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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (March 8, 1919)
FRENCH GIRL GOMES TO WED EUGENE MAN College Women Try Talking to Mire. Bfen.ont, Who Speaks no English. University girls who are studying French are having the experience of en tertaining the first French girl to arrive in Eugene and at the same time are get ting some practice in talking with a na tive of France. Miss Amelie Bremont, from Dax, near Bordeaux, France, arriv ed in the United States ahead of her soldier fiance and is now staying at the home of her betrothed's mother, Mrs. Anna Peterson, 856 Twelfth avenue east. She was a guest at the Y. W. C. A. bungalow Thursday afternoon. Miss Bremont met Harold O. Peterson of the 20th Engineers when the regi ment war- stationed at Dax nine months ago. When orders came that his com pany was to return to the United States, he had little difficulty in persuading her to go al3o ns her home was broken up, having lost her father, two brothers and many cousins in the war. After sending her over on one steamer while he expect ed to follow immediately on another, his regiment was ordered to stay in France, and he sends word that he does not know when he will be home. Knows tmisrrsass ot war. Since her arrival in the states about four weeks ago, Miss Bremont has pick ed up several English words. She kept in touch with the Red Cross on her way across the continent and thev also helped her out in New York and Chicago. Her English pronunciation, when she can be persuaded to talk is very clear and it will probably not be many months before it will be difficult to distinguish her from an American girl. Her appearance is al ready in favor, as she hns light brown hair which she wears fluffed around her small face, a fair complexion and large blue eyes which can smile very sweetly but with a touch of sadness lingering in them, for this young girl has suffered much from the war. While the men of her family were at the front, she did her tit by working in a munition factory as did all the girls of her acquaintance. Miss Bremont made her home with an aunt, who, she said, mothered six of the big American engineers. Miss Bremont says she likes America and has no desire to return to her na tive land. She has become an ardent mo vie fan. She insists on calling the movies “cinemas” however. Has Bean Entertained Here. Since her arrival in Eugene last Sun day from Yreka, Cal., where she met Mrs. Peterson, a number of the Univer sity girls who are studying French have been entertaining her and are at the same time getting some practical exper ience in talking with a native of France. Miss Bremont was a guest Thursday af ternoon at Y. W. C. A. bungalow. Her fiance speaks French fluently, she- says, having studied it for four months while attending the American University in Washington, D. C.. and spending nine teen months in France. The Germans bombed Das. she said, and set fire to an ammunition depot, also to the forest nearby, which, if the Amer ican engineers had not fought valiantly would have destroyed four towns. Two pf the engineers lost their lives fighting the fire, and her fiance was badly blister ed. She is very proud of him she says, because, when they sent him out to get s spy, though he nearly lost his life in his efforts to trap him, he succeeded and brought the spy in a captive. PHOTOGRAPHS—Satisfaction guar anteed. ROMAXE STUDIO. The CLUB for pool and billiards. • 814 Willamette St. Schwering & Lindley BARBERS. 12 East Ninth. BARRON PLANS CONCERT University Symphony Orchestra Will Ap pear Some Time in April. The University Symphony Orchestra, under the leadership of Robert Louis Barron, of the University School Music, is planning a concert to be given some time in April. The exact date will be pub lished later. The soloists are F.leanor Lee. contral to, Ursula Pim, violinist, amd Harry Dev erenux, cellist. The program will be as follows: I Symphony in “C” major (Jupiter).... . Mozart Allegro Vivace Minuetto Finale—Molto-AUegro. n Prelude du Le Deluge for violin and orchestra.Saint-Saens Ursula Pim. III. (a) Landjending-Ballad. Grieg Arranged by Albert Perfect (b) None but the Weary Heart (cello solo with orchestra). . Tsehaikowsky Mr. Harry Devereaux (c) War March of Priests. .Mendelssohn IV "Mon Couer S’ouvre o ta Vois.” from Samson and Delila for contralto and Orchestra .St. Saens Miss T^e Ballet Music from Faust. Part I.... .Gounod Allegretto movement di r-l-p Adagio Allegretto Moderato maestoso I SIS' GLEE CLUB TO SK MICH IS Vaudeville Stunts will be Part of Concert at Eugene Theatre. University glee club giris will appear j in concert next Saturday night at the | Eugene theater. All the plans are com plete, even the vaudeville, which, ac cording to Margaret Mansfield, manager, i is to be the most unique performance ! shown in Eugene this year. Seats can | be secured on the campus Wednesday j for 50 and 35 cents, j “The girls have worked very consci i cntiously all term,” said Miss Eleanor Lee, director, “and I believe they are prepared to offer a home concert.” Ex tra rehearsals will begin next week and those who are to take part in the stunts will perfect their art in the evenings. Several of the .stunts demand costumes of a more or less elaborate nature, ac cording to Dorothy Sanford, who is I chairman of the vaudeville committee, and in consequence the girls’ free mo ments are spent with the needle. The solo parts will be taken by Mel j ba Williams and Pearl Crnine, each sing (ing a small group of light songs. A number of •selections offered by the club will be popular airs. Patty French will be the accompanist. - For April 7 the club has planned a trip which includes Portland, Pendle ton, Baker City and other small towns j on route. According to Margaret Mans field, the club has received several splendid offers from show houses throughout the state, and if the trip proves a success financially the club im'ay make smaller week-end tours to neighboring towns later in the spring. OREGON MAN IN BRITISH ARMY Henry C. Viereck, who attended the University of Oregon in 1914 and who enlisted in November of 1916 in the medical department of the British army, has had IS months overseas service with the Iloyal army medical corps, accor ding to the questionnaire he has re turned to Emma Wootton Hall, seere ! tary of military affair* at the Univer sity. He held the position of first lieu tenant and is at present working in the Lutheran hospital in Brooklyn, New York, having received Ihis discharge from the army in May, 1818. How About Those Films We Sell ’Em—We Print ’Em. Prompt Developing of Films and Packs. Work left one day ready at 5:00 P. M. the next. GIVE US A TRIAL. University Pharmacy CORNER CAMPUS. PHONE 229. BASKETBALL TEAMS STILL TO BE PICKED Members of High School Tourn ament not Yet Decided; All Busy on Plans. The teams which will enter the state interscholastic basketball tournament to be held next week-end nt the TTniver sit.v have not yet been determined, ac cording to Shy Huntington. Several of the schools have not been heard from and in many of the districts, the teams which will enter the tournament have ! not yet been determined. ! Willamette University is staging a j basketball tournament for the high I schools of the Willamette Valley this ! week-end, and it is thought that the val ' ley champions may be determined there, although it is not thought that Silverton and Eugene will send teams to that tour nament. In Portland, the ir.terscholnstic league will not wind up until March 14. Lin coln, now leading the league, is thought to have the best chance to send a team to the tournament, although many last minute surprises mnv happen in the Portland league. Hood River and Bend will battle for the basketball championship of Central Oregon on March 12. It will not he known definitely until then who will rep resent that district, as the champion ship appears to lie between those two high schools. In the Willamette Valley. Silverton leads the field in point of percentage, hut it is possible that other teams may he allowed representation in view of the fact that several of the games, only one point decided the winner. Salem and Eugene appear as other likely contest ants from the Valley. Silverton has de feated both of these teams once, by one point, and thereby bases her claim. Sa lem won once from Eugene by one point, and lost by one point, although she has been beaten by Silverton. Ashland appears to he the most likely representative from Southern Oregon, although nothing lias been heard from that district. Most of the southern towns put up good teams, and the con test, is usually close. Nothing has been heard from lower Columbia district. Astoria, Clatskunie, and Ranier usually fight it out in that district where basketball is the big sport of the year. Pendleton, Baker, and LaOrandc seem to be staging a close contest in the East ern Oregon district, and the school which will represent that section in the tour nament as yet is not determined. Noth ing has been heard from the Coos Bay region but it is almost certain that some team will represent that section. INCOME TAX TO BE TOPIC School of Commeroe will Cooporate in Scries of Portland Lectures. Under the auspices of the University school of commerce and the American Institute of Banking a series of lec tures will be given next week in the commerce extension rooms, 421 Oregon building, Portland, on the various phases of the income tax lu.w and its application by the deputies of Milton Miller, inter nal revenue collector there. Bank clerks will be present at the meetings and will be prepared to help the men fill out the tax blanks and an swer questions. No fee will be charged for the work, and a notary public will he retained for the purpose of making affidavits to returns. In doing this the banks ire rendering a great service to the public, as most men know very little about the intricacies of the income taxx, according to Dean D. IV. Morton, of the school of commerce. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ' ♦ The following persons have been ♦ ♦ nominated for offices in the Y. W. ♦ ♦ O. A- Election will he held March ♦ ♦ 12, 1919, at the Y. IV. C. A. Bun- ♦ ♦ galow between the hours of 10 a. ♦ ♦ m. and 4 p- m. Only members who ♦ ♦ have paid their dues may vote. ♦ ♦ President ♦ } ♦ Mabyl Weller ♦ 1 ♦ Joy Judkins ♦ ! ♦ Vice President ♦ ♦ Beatrice Wetherbee ♦ ♦ Jeannette Moss ♦ ♦ Gladys Hollingsworth ♦ ♦ Secretary ^ ♦ Iveta Kiddle ♦ ♦ Tyucile McCorkle ♦ ♦ Florence Riddle ♦ ♦ Treasurer ♦ ♦ Mary Moore ♦ ♦ Ethel Wakefield ♦ <» Elvira Thurlow ♦ ♦ Nominating Committee ♦ ♦ Helen McDonald ♦ > Helen Brenton ♦ ♦ Mellie Parker ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ j S.A.T.C. MEN TO GET BONUS i i Government Authorizes S60 Payment to Discharged Soldiers | All men who were members of the S. A. T. C. will be notified that they are to receive the $150 bonus authorized by the government for soldiers in the United States army, according to a notice posted by Colonel \Y. II. C. Bowen, professor of military science and tactics. The notice reads in part: “Those who have been discharged and have received their final pay without the $00 bonus should write a letter to the Zone Finance Officer, Lemon Building, Washington, 1>. C„ stating their service since April 6, 19y. and date of last dis charge and their present address to which they desire their bonus checks to be sent and enclosing with this letter their dis charge certificate or military order for discharge or both, if both are issued. Upon receipt by the Zone Finance Offi cer, Washington, D. C., of this informa tion and the soldier’s discharge certifi cate. this officer will cause checks to be drawn and mailed to the claimants in the order in which their claims were receiv ed by him. The discharge certificate will he returned to the soldier with the check.” The CLUB for p< oi and billiards. 81! Willamette St. TAKES LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Martha Spafford, Library catalog’, uer, has received a month’s leave of absence for March during which time she will he with her mother who la 111 at her homo in Seattle. PHOTOGRAPHS— Satisfaction guar anteed. ROMANS STUDIO. The CLUB for pool and billiards. Si I Willamet-« S: 'j Central Presbyterian Church If a full round. il student You’re hoping to be, Give the ehureb a chance at you; Twill help yon. you’ll see "Good Advice.” PHOTOGRAPHS—Satisfaction irnar anteed. EO.MANE STUDIO. *♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<v 4- Juniors who have not been snap- 4 4 ped for the Oregana will have their 4 ♦ pictures taken Monday from 12:30 ♦ ♦ to 1:30 at ttie Administration build- 4 ♦ ing, weather permitting. This is the ♦ ♦ last chance to have your picture ♦ ♦ taken, so everybody come out. Tell ♦ ♦ all the other juniors. 4 44444444444444444 « Red Cross Drug to ft Quality. WM. A. RUTH, Prop. Service. A new shipment of seasonable merchandise added to our ever increasing stock of Drugs and Sundries. DYE YOUR HAT, 25<b Makes your old hat look like new. All popu lar shades. Easy to apply. No mixing. No muss. ALADDIN DYE SOAP. 10<*. Will not injure the most delicate fabric. No boiling. Simply wash the goods, the soap does the rest. Fifteen beautiful colors. All fast. LUX—'THREE FOR 35<S Soap Flakes for fine garments; will not ' shrink or fade them. Phone 150. 024 Willamette Street. Prescription Druggists. The Boys Are Me turning Fast THEY APPRECIATE THE Home Cooked Food WE HAVE THE REST IN Fruit and Groceries We also make a specialty of providing LUNCHES for all occasions. Give us your orders for DANCE DINNERS and ALL OTHER SPECIAL AFFAIRS. Cali 246 Table Supply Co. 9TH AND OAK STREET. | = • * •'