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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 11, 1919)
OREGON BACKWARD IN $1,000 QUOTA FOR STUDENTS CONVENTION Only Six Campus Organizations Have Turned in Pledges; Women Lead The student volunteer convention movement which wa3 started on the campus last week is 8*111 on and will be actively conducted until the one thousand dollar mark is reached. The pledges turned in last Thurs day night were few in number, there bing only about one hundred and fifty received from those given out at assembly. This total was made up from the returns from six of the cam pus organizations and it was notice able that the preater part of these pledges were from the Oregon wo men. Speakers gave five minute talks last night at both the men’s and women’s houses In behalf of the movement . If this sum is not reach ed, they emphasized, Oregon has fail ed to do her part. The voting for Oregon’s candidates will take place Thursday at Johnson hall. There will be a list of candi dates posted by the nominating com mittee and it is requested of the students that if they have suggestions as to the students who should attend the convention, hand in the names to Era Godfrey, chairman of the nom inating committee. Instructions will likewise be posted with the candi dates and any student contributing the sum of one dollar will be eligible to vote for Oregon’s representatives at Des Moines. The University of California is ask ing for the privilege of sending more than their designated number of de legates. The colleges and univer sities of the esat are doing the same for the realize the benefits to come frorii such a student gathering. MEN IN GOOD CONDITION Physical Examinations Prove Oregon Students in Fine Health Most University men have finished their physical examinations, accord ing to l)r. B. 11. Sawyer, head of the campus Infirmary and but a few freshmen and football men re main to bo examined. “The men as a whole have proved to be in very good condition,” stated Dr. Sawyer, “especially thpse who have been in the service. 1 believe that the ser vice work did a great deal to build up the men physically and that this probably accounts for the high stan dard maintained by men Just enter ing the University." Football men will be examined after the soason is over. Dr. Sawyer plans to co-operate with the physical training department in correcting some of the defects found in making (eats. In somo instances of hud throats, tonsil operations will be made when the examinations aro completed The inlirmury has bpen kept busy lately spraying bad throats, which have been common among the students having bad colds. Home Again! Win Again! Obak's Hot Dogs. NEW STUDE BRINGS LETTER OF POETRY Friend of Dean Straub Invokes Muse in Writing Introduction for Niece Entering College Dean John Straub received at the first of this year a letter which he terms rather extraordinary. It was from an old friend, who wrote it as an introduction for his niece, who was entering the University as a fresh I man. The entire letter was written in verse. The name has been chang ed in the verses as they appear below: Waddling, toddling and wavering; Wobbling) hobbling and quavering; And still she never fell down! I see her yet Just starting life’s race, Sweet little Mabel with angel face, Mabel who filled a great space In my child-hungry heart, and you’ll own That yours is in danger, now she is grown. i Humming, strumming in happiness; Laughing, chaffing in snappiness; Oh, such a picture of life! She grows as the years are rolling along, Takes to her work as the lark to its song, Quicker than all of her throng; And was good and was true, as I vow; And since she is grown, you’ll find her so now. Singing, ring in Joyousness; Singing, bringing in coyishness— Ah ha, she brings her coy self! You see my Mabel timidly stands Waiting to hear Dean Straub’s com mands, Placing her hopes in his hands; And it’s he who must answer this year For Mabel, my niece, that symbol of cheer. College Professors Poorly Paid Ditch diggers of the United States are paid more than college profes sors and mechanics and trainmen more than Instructors, according to J. G. Schurman, president of Cornell university, who supported the cam paign asking for an additional $5, 000,000 endowment tp increase the salaries of Cornell teachers. OREGON QUAKES SLIGHT Dr. W. D. Smith Says 30 Have Oc curred Since Reeords Started Many people believe that no oarthciuakes occur in Oregon. This is contrary to fact, according to Dr. W. D. Smith, professor of goology( who claims that 30 have occurred since records have been kept. The shocks are so slight it was explained that people are not aware that an earthquake is taking place. This state is not as liable to have as many earthquakes as Washington and California, as much of Oregon Is older and a more stable terraine. When an earthquake occurs. Dr. Smith explains, crevices are made in the affected rocks, if these are large and oil is present, a large amount is liable to seap away. The same is true for the water supply, some districts being well supplied while others are left without water. Home Again! Win Again! Obak's Hot Dogs. Subscribe for the Emerald. 35 SETS OF BIRDS EGGS HID RESTS ADDED ID ZOOLOGY MUSEUM Collection Gathered by Dr. A. B. Price of Scio, Formerly with Smith8onion Thirty-five sets of birds’ eggs, to gether with the nests, were presented to the zoology museum recently by Dr. A. G. Prill, a physician of Scio, Oregon, who was one of the first to begin collecting in Oregon, having started in the early eightties. Dr. Prill had formerly collected for the Smithsonian institute at Washing ton, D. C., and the Golden Gate Park museum in San Francisco. A set or “clutch” of eggs is the number laid by a bird during the year and varies with the species of bird. A quail will have 12 to 16 in a set, sparrows four, chickadees four to eight, while some birds lay only two eggs and others one egg each year. The Prill collection is particularly valuable because the eggs were sent in their native nests. The museum possesses one other collection of eggs known as the Schmidt collection. This contains 75 sets of eggs but does not have the nests. Dr. Prill some time ago presented the museum with his private callec tion of stuffed birds, such as geese, ducks, and our native sport birds, pheasants and other birds. One par ticularly valuable specimen in this collection is a “Yellow Rail,” which is the only bird of this species ever obtaied in Oregon. The bird belongs east of the Rockies and is not found west of them. These collections are of especial value to the students who are study ing animal distribution and the ad vanced students in the zoology de partment. The collections are on display on the upper floor of Deady hall, and the public is cordially invited at all times to inspect them. An “open ouse’ is being planned by Dr. John P. Dovard, head of the department of zoology, for later in the year, when the whole department is to be thrown open and a special invitation given to everyone to see the museum, laboratories and class rooms. Guides will be provided to take groups of people through, point out interesting features and answer questions. Placards will be placed about with a description of the arti cle on which it is placed. “A row of tin cans may not look interesting to the outsider,” said Dr. Bovard, "but if someone explained the contents of those cans they would be found to be most interesting.” College Entrants Tested Psychological tests are given pros pective entrants at Columbia uni versity to decide if they are suffi ciently keen of intellect to stand the strain of college life. The students are timed on their ability to answer, quickly such question as "What shoe do you put on after the right one?” — LOST—Somewhere on the campus, a Mu Phi Epsilon sorority pin. Finder will please notify Fern Murphy at the Kappa Kappa Gamma house. $54 Maize, silver-trimmed evening gown for sale at $30. Size 36. Call 1108 Olive or 494-J. L. V. Lamb. J Home Again! Win Again! Obak’s Hot Dogs. Tennis Balls Cause Library Leak A leak caused by three tennis balls becoming lodged in the rain pipe or the wall of the library was discover ed the other day when rain begar leaking through the roof in that pari of the library and dripping on tin books. It is supposed that wile and enthusiastic tennis players gave the balls such wallops that three o1 them landed in the rain pipe. Kappa Kappa Gamma entertained in honor of Miss Anna Raymond, vis iting delegate of Gamma 'Phi Beta, at luncheon Friday. OREGON VARSITY MEN TAKE ON NEW FIGHT (Continued from page 1) Brandenburg^ Vince Jacobberger and Bartlett are suffering from minor injuries, but by the time Saturday rolls around they will be in good condition for the state championship classic. O. A. C. has had quite a bit of trouble so far this season with in juries, but at the present time the collegians are in better shape than they have been all season. Hodler, Lodell, Reardon and Stewart have all been out and the lineup during some of the main games, but all are now in form to put forth their ut most efforts. Aggies Watched Portland Game This, together with the fact that Coach Hargiss kept his first team out of the Multnomah contest last Sat urday, indicates that the Corvallisites will be in better condition than the Varsity. The entire first team watch ed the Oregon-W. S. C. game from the stands with the purpose of get ting a line on Oregon’s style of play. Although the “dope” Indicates that Oregon should win, Coach Huntington is not at all over-confident as to the outcome on Saturday. “People who think we have an easy 'game on our hands are foolish,” he said after the W. S. C. contest. "I’m expecting a hard game and it will be a fight from whistle to whistle. We will enter the game in better condition than we did the W. S. C.^ but the Aggies are much improved by their rest.” Coaches Consider Changes It is probable that some changes may be made in the lineup before Saturday, but the coaches are not in a position at this time to tell just what will be done. A number of different combinations are being tried out this week and the one making the best showing in the practice ses sions will be favored. Johnnie Beskett and Johnnie Par sons—the two “Johnnies” of Oregon fame—are expected any day to help the Oregon coaching staff in prepar ing for the big Homecoming game. By the time the week is well along, several others may be on hand to aid in the work. A large number Oregon’s former stars are planning to attend the clash, and some of them are doing their utmost to be on ha*nd by Wednesday. Rallies to Instil Fight Rarries for the Homecoming climax will begin tomorrow. Yell Leaders Crandall, Knudsen and Keeney will be used in getting the student body up to a fighting pitch. By the time the grads arrive the campus is to be seething with enthusiasm. Although today was a holiday, a hard practice was held. Training table is being followed each evening with signal and “war” talks by the different coaches, so that the football men are spending most of their time in practicing and thinking football. Thrilling Play i Oregon—W. S. C. Game in Portland Last Saturday STEER CARRYING BALL ON HARD OFF TACKLE LINE BUCK ON MULTNOMAH FIELD. Official Gymnasiun Bloomers $4.90 We have just received from Aldrich and Chancellor a shipment of Gymnasium Bloomers in the style and material used at the Uni versity of Oregon. These bloomers are made of all wool black serge. All sizes. - JR2 9R(Mfln^asfi6uftne cftme rttff ^r-rtr fjtj/tiiry' t.- i~ C r Hasting- Sisters Register Bldg. Phone 1009 ARTICLES WE CARRY Marinello Toilet Articles Mary Fuller and Hyglo Nail Polish Hair Nets Combs and Brushes Hair Goods WORK WE DO— Shampooing Hair Dressing Scalp Treatments Manicuring Facial Massage Eyebrow Arching Switches made from Combings. Make your appointments for homecoming week GO TO CHARLIE’S FOR Fresh Popcorn Crispettes, Peanuts Home-made Candy and Popcorn 982 Willamette St. PROFESSIONAL AND COURTEOUS TREATMENT f THE HOME OF “HANAN” SHOES FOR MEN AND WOMEN You’ll want a new pair of shoes for the big RALLY or to wear to the “Homecoming Dance.” Let us fit you with a shoe that will meet your style requremcnts and will be durable. The Price Shoe Co.