip South. After having walloped the Oregon Ag*| r'u-ultnral College basketball five, in the second game of the series at Cor vallis last Saturday afternoon by the score of 3t> to It!, the Oregon basketball five returned to the campus ready for their jaunt into the wilds of eastern Washington. The second contest at O. A, C. was Oregon's from the start. The varsity iiuintet are out for the championship of tlu> Northwest- To win it they must capture every remaining game, and they were determined that they would not let O. A. C. stand In their way. In the first game of the series with the Aggies, which Oregon won 27 to IT, Oregon only had a ten-point margin over their riv als hut in the second game they came out. twenty points to the good. Orogon Loads Throughout. Oregon kept a safe lead throughout the contest at Corvallis the first half ending with the count of IS to 10. Ed die Du mo again scored more points himself then the opposing team. Ed die’s count for Saturday was 18 poiuts while the best that the entire Aggie ag gregation could do was 10. Eddie con verted 10 out of 10 fouls and scored S points on field baskets. Fowler and Lind both showed up well In the scoring department in the last game,' Fowler getting ti points and Lind 8 during the afternoon. Chapman and Jacobberger did some fine guarding as they held their men to 12 points between them, Arthur getting 8 and McCart 4. Six of Arthur’s 8 points were inado on converted fouls. After having hod one day of practice here the team left: today for Pullman, where they will take on the Washing ton State College team in a two game series on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. It is upon these two games that the championship of the Northwest rests and the lemon-yellow five are de-i termined to lie in the final series. Ore gon has to take both games from W. S, C. and tho final twnin from O. A. C. in order to win the championship. Will Also Play Idaho. The winner of the championship of the Northwest will go south to play thn California champion. After having played the two games at Pullman tho Oregon team will tinkle the Idaho team Friday night and Saturday evening will see them on tho floor of the Multnomah Club in Portland or at Walla Walln. The varsity will have next week for practice and on Friday ami Saturday will entertain the ancient foe from Cor vallis on the local floor. The Aggies will he going strong by this time, ns they need a little practice, and there should bo a couple of great games here. The line-up for the Saturdays gnmt at Corvallis: Oregon—36, Aggies—16 DitrnolS.F.Arthur 8 Fowler (5.F.McCart 4 Lind 8.C. .Eikleman 1 Chapman 2.(!.Reynolds Jacobberger 2.... (I.Reardon 2 Referee ; Fisher. Kincaid 2 PLACE OPEN FOR TEACHER Scott Mills, Orogon, Offers $90 to $100 a Month. The appointment bureau of the Y. W. C. A. lias sent a cull to the local Y W. C. A. to find a teacher for Seotta Mills, Oregon. The salary is from $00 to $100 a month and the grades to be taught are the seventh, eighth and ninth. Ary girl who desires to know more about the position and who may be qual ified to teach is asked to writn *■> the school clerk, at Scott Mills.