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iwo Bays of gsth, EX-STUDENTS, IISIl Clifford Sevits and Paul Fostei Tell of Their Experiences. Paul Foster, cx-’20, and Clifford Sev Its, ex-’20, returned to the cumpus am have heen visiting friends since the de mobilization of the Ooth, with which thej were overseas. Mr. Foster expects tc re-enter the University the spring tern and Mr- Sevits will return next fall. Mr, Sevits was in five big drives following Chateau Thierry; the drive at I’ont-a Mousson at St. Mihiel commencing Sep tember 12; the first Argonne drive be ginning on September 20; Verdun Oc tober 3; Etrys October 20; and the sec ond Argonne drive on November 1. The artillery of which ho was a mem ber was used as a shock artillery and was moved uj* to each front before big drives. Mr. Sevits1' Company left Oregon on the 27th of February of 1018, and sailed from San Francisco through the I’anama canal to New York ami the Northern Pacific, which was wrecked in the early fall off the Atlantic coast when bring ing wounded soldiers to the United States. Sailed on Mauretania They left New York on March 1 and tailed for Europe on the Mauretania, • sister ship of the Lusitania, belong ing to England. The trip over was pleasant, Mr. Sevits said, and was made In eight days without convoy until the submarine area nener Liverpool was beached, when four American destroy ers came out to meet them. The 65tli hud 55th coast artillery were on board this ; cssrl, which landed in Liverpool an April 2 The men left Liverpool and were sta tioned at the little town of Itomsey, v ere Cromwell once had his headquar ters and where, according to Mr. Sevits, they had little chance to rest anything lint their stomachs. Here they were shown the old church which was built hi Cromwell’s time. Two Eugeno Boys Die Marinin, Pennington mid .Tolin Hill’d, both from Eugene, died while the men were stationed here. On Ai|»ril 7 they marched to South Aampton, England, and .sailed during the night to Lellnvre, France, whore they Were stationed at a French canrp, which proved, said Mr. Sevits, worse than the English rest camp. Hater they were changed and quartered fit Limoges in the old fortress where Napoleon had quartered ids famous dra goons. On April 1 they were billeted to the little town of ’ierre liuffierro, where they received artillery training. At this time Mr. Sevits had the privi lege of spending u month in Paris at a tractor school. "You will find my Idea of the French people different from most of tIn' hoys,” he said "1 like them very much. Of cot wise the beat of them hud gone, hut 1 liked what 1 saw of them.” Camouflage Big Guns Coming hack from Paris, Mr. Sevits went with the artillery on duly ”5 to Lat'ourtine f<.i- artillery practice. All of the traveling, he said, was done in small box cars. In August the artillery tie was with was moved to the front in itlie St. Mihiei sector, where for three days and nights before the lug drive the men worked steadily without sleep camouflaging the hig guns by fixiufe great, dugouts and covering them to make them look like underbrush- Dur ing all this time it was very rainy and numbly and uec ssarily unpleasant, said Mr. Sevits. The best firing, he continued, was done by his artillen at tins time, the funs being in position to strike the Her mans' railroad depots and gun positions. At this time they took lfiJIOO prisoners. Praises Salvation Army At the time the armistice was signed Mr Sevits was stationed at the small town of l'loville, which had In a taken irvm the Unmans soon after they were wnl to tlodinont and from there to I treat. They «p< ut Christmas day in American box cars on the wav to 1 treat, (hi January If. the' Inmrded the S S. laberford for Philadelphia. The .'salvation Army did a great deni lor the men at the front, said Mr. Sev t-. but it was not large enough to cover ill place*. Speaking of the Y M O. A., he said that while it did a great deni of good it the Fnited States and in rest camps >y supplying the men with candy, to bacoo and other things, it charged big trices and felt down In the work at the front where it should have given its test service Tlie Salvation Army, on Hie other hand, usually had men on he very front lines giving supplies to he men. Mr. Sevits is returning to his home h Klamath FVi* today ami will take up tia work at the T’nivewnity in the fall. Wall ace’s Cigar Store. SOI AVDlamette. Compete line Cigars and Cigarettes, t Five More Organizations to Care for Children; Mother Writes of Gratitude. Five more organizations have taken French orphans to care for, according to Mrs. M. F. McClain, chairman of the Lane county branch for the adoption of the fatherless children of France. The Eastern Star lodge has taken two chil dren, Steadfast club two, McMorran and Washburne club two, Alliance of the Unitarian Church one, Sunday school of tlie Unitarian Church, one. To date, .'ll orphans have been taken by the people of Lane county. That the mothers of France are more than grate ful to those who are caring for their children is shown in the following let ter: Dear Benefactress:— It is a mother profoundly touched by your generosity who authorizes herself to thank from the depths of her heart, the generous giver that you are, who has 1 pen kind enough to take her son for n god-son, also will you permit me to call you my friend. My son Bone was still too young at his father's death to be able to tell you what he was and what he did during this war. lie left on the first day of the mobili zation with the enthusiasm that gives the defense of great causes. It was full of this enthusiasm and this ardor, that ho accomplished during the few months thnt he was under the hat of the French re public, his duty as a soldier of civiliza tion. After having participated in the glor ious battle of the Marne lie was sent with tiio 150t.h regiment of infantry upon Belgian ground, and it was there thnt on the 14th of November, 1914, before Mes siuds, that he was hit in the trenches by tlie bursting of a shell, which tore him away from his native country and from his affections. Excuse, therefore, my son Bene, still too young, for not having himself made the recital of the sail and glorious end of his papa. It would be a pleasure, groat and real, to send you as often us possible news of your little protege. Beeeive, dear Benefactress, and friend, the assurance of the deep gratitude of a French mother, admirer of the noble American republic. MMK. VVE. BEBBAUD1X. CLASSES WILL GIVE PLAYS Two one-act plays, "Gretna Greon," and "Nevertheless," will be presented by Miss Mabel Dorsey's classes in dramatic interpretation Friday afternoon at d:tX> tn Guild Hall. The students of the | University Junior High School will be; Invited guests of tho dramatic classes for these plays. "Gretna Green” was ,written by Con stant c D'Arcy MarKay, and Is from her hook, "licau of Hath and other one act] plays.” This play will be presented by students of the nine-o'clock section of dramatics. "Nevertheless” is one of tho “Fort manteau" plays written by Stuart Walk er, atul presented by him in his Fort* maul etui theaters throughout the coun try. The casts of (lie plays are as follows: •‘Gretna Greon" Maria Linlcy .Ituth Griffin Thomas Linlcy .David Steams Avis Ltinley .Irene Stewart •Neverthel'ass'’ Itoy . Helen. CHarko Girl . Glenn Frank ! Burglar..Harry A. Smitli iOREGON CLUB WINS SERIES — The Oregon club won the inter frater nity handball championship by defeating the Kappa Sig team. The Oregon club had no difficulty in winning (lie cliaiu I piouship as it has won every game i this season. Joe Springer and George Mayo compose the regular Oregon dub j team. "Newt” Kates was sutuituted in I Mayo's place for the final game. The percentages of the teams in the league have not been computed as very few of the teams have played all of their 1 scheduled games. Hut as nearly as can ] he estimated from the scores which have been posted, the Delta are second in League A. and the Fijis second in Lea ' gue B. ♦ DELTA GAMMA ♦ ♦ announces the pledging of ♦ ♦ MARY MATTT.KY ♦ ♦ of Oregon City. ♦ I ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ DR. SMITH OFFERS NEW COURSE j Dr Warren D Smith, head of the ge ology deipartment. has nnnmiai'sd ths' he will give a course in practical oil geology during the spring term which will lie open to all students who have i ’ taken general geology work BASKETBALL MEET PLANS FURTHERED (Continued from Page 1.) i-■-. leson will sell tickets to the faculty In the Oregon building, Administration building and the Library. Committee No. 3—Henry English, chairman; Kleth Leslie, Sigma Chi; Ogden Johnson, Phi Gamma Delta; John Gamble, Phi Delta Theta; Charlea Huggins, Alpha Tau Omega; "Warren Kays and William Purdy, men who live In Eugene. Patty French and Richard Martin will have the Com merce and Architectural building and the music building In which to dispose of tickets. Committee No. 4—Howard Kelley, chairman; Francis Jackson, Beta Theta Phi; Phil Owens, Sigma Nu; Wayne Laird, Kappa Sigma; Delta Tau Delta, Rollin Woodruff; Lindsey MacArthur and Lyman Meador, Friendly Hall. Velma Ross and Odine Mickelson will sell tickets to Deady and Villard fac ulty. Tickets Sell for 50c. The price of the tickets will be fifty cents, which will admit the student to four sessions of basketball combat, Friday and Saturday, March 14 and 15, afternoon and evening. This Is a spe cial students rate and applies also to students of the Eugene high school, where tickets will be sold by a com mittee already appointed. MEMORIAL VESPERS TO BE HELD IN HONOR OF OREGON HEROES (Continued from page one.) 12, 1918. Wife, Mrs. W- M. Eaton, 507 West St., ReddiAg, Cal. Kenneth Farley, ex-M9. Field I(os pitn 1 Corps, <lamp Lewis, Wash. Died 0 finfluenza, October 20, 1918. Luke Allen Farley, 2nd O. T. C. Died at Camp Pike Central Officers Train ing School, influenza, October^ 191S. Wife, Mjb. L. A. Farley 1021 E. 9th St., Portland ,Ore. James B- Ourney, ex-’21. Missing from Tusconia, March, 1918. Son of Mrs. I). ,T. Gurney, Glide, Ore. Boy Johnson, B. A. 1915. Killed in action October (5, 1918. Son of Mr. A. F. Johnson, Gresham, Ore. Malcolm McLaren Johnstone, ex’19. First Jaeut. 2nd Engineers, C'o. D. Killed in action June 3, 1918. Son of Mr. and Mrs. It. L. Johnstone, Arling ton, Wash. Kenneth K. Kollems, ex-'20. Drowned when the S. Saratoga collided with the S. Panama, Judy 30, 1917- Son of Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Kellems, 1159 Mil, St., Eugene, Or. John George Kelly, B. S. 1012- First Lieut. Forestry Regiment. Killed in mo torcycle accident in France. Son of Major George 11. Kelly in France. Frederick Kingsbury, ex-'20. Died of pneumonia while attending Harvard Ra dio School. Son of Lieut. ITarry K. Kingsbury. P. O. Box 93, Stanford Uni versity. Calif. Dale Melrose, ex-’PJ, 301st Ambulance Co. Died of scarlet fever, December 15, 1910. Son of Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Melrose, Car.vville, AYis. Turner Neil, ex-MS. Died in service of pneumonia. 301st Ambulance Corps, 3US Snnitarj Train, Am. E- F. Son of Mrs. S. T. Neil, 945 Cleveland St.. Port land. Sister, Mrs. Marian Neil Giger, 974 E. Stn St- N., Portland, Or. Emanuel Xorthrup, ex-’22. Died of influenza, October. 1918. Son of Eman uel Xorthrup, AleMiranville, Or. Earl S. Powell, ex-MS. Aviation Corps. Camp McArthur, Texas- Died October 10, 1918, of pneumonia. Son of Mr. and Airs. M. ,T. Powell, Springfield, Or. Harold A. Sexton, ex-MS, 363 Inf., Co A. Killed in France in action Oc tober, 191S. Son of Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Sexton. Stockton, Calif. Sister, Mrs, Lloyd Bargee, Oakland, Calif. Robert II Sherwood, M. D. 1916. Lieutenant. Killed in action in France, September 15, 1918. Richard Shisler, ex-'20. Died of in fluenza at S. A. T. C.. University of Oregon. October, 1918. Son of Mr -and Afrs. IL F. Shisler, Harrisburg, Or. Stanford Siebel, ex-*22. Died of influ enza at S. A. T- O., University of Ore gon. October, 1918. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Sichel, 46 Ella St., Port land, Or, Rich rd Riddell Sleight. ex-M4. At tended 1st O- T. C. Called to Camp Pike. Ark, Central Officers Training School. Died day after call, on Octo ber 20. 1918. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sleight. 582 Tilamook St., Port land, Or. AAMfe, Mrs. A'iolette Jennings Sleight. Ivan F Bellinger. AI. TV 1913. First Lieut. Medical Reserve Corps. Died at Fort Riley, of bronchial pneumonia, on ■Urinary 17. 1918. Son of Airs. 1,. M. Bellinger, Scotts .Mil's, Or. Wife. Mrs. 1 F. Bellinger, ,Scotts Mills, Or. Robert Claude Still, ex-M4. Died October 3. 1918. pneumonia, at Camp Colt, (Pa. Sou of Air. and Mrs. R. G. Still. Milton, Or. Thomas Townsend, B A 1909. Died ef influenm, at 3rd Officers Training Camp, University of Oregon. Wife, Sirs. Thomas Townsend, Salem, Or. Glenn Walter, ex-’21. Died of in fluenza at S. A. T. C, University of Or egon. Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Wal ter, Milton, Oregon. Douglas H. Warner, M. D. ’18- Died of pneumonia, October 8, 1918. Lieut. Navy, Bermerton, Wash. Louis JL Pinkham Jr., B- A. 1911. First Lieut. Battery A, 148th F. A., France. Died of bronchial pneumonia in Germany. Son of Mr. and Mrs- L. H. Pinkham, 2210 Manito Blvd., Spokane, Wash. John Eberle Kuykendall, B. A. 190S | Captain 361sh Ambulance Corps, Am. E- F. Died in Brest, France, of pneu monia. Wife, Mrs. J. Eberle Kuyken dall. Son of Dr. Wm. Kuykendall, Eu gene, Or. Leslie O. Tooze, B. A. 1910. First Lieut. K Company, 364th Infantry. Killed in action September 28, 191S. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Tooze, Sa lem, Or. Sister, Miss Ethel Tooze, Roseburg, Or. 0. T. C. Men Dead Men from officers’ training camp who have died since enrollment in the camp: William E. Durand, 2nd O. T. C. Killed in automobile accident on way home- Wife, Mrs. W. E. Durand, Red mond, Or. Robert Gerald Stuart. 3rd O. T. C, Died of influenza at 3rd camp, son ol Mr. and Mrs. R. T- Stuart, 912 N. Cen tral Ave., Medford, Or. J R. Sargent, 3rd O. T- C. Died of influenza at 3rd camp. Wife, Mrs. J. R. Sargent. Los Angeles, Cal John George Seed, 2nd O. T- C. 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