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VOL. 21
Emerald
NOVEMBER 8, 1919
NO. 16
MW I$. GILBERT
TO BE SPEAKER AT
Oregon Students to Participate
In Celebration With City
of Eugene
PARADE SET fOR ONE P. M.
American Legion Dance and Football
Game to be Features of
Occasion
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Major William S. Gilbert of Astoria
will be the speaker at the University
Armistice day assembly Tuesday
morning at 9:30 o’clock in Villard
hall. Chaplain Gilbert went overseas
with the old Third Oregon, was made
senior chaplain of the 41st division
and later of the First army corps4
At the time of the Spanish-American
war Chaplain Gilbert was pastor of
the Central Presbyterian church in
Eugene and went as chaplain of the
Second Oregon infantry.
Chaplain Gilbert’s address on Tues
day will be patriotic in nature. A
selection will be sung by the Univer
sity choir and a number of songs will
be sung by the assemblage led by
the choir. H. W. Davis, who was
with the Y. M., C. A. overseas, now
general secretary of the Eugene Y.
M. C. A., will deliver the Invocation.
An attempt was made at the first
of the week to engage Col. John
Leader as a speaker for the Armistice
day assembly; but he had accepted
an invitation to ride at the head of
the British contingent in the Portland
Armistice day celebration. He ex
pressed his regrets at not being able
to be at the University on that day.
Arrangements for the assembly are
in charge of a student committee.
Representatives from student body
and the entire faculty will be seated
on the platform. Two representa
tives from the committee for the city
celebration have also been asked to
occupy places on the platform for
the morning.
Indications point to a capacity
house for the assembly Tuesday; the
committee in charge believes. All
students should be out, as there are
no classes on that day. Many town
people are expected to hear the pro
gram because of its promise of ex
cellence.
Following the assembly all Uni
versity men and women, led by
Slim Crandall, will serpentine down
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DISTANT GRADS PLAN
HOMECOMING SPECIAL
Eastern Oregon Alumni Will Come to
Game on Train of Their Own,
Says Dean
Due to the efforts of Dean John
Straub while in eastern Oregon, spe
cial plans are being made by former
Oregon students to attend the Home
coming events at Oregon this year.
Special trains will be chartered for
the occasion.
At Pendleton, Bert Jerard and Mr.
Haoeier are in ci.arge, Wallace Eakin
and F fentice Brown at Baker and
Fred Kiddle anl Herbert Hanna at
La Grande. The train, starting from
Baker, will come through La Grande,
Joseph, Enterprise^ Wallowa, Elgin
and Pendleton. From there the train
will pass through Portland, where it
will be reinforced by a special from
there. People from O. A. C. have
been asked to jo’U the crowd and
they may be assured a cordial wel
come and reception, said Dean Straub.
RULING ON ABSENCES
REVISED BY FACULTY
Cuts Due to Illness No Longer Bar
to Examinations—Metric System
Endorsed
Under a new ruling passed by
the faculty at their meeting in Guild
hall Thursday afternoon, no student
will be allowed to take a term exam
ination in any class from which he
has been absent more than 20 pei
cent of the total number of hours,
provided, however, that more than
half of these absences are from causes
other than sickness.
TJnder the old ruling no distinction
was made regarding the cause of the
“cuts” and the new regulation is
designed to be more lenient in the
case of legitimate absences. The new
ruling, it was emphasized at the
meeting, deals only with examinations.
Margaret Monroe of Portland was
recommended for a B.A. degree.
Miss Monroe> who majored in Eng
lish, received credits from Washing
ton State college, Puget Sound col
lege and the University of Washing
ton. She completed her course
through the Portland extension cen
ter and summer school.
The faculty passed a resolution, a
memorandum of which is to be sent
to congress, endorsing the adoption
of the metric system of mensuration
through the United States. There
has been considerable agitation among
progressive institutions for the sub
stitution of metrics for the British
standard in vogue at present.
O.A.C.-OBEGQN TICKET
SALE OPEflS HAY
STUDENT PASSES MUST BE EX
CHANGED FOR SEATS BEFORE
NEXT THURSDAY
Student body tickets will count one
j dollar toward reserved seat in the
| grandstand for the Homecoming game
j next Saturday with O. A. C., ae
! cording to the announcement made
I yesterday by Marion McClain, grad
; uate manager. Reserved seats will
be on sale Monday morning at S
o’clock at Kuykendall’s drug store.
The sale will continue throughout
the week, the tickets costing $1.50
and $2.00.
A booth will be opened on the cam
pus Thursday morning where student
body tickets may be exchanged for
seats in the bleachers. All bleacher
tickets must be secured on Thursday,
Mr. McClain announces. Student
body tickets must be exchanged to
admit to the game.
BENNETT PRIZE OFFERED
Twenty Dollars to be Given Best
Paper on Free Government
The Bennett prize of about $20 will
be offered this year to the student
of the University who writes the
best paper on “Principles of Free
i Government.” The prize is the in
j terest on a gift of $400 made to the
: University of Oregon by Philo Sher
man Bennett of New Haven, Conn.
It was last offered in 1912, when
it was won by Oscar S. Hauger, the
income at that time amounting to
about $16. The principal has been
increased by the addition of the in
terest since 1912, making it now
amount to $563.50.
Any students who wish to compete
for this prize are asked to notify
the registrar.
STUDENT VOLUNTEER
MOVEMENT OCCUPIES
ATTENTION OF OREGON
Sixteen Delegates to Represent
University at Des Moines
Convention
The student volunteer movement Is j
one of the largest problems that will I
face the student body of the Univer-!
sity this year, in the opinion of the
local committee. To send at least 16 j
delegates to the convention at Des j
Moines is a consideration which is
enormous in scope and which looms j
larger and larger. The only way it!
can be solved is by the loyal sup-j
port of the students to make pos
sible the sending of their delegates, j
There has been a great deal of
misunderstanding in regard to the
manner in which this campaign is
being conducted on the campus. There
is a general committee in charge of
the entire movement. Roy Veatch
is chairman of the committee and
the other members are Dean Fox, Era
Godfrey, Eva Hansen, Stad Ander
son, and Johnnie Houston. The nom
inating committee was appointed yes
terday, its members being Era God
frey, chairman^ Dean Fox, Stan An
derson, Bill Purdy, Helen Carson and
Del Oberteuffer.
The duty of this committee will be
to nominate a reasonable number of
students from the most prominent
on the campus regardless of organ
ization and the like. Both men and
women will be nominated from the
different classes, this giving a better
balance to representation from the
student body. This list of nominees
will then be submitted to the students
so that they may vote upon the ap
pointed number to attend the con
vention. The present plans are to
have voting take place on the com
ing Thursday at a place designated
beforehand. Each vote will cost one
dollar, this revenue being the means
of seeding the delegates to the east.
Oregon must raise one thousand
dollars for this cause. The old poc
ketbooks are being hit pretty hard
these days, but to think that the rep
| resentatives of O. A. C., of the Uni
versities of California and Washing
1 ton will be at Des Moines strong in
number should cause every Oregon
man and woman to support the
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COMEDY TO BE GIVEN
BY MASK AND BUSKIN
Receipts of Production to Go Towards
Student Voluteer
Movement
Mask and Buskin, local chapter of
| the dramatic fraternity of Associated
University Players, ^announces that it
will present a play at the Eugene
Theatre on the night of December 6.
This is a benefit play, the receipts to
be given to the student volunteer
movement.
Mask and
Buskin
a
is purely
student body order and is composed
the best dramatic talent on the
of
campus.
The cast will be made up of mem
bers of the student body and will be
picked from the following members
of Mask and Buskin: Evelyn Smith,
Norvell Thompson, John Houston,
Marion Gilstrap, Norman Philips, Er
nest Nail, Lyle McCroskey, Curtiss
Peterson, Ada McMurphey, Gladys
Dyment, Ogden Johnson, Claire Keen
ey, Arvo Simola, Norman Edwards.
The honorary members are Professor
Reddle and Miss Charlotte Banfield.
STUDENTS TAGGED FOR
niimmi or
HOMECOMING ALUMNI
Twenty Cars Put at Disposal of
Committee ;Govenor Olcott
to be Present
All students of the University are
to wear tags on Homecoming day,
Novemberr 15, said Miss Charlie
Fenton, alumni secretary yesterday.
Each tag is to carry the name of the
wearer and a message of greeting for
the visiting alumni.
At the last meeting of the commit
tees on Homecoming everything was j
reported to be progressing well. Era
Godfrey, chairman of the committee
to welcome alumni at the trains, re
ported that 20 cars have already been
placed at the disposal of the commit
tee. These cars will be marked in
order that the alumni can recognize
and use them whenever they are j
needed. It is expected that 100 such
cars will be available for use on
Homecoming day.
The Y. M. C. A. hut has been
selected as headquarters for the
homecoming alumni.
A checking room, telephone booths,
and room lists will be available here
at all times. George Shirley has been
placed in charge of this department.
The committee under Mabyl Weller
which is listing available rooms for
the week-end has already secured 200
rooms or about half the number of
outside rooms that it is estimated
will be needed for the occasion.
The freshmen are laying extensive
plans for the bonfire on Friday night
and the stunts to be pulled during
that event are being worked out, Miss
Fenton said. A very thrilling and
clever stunt has also been selected
to be staged between halves of the
game but this is to remain a deep,
dark, and mysterious secret.
The Washington State game in
Portland today is offering an excellent
opportunity to advertise Homecoming
[ in Portland. Dodgers proclaiming the
event will be distributed among the
spectators, and attention will also be
called to it in the rally and in the
serpentine to be staged between
halves.
Over 1200 seats in the alumni sec
tion have already been reserved for
the game, Miss Fenton said. Tickets
for these are now being mailed. Lee
Hulburt is in Portland arranging for
sleepers from eastern Oregon and
special trains from Portland for the
great Homecoming event and the O.
A. C. game on November 15.
Governor Olcott has written accept
ing Miss Fenton’s invitation to attend
the game, and promising that both
he and Mrs. Olcott will be there for
| the game and if possible for the dance
at the armory in the evening. Mrs.
i Olcott is to be one of the patronesses
1 of the dance.
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BANQUET FOR K. OF P.
Student Members Invited to be Pres
ent November 13
All students on the campus who
are members of the Knights of Py
thias are invited to a banquet which
the order will give Thursday, Nov
ember 13, in the -Knights or Pythias
hall. The banquet will be the an
nual roll call event of the year.
Students who wish to be present!
j are asked to nee Robert C. Hall,
school of journalism or H. A. Clark,
j professor of Latin
BY WASHINGTON STATE ELEVEN
IN HARD BATTLE AT PORTLAND
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RESULTS OF FORMER U. of
O.-W. S. C. BATTLES
Following are the results of
the previous games between the
University of Oregon and the
Washington State college teams,
which meet on Multnomah field
next Saturday afternoon:
Year Ore. W.S.C.
1901 . 0 16
1903 . 0 0
1911 .. 6 0
1912 . 0 7
1914 . 7 0
1915 . 3 28
1916 . 12 3
1917 . 3 26
Totals . 31 80
Games won by W. S. C., 4.
Games won by Oregon, 3.
Tie game, 1.
WOMEN TO PRACTICE
BASKETBALL SOON
MISS FLEGAL SEEKS LARGE
TURNOUT FOR NEXT WEEK
SERIES TO BE ARRANGED
If you haven’t already signed up
for basketball, be sure you have done
so by Monday night, says Ruth Fle
gal, head of women’s basketball, for
practice begins Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Emma Waterman of the de
partment of physical education for
women is to be the coach for all
classes.
Miss Flegal desires Jtliat a large
number of women from each class
turn out for practice in order that
the class teams may represent the
best basketball material in the Uni
versity. Elimination contests will
be started as soon as they can be
arranged, said Miss Flegal, and dur
ing the second term the class series
will be played off.
The practices as scheduled for next
week are Tuesday from 5 to (1^ up
perclassmen; Wednesday 4:16 to 6,
upperclassmen; 6 to 6:45, freshmen;
Thursday 3:15 to 4:15, mixed classes.
The physical record of each girl must
be looked up before she is allowed
to enter the practice.
COMPETITION POSTPONED
Freshman Military Finals to Take
Place on Monday
Finals in the freshman military ef
ficiency contest, which were sche
duled for Friday, were postponed ow
ing to the inclement weather. They
will take place on Monday at the
11 o’clock drill period. Three cadets
will represent each company in the
last of the elimination series. The
contest is based on the work of the
school of a soldier.
Forensic League to Meet
A meeting of the Oregon Women’s
Forensic league will be held Mbnday
afternoon in Professor R. W. Pres
cott’s room in Johnson hall.
Local Backs Nearly
Score In First
Quarter
BALL WORKED TO W. S. C.
2 YARD LINE BUT IS LOST
Battered Condition of Varsity
Men Tells In Last Period;
Score Conies In Third
(By Herman Lind)
Portland, Ore., Nov. 8,—W. 8. C.
defeated Oregon this afternoon 7"
to 0 in one of the hardest battles
seen here in years. A costly fumble
on Oregon’s twenty-five yard line In
the third quarter was largely re
sponsible for defeat. Courgars re
covered and took the ball straight
through for a touchdown. Oregon
rushed Washington State off their
feet in the first quarter. Passes and
line bucks brought a halt at the
three yard line, but Washington's line
held for downs. This was Oregon’s
best chance to score.
Both teams were strong on offense
and were very evenly matched. Hunt
ington, Steers and Jacobberger were
very strong In the backfield and
Bartlett and Williams were very ef
fective on the line.
Oregon rallied in the last quarter
with Skeet Manerud at quarter but
a .pass intercepted ended the Var
sity’s chances. Oregon rooters ser
pentined behind and all through Port
land after the game with the slogan
“Bring on the Aggies.’’
First Quarter
Washington won the toss, choos
ing the northern goal. Steers kicked
40 yards to Jennings, who returned
the ball 12 yards. Jennings went
through the line for one yard but on
his second attempt fumbled, being
thrown for a three-yard loss.
Skaddan made three yards around
hight end, but was hurt and replaced
by Mclvor. Jennings punted 40
yards to Steers who returned the ball
10 yards> carrying it to the center
of the field. Steers followed
through the same hole on the next
down, making three yards. Hunting
ton completed the yardage by a gain
around the left end. Three yards
were made on the next down, Hunt
ington following by a live-yard gain
through center. Steers failed to gain
on a Jab at right tackle but Jacob
berger circled the right end on a
crisscross play for seven yards, car
rying the ball to Washington’s 15
yard line. Oregon, by a succession
of line bucks carried the ball to W.
S. C's two-yard line, where Steers
was held on the fourth down.
Jennings punted. Oregon tried a
series of line bucks with small gains.
A pass from Steers to Brandenberg
failed to connect. W. S. C. was pen
alized for being offside. Jacob
berger hit a hole between right tackle
and end for four yards. A pass from
Steers to Huntington brought a six
yard gain. On the third down a
pass from Steers to Jacobberger made
11 yards. Huntington made yardage
through left tackle, and Steeds plung
ed through center for six yards. On
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