VOL. 20
EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1919
NO. 65
1.0. T. C. STATUS
R COLONEL BAIRD
Assistant Commandant Gives His
Views on Importance of
- Training
WAR PREPARATION NEEDED
Suggestion That Corps be Given Up
Would Please the Huns,
He Says
“Nothing would please our enemies
and our arch enemy, Germany, more
than to see our national B. O. T. C. or
ganization prove unsuccessful in the
universities and colleges throughout the
United States,” said Lieutenant Colo
nel Kaymond C. Baird, assistant profes
sor of military science and tactics, in
an interview yesterday. ‘ ‘ The student
body of the University of Oregon does
not seem to realize the importance of
the organization which was established
by an act of congress as a step toward
military preparedness, ’ ’ said Colonel
Baird, “and we can not always be so
fortunate as to have an England and
a France to stand between us and our
enemy while we prepare as we had in
this war.”
Eeferring to an editorial which ap
peared in a recent issue of the Emerald
regarding the attitude of some of the
men in the E. O. T. C. about Saturday
morning drill, Colonel Baid said he
would like to ask which is of greater
importance to the young men of the
University—cleaning up their rooms on
Saturday morning, going on a picnic,
sleeping until a late hour, or this
scheme of our government to protect
their future., homes from our enemies?
Colonel Baird stated that men who
actually have necessary outside work to
do on Saturday mornings have already
been excused from drill. And as for
cleaning their rooms, that work could
be done at intervals throughout the
week. “A nation's foresight is bet
ter than her hindsight,” said Colonel
Baird.
“We want the Saturday morning
drill,” he said, “because that is the
only way we can make the work here,
which is a feature of the general
scheme of military peparedness, at
tractive and interesting. Military field
problems can not be worked out in a
one hour period. ’ ’
A schedule for the remaining nine
weeks of the college year has been pre
pared by Colonel Baird. An as illus
tration of the progress that will be
made in tactics, the first week’s work
beginning Saturday, April 19, will com
prise a one hour lecture and two hours
of field work which will include the
working out of a general and a special
military situation covering a state of
war between the state of Oregon and
the state of California. The second,
third, fourth and fifth weeks will be
progressive work on the<same situation
and will include such tactics as trans
mitting messages by means of connect
ing files, first aid and disposition of
wounded, indications of the enemy by
dust, trenches, etc., concealment in ad
vancing through hostile territory, meth
ods of interrogating hostile civilians,
disposition of captured enemy patrols,
camouflage, change of an advance
guard into an outpost at night, methods
of repelling attacks of enemy cavalry,
etc.
A two-hour competitive “Fox Chase”
between companies will be a feature of
the sixth week’s work, at the end of
which there will be one hour devoted to
instruction in individual cooking. The
schedule for the remaining three weeks
will cover a more advanced special mil
itary situation and will include pro
tection against artillery fire, camou
flage of trenches, battle reconnaissance
from a defensive position, patroling to
the front, signalling (semaphore), prac
tice in transmitting verbal messages,
patrolling to the front, clearing field
of fire to the front, instruction in map
reading, etc. About one half hour of
the three hours period will be devoted
to close order drill.
April 26 Mystery
is Finally Solved;
It's Date of K.K.K.
Beams of enlightenment now radi
ate from the big mystery of April 26.
At last the lid is off, the curtains
have been drawn, the clouds have lifted
and before you in all the delightful
novelty of the new it stands—the K.
K. K. What these words stand for is
still kept from the criticising gaze of
the obliterating multitudes, they are
shrouded in a cryptic maze of mystery
now, but there meaning may be dis
closed before the eventful date, the
26th.
Indirectly the words stand for a
big “fun fest” which is to be staged
in the men’s gymnasium and in the
outdoor women’s gymnasium on the
mystery inshrouded date. This fest is
to take the form of a circus, a carnival,
April Frolic, inter-fraternity smoker,
roughneck dance, country fair and any
think else that pertains to enjoyment.
It is being staged by the members of
the order of the O club and will be
patterned in many respects to the big
joy carnival held in the Armory March
3, 1916.
The men’s gymnasium will be the
scene of the circus events. Here each
organization on the campus will stage a
stunt or vaudeville sketch. The gym
will take the form of a circus gounds
with sideshows on every side. Leather
lunged ballahoes will be on all side
announcing their shows, trapeze and
sleight of hand performers will jostle
elbows with the fat woman, the thin
man and the fire eater while the
troupe of Hawaiian singers will vie
with the slap-stick comedians and joys
of the loop the loop, the trip to Mars
and a visit to the underground cham
bers of the Chinese opium joint.
DRIVEWS40,000
IS ON IN PORTLAND
Woman’s Building Drive to be
Speeded Up; Alumni
Urged to Give
An office at 421 Oregon building
under the direction of Miss Charlie
Fenton, alumni secretary, is open this
week in Portland and plans are under
way to raise $40,000 for the Woman’s
building before commencement time,
as a result of the meeting of the
Portland branch of University alumni
which was held last Saturday after
noon in the Chamber of Commerce of
that city.
‘ ‘ Subscription from every alumnus
in the state by commencement,” is
the slogan of the Portland branch; and
a committee composed of Mrs. Ormond
Bean, Arthur Geary, and A. P. Me
Kinlay have been appointed to handle
the matter in detail, working under the
advice of a state association committee
composed of K. K. Kubli, Mrs. Alice
Benson and Fletcher Linn.
At the Saturday meeting Miss
Fenton reported that there were about
j 2000 alumni, who, according to Mrs.
! Irene H. Gerlinger, regent of the Uni
; versity, who was present at the Satur
day meeting, have subscribed $3,400
as compared to $3,900 subscribed by
students in the last three years for
| University needs. This she attributed
to the fact that the students them
selves are closer to the immediate
needs and more readily appreciate
them, than do the alumni who perhaps
are better able to make subscriptions.
In connection with the Woman’s
building drive, the Civic League of
Portland which celebrates a University
of Oregon day annually has set next
Saturday as the date of the occasion
this year. At that time speak«s will
attempt to interest its members in the
needs of the state university.
In the list of contributors to the
Woman’s building, it is interesting to
note that the late Phoebe Hearst gave
$500 toward the cause of the Oregon
Woman’s building.
Among the prominent alumni who
attended the meeting Saturday in Port
land was Mrs. Ellen Condon MeCor
nack, a member of the class of 1878,
the first that ever graduated from the
University.
NATIONAL FIGURE
TO BE SPEAKER AT
ASSEMBLY TOOA1
Representative Hawley, Friend oi
University, Will Talk
on Vital Issue
Representative Willis C. Hawley
will speak to the associated students
and faculty tomorrow at the Wednes
day morning assembly in Villard hall.
He will talk on a vital issue of the day,
“The League to Enforce Peace.”
which, according to Karl W. Onthank,
secretary to President Campbell, will
be wTell worth while, since Mr. Hawley
is a speaker of considerable ability.
Mr. Hawley has always beqn exceed
ing interested in the University. He has
appointed a number of students to
West Point and Anappolis during his
12 years in congress.
“This is going to be one of the best
lectures of the year, ’ ’ said Mr. Onthank
today, “and every student will want to
hear what he has to say since he is
so interested in the school. ’ ’
The speaker has been engaged in ed
ucational work in several institutions,
including Willamette University, where
he served as president for eight years.
He has recently been traveling all over
the state explaining the farm loan act
to the people. Mr. JIawley’s home is
in Salem.
NOTED EDUCATOR SPEAKS
Dr. A. E. Winship Outlines Changes in
School System
“The Results of the War on Educa
tion ’ ’ was the lecture given by Dr.
A. E. Winship, editor of the Journal of
Education, at Oregon hall yesterday
morning, in which he outlined changes
in the educational system. Education is
becoming more democratic, according
to Dr. Winship, and self-government in
schools is being established.
Dr. Winship remarked on the effi
ciency of the machine gun schools and
other military training schools employ
ed .during the war, in which no false
moves or long preparation was made,
but each step given advances the stu
dent. He urged an imitation of these
methods in all branches of school work.
Dr. Winship lectured in the after
noon at the Eugene high school and
at the chamber of commerce. He left
last evening for Corvallis, from there
he will go to Monmouth, where he will
visit the Oregon Normal school.
CLASS TO GIVE VAUDEVILLE
Students in Dramatic Interpretation
Will Hold Open Evening
A real, live vaudeville, with a full
program from strong man act to short
sketch to movies will be the entertain
ment for an open evening to be given
by the 10 o’clock hour of the dramatic
interpretation classes for the depart
ment and friends. The committees in
charge promise an evening of fun for
everybody, and *sav that it has been
entered into with a big rush of enthus
iasm that speaks well for success.
, An exact date has not been set, due
to the full social calendar this month
but plans are now well under way.
Originality is to be the keynote of the
entire performance.
Y. M. SEABECK PLANS MADE
Secretary Van Osdel Returns from Con
ference in Potland
Edgar B. Van Osdel, secretary of the
campus Y. M. C. A., returned to the
campus this morning from Portland,
where he attended a conference of Y.
M. Secretaries last week-end. The
conference was called for the purpose of
discussing and making plans for the
Seabeck conference which will be held
this year, June 14 to 23, for men of
the Y. M. Mr. Van Osdel expects thirty
men to go from the University.
Gale Seaman, “Y” secretary for the
Pacific Coast was present at the con
ference with his assistants, Joshua Vo
gel and Ben Oherrington. Mr. Maxfield,
secretary of the University of Washing
ton Y. M. C. A., also attended the meet
ing.
Satanic Majesty Frolics
With Cop in Plain Sight
It was a big success in every sense
of the word—that April frolic. The
' long-looked-forward-to event of the
strictly manless dance has passed,
leaving behind a trail of memories dear
to the heart of etery Oregon girl.
But on second thought you can’t say
it was quite manless either, for there
were some very prominent masculine
characters present. His Satanic Ma
jesty, for instance, was there attired
in fiery red, armed with a fork with
which to jab his victims, while he
looked with enjoyment on their writh-1
ings. And there was one who was or
evidently had been a member of the
Eugene police force (it is rumored that
“he” is now editing the Oregann as
a side line) who, swinging his weapon
for the enforcement of law and order,
flirted and went walking in turn with j
the nursemaid, while a ferocious South
African canibal wheeled the baby car
| riage in the most approved style.
That baby, by the way, received
honorable mention by the judges, and
: the man-eating cannibal grinned with
i fiendish glee as he accapted the second
| prize.
The first prize went to a person
displaying a most remarkable amount
of courage in that she went the entire
evening completely surrounded and
' covered by a gigantie fire cracker of
undoubtedly immense explosive powers.
Then there were prizes for stunts,
too. There were twelve stunts and
everyone thought there should have
been twelve prize- they were all so
good. But there were only two, and
the first prize went to the Kappas,
who appeared as advertisements, with
costumes, songs and dances to match.
There was the Palm Olive girl who
did an oriental dance and got hearty
applause from the Devil and Angel and
Mexican bad men and prim old maid,
with equal enthusiasm. The “Bit”
soap girls appeaed in dainty costumes
in all the shades of the rainbow. Camp
bell Soup cans looked like the sure ’nuf
original and Vogue girls looked like
real cover designs come to lifo.
The Theta dogs with their songs
and stunts and “general appearance”
barked their way into the hearts of
everybody, including the judges who
promptly gave them honorable mention.
Honorablo metion went also to the
D. G. stunt, which was really most pa
thetic in that the Juliet in her despair
drank up all of the Bevo, whereupon
Borneo was forced to tear a mighty hole
in his side with a well-sharpened blade
that ho just happened to have handy.
Then, all, too late did Juliet awaken—
but you know the rest, the ending is
always the same only this time we saw
them later, together in Heaven with
Saint Peter pinning—or was it gluing—
on the wings?
Everybody danced with everybody
else regardless of very obvious differ
ences in age and cast, to jazzy music,
with an ice cream cone in one hand,
cookie in the other and the stick of an
all-day sucker protruding from tho
mouth.
No wonder the senior girl in a cap
tain 's uniform hugged tho little fresh
man topsy so hard as she danced the
last waltz and listened to her tell what
a good time she had at her first April
Frolic. And tho sonior uttered a long
sigh.
; R. 0. T. C. EQUIPMENT HERE
First Installment, Collar Ornaments,
Arrives Via Parcel Post
The first installment of R. O. T. C.
equipment recently arrived on the cam
pus and L. II. Johnson, business office
comptroller, is expecting more any day,
but just what he expects to receive
next he will not say since the first
package contained, no, not shoes nor
uniforms, but collar ornaments. Ac
cording to this system, Mr. Johnson
believes that undoubtedly either shoe
lacings or hat bands will next make
their appearance.
The collar ornaments, 205 in number,
came last week by parcel post and
gave the University business office a
good laugh. Colonel W. H. C. Bowen,
head of military affairs on the campus
has asked the government for many
! necessities for R. O. T. C. equipment,
I among which he counted the collar
1 ornaments the most unessential. Col
onel Bowen’s requisition slip included;
shelter tents, uniforms, hats, shoes,
leggins, overcoats, and rifles.
—
COTE TO GIVE CONCERT
School of Music Will Present Baritone
at Hut April 17.
A musical treat is scheduled for the
evening of Thursday, April 17, in the
Y. M. C. A. hut, when Arthur Faguy
Cote, baritone, will bo presented in
concert by the University school of
music. He will be accompanied by
Mrs. Arthur Faguy-C'ote.
The program is as follows:
I
a. On Wings of Song .Mendelssohn
b. Serenade—“Don Juan” .Mozart
o. Has Sorrow Thy Young Days
shaded ..Old Irish Melody
i n.
Scene. The Gray Wolf....H, T. Burleigh
• ‘ III. ’
a. Chant Hindou . Bemberg
b. L’Invitation au Voyage.Duparc
c. Pensees Tristes—Werther....Massenet
IV.
a. At the Ball —.Tchaikowsky
b. Little Playmates .Ellen Tuckfield
c. Venetian song .Paolo Tosti
d. The Star .James II. Rogers
TO WORK FOR VICTORY LOAN
.Word has been received by Mrs.
Campbell that Mrs. George T. Ger
linger, Mrs. Currie and Mrs. Kelley
Iteese all of Portland will arrive on
the campus Wednesday and remain
over Thursday in the interests of the
Victory loan. All are prominent in
Portland civic affairs. The visitors
will be guests at Hendricks hall.
RED CROSS COURSES
TO BE ESTABLISHED
Training of Social Workers and
Public Health Nurses
Part of Plan
A series of Red Cross chapter
training coupes will bo established,
it was decided at ~tho three day
conference of the northwest di
vision of the Red Cross, hold last
week in Seattle, according to John C.
Alniack, who was a University repre
sentative. The courses are to bo es
tablished for the training of social
workers and public health nurses and
will bo offered in Seattle and Port
land.
The Universities of Oregon and
Washington were asked to co-operate
in this work through their extension
divisions," said Mr. Alniack. "The
University will take the work up this
summer at the summer session in Port
land by offering courses in social
training and public health nursing.
Chapter courses which are under con
sideration will be announced later.
“More than 400 persons attended the
conference, including delegates from
the Red Cross chapters and the institu
tions of higher learning of Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and Alaska."
Delegates from the University other
than Mr. Alniack, were Dr. George Re
bec, resident director of Portland
branch of the extension division, and
Karl W. Onthank, secretary to the
President. Among the speakers were
Colin V. Dymcnt, formerly professor
of journalism at the University, and
Bert Adams, graduate of the Univer
sity, now superintendent of the Lake
View school and chief of the bureau of
development of the northwest division
of the Red Cross.
PROFESSOR DeCOU TO JUDGE
E. E. DeCou, professor of mathemat
ics at the University, has been asked
to act in the capacity of judj^ at the
; Coos county district oratorical contest
to be held at North Bend next week
end.
SENIOR PLAY TRYOUTS
Tryouts for the Senior play will be
held at Villard hall at 4 o’clock tomor
row. Don Orput desires that all aspir
ants be present.
ANOTHER SECRET
ON CAMPUS: 10
IS TO BE 'll’?
Co-Star With Androcles Keeps
Identity Heavily Veiled
in Mystery
OAST IS YOUNG MENAGERIE
Puppy and Snake in It; Lots of
Laughs; Costumes Are Here
from Seattle
Who will be the lion in “Androcles
and the Lion,” which will be staged in
Guild hull next Friday and Saturday
nights by the “Company” of dramatic
students under the direction of Pro
fessor Fergus Beddie, head of the de
partment of public speaking? It’s a
secret for nobody knows but the lion
“itself,” and it won’t toll, according
to Professor Beddie, who spoke for it
yesterday. The Lion has a very import
ant part, although it is allowed no ad
vertising. A puppy and a snake com
prise the other non-speaking parts in
the comedy. ^
“The play is nothing short of a bur
lesque,” said Professor Beddie,” and
it provokes a laugh from start to fin
ish. Shaw has taken the fable of
Androcles and the Lion and made it
into a rolicking comedy.” The sale of
seats will open tomorrow at the Guild
hall box office. The prices will be 50
and 35 cents.
Costumes of an elaborate nature ar
rived recently from Seattle and are be
ing “touched up” for the play. The
scenery has been arranged by Norvell
Thompson and is to be entirely origi
nal and different from the settings usu
ally used for the comedy.
“Androcles and the Lion” is in two
acts and a prologue. The cast calls
for twenty people of which no more
than seven are character roles. The
part of Androcles will be taken by Nor
vell Thompson and Hester Hurd will
be as funny as ever as Meagara, the hen
who pecks. The character of Ferro
vius, an evangelist, will be taken with
groat seriousness by Cres Maddock,
who, according to other members of
the cast, is peculiarly fitted for the
part.
„ Other character parts are: Lavinia,
Helen Burlington; The Captain, Julian
Leslie; Centurion, David Lloyd Stearns
and Spintho, Charles Miller. Extra re
hearsals are being held this week and
according to Professor Beddie the stu
dents are putting a great deal into their
roles.
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Y. M. C. A. TO HAVE SPEAKER
J. Stitt Wilson Will Give Series of
Talks at Hut April 27-30
Ben Cherington, former Y. M. C. A.
Secretary of the University of Cali
fornia, was here yesterday making
arrangements for J. Stitt Wilson, the
noted Socialist lecturer, who will be
here April, 27-30, when he will deliver
a series of lectures. Mr. Cherington
lias just been discharged from the
service recently and met with the
cabinet at the Y. M. Hut to arrange
the details of Mr. Wilson’s appearance
on the campus.
Mr. Cherington is making the ar
rangements at Corvallis today for Mr.
Wilson and will attend the Y. M. C. A.
conference for secretaries to be held
in Portland on Monday.
Y. W. SECRETARY TO SPEAK
Miss MacCorcle to Tell of Industrial
Work for Women
Miss Constance MacCorkle, national
secretary for the Y. W. C. A., from the
national headquarters in New York,
will address the women of the Univer
sity at the V. M. C. A. hut this evening
from 7 to 8. Miss MacCorkle will speak
on the subject of industrial work for
women, and her topic will be of inter
est to all women. She was present at
the student conference of the Y. W. C.
A., which was held in Salem last week
end and was received very enthusias
tically.