Oregon Emerald DECEMBER 1. 191!> _ _ NUMBER 25 VOLUME 21 iiLEnpniw hi mum was FAINTSOREGSN SCENES Advertiser of Northwest’s Least Known Product—Its Out doors,Talks at Assembly SCENIC GRANDEUR LAUDED Sparkling Wit Mixed With Inimitable Imagery Keeps Pace With Views Flashed on Screen From President Campbell’s “ex-; travagant kick-off” of which he ‘ complained in his quaintly humorous way, Frank Branch Riley held his audience spellbound for an hour and a half in assembly today. Mixing sparkling wit with inimitable im agery, he kept pace with Homer Rogers, his trained operator, as pic ture after picture flashed on the screen, revealing a hidden granduer in Oregon scenery which Oregon students had never grasped before. Asking that for the moment each one imagine that he were in Pitts burg, Mr. Riley launched his illus trated lecture which he said was to advertise the most productive and neglected of all western raw prod ucts, the northwest’s scenery. In quick succession followed the pri meval forests, the great log rafts of the Columbia, the wooden ships upon the way in the bustle of war time production. A gasp ran through the audience as the autumn shades caught in the leaves of the forest undergrowth and the drooping vine' maples blazed out before their eyes! in flaming red. Columbia Scenes Shown. And quickly, everchanging, Riley led on to the fishing fleet that crept out into the dusk on the Col umbia’s mouth, to the laden seines in the beating surf, to the fish wheels in the upper stretches and finally to the spawning salmon in the sands of the rippling stream. “They literally swim up the Col umbia into the cans,’’ said Riley, as the interior view of a salmon ware house with its stacks of cans ap peared on the screen. Mount Hood, Mount Ranier, Mount Baker, the Canadian Rockies and Crater lake followed in a panorama. Great glaciers and rock masses loomed across canyons,' delicate flow ers peeped from receding snowdrifts or clung to clefts m walls of rock, but it was not the wonderful shading and color reproduction alone which brought to the spectator the tang of the mountain air, or the feel of the breeze from the ice field. It was rather the speaker who carried them with him, and yet whi kept them just on the verge of reality, whose ready wit sensed their feelings, now made them laugh, now thrilled them. Lecture Enlivened with Anecdotes. Mr. Riley followed his Columbia Highway scenes with humorous an ecdotes of its builders. He tried all his art as a speaker to keep his aud ience quiet as the noon hour quickly passed. “Very dark on the last three pictures, Homer,” he would say, and then some time later, ‘Rush them through for the last five minutes, Homer,” he would call again. How well he succeeded one could easily guess when watches reg istered 12:45 as the lights came on. President Campbell announced the placing on sale of the Red Cross Christmas stamps, the proceeds of v^hich to go toward fighting tuber culosis. Mr. Riley added a few words in support and praise of the Red Cross at the beginning of his lec ture. Pr'nceton Students Aid Drive. Sixteen representatives of the Princeton speakers’ association were sent out to speak before civic clubs and high schools in behalf of the Roosevelt Memorial campaign Cardinal Gets Degree from Chicago. An honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon Cardinal Mercier, archbishop of Malines, dur ing his recent visit at the Univer sity of Chicago CLUB IS ORGANIZED BY MAJORS IN LAW Lyle McCroskey Elected President— Fourteen Students Charter Members The University of Oregon Law Students’ club has recently been or-1 ganized by fourteen law students with Lyle V. McCroskey as president. This club has for its purpose the fur thering of the study of the science of law, according to Mr. McCroskey. As yet no regular times for meeting have been decided upon. The members of the club are May nard Harris, Joe Hedges, Gordon Wells, Kenneth Armstrong, Nish Chapman, Ben Ivey, William Cole man, Borden Wood, Francis Wade, Joe Ingram, Frederick Howard, Earl Conrad, and Sylvester Burleigh, Pro fessors S. B. Warner and Thomas A. Larremore of the university law de partment are honorary members. GUN INSTRUCTION STARTS Carson to Teach Cadets the Use of Browning Automatic Instruction in the operation and tactical use of the Browning auto matic rifle was started today under the direction of Allan Carson, a uni versity student, who became familiar with the use of the gun overseas. Three cadets from each of the four companies have been detailed for instruction which will cover the per iod from December 1 to 15. The periods will be spent studying the nomenclature of the gun, two study ing the operation and the remaining two periods of the course will be devoted to the study of its tactical uses. The cadets from the different com panies who will take instruction are: Company A—-Carl Epping, Edwin Fraser, Austin H. Hazard. Company B—Raymond Andrews, Ctewart Belcher, Virl Bennehoff. Company C—Cecd D. Bell, John Booker, James B. Burleson. Company D—irvii g Huntington, Chas. Gratke, Ralph McClaflin. WAR PAMPHLETS ARRIVE Library Gets 19 Volumes on Conflict —“The Octagon” Received Nineteen volumes of pamphlets relative to European war and world conditions have been received by the library. These publications are bound acording to subjects. Some of the subects are Americanism, Bel gian deportations, German atrocities, war aims, etc. “The Octagon’’ is an elaborate book which has just been entered into the files of the library, dealing with the house by that name in Washington, D. C-, in which the Ghent treaty was signed and where President Davis lived after the white house was damaged by fire. ALMACK WRITES ARTICLE School Board Journal Sends Check for $32.75 to Author John C. Almack, acting director of the extension division of the Uni versity of Oregon, has written an article entitled “Keeping up in Teaching,” which was printed in the November, 1919, number of the School Board Journal. Mr. Almack was pleasantly sur prised to receive a check for $32.75 for this article as he was unaware of the fact that the publishers of this magazine gave any remunera tion for educational articles. MISS OLSON TAKES REST Employee of Library for Past Ten Years Gets Leave of Absence Miss Olga E. Olsen, order clerk of the university library, has been given a leave of absence for several months, on account of ill health. Miss Olsen has been with the library for about ten years, entering the institution immediately after her graduation from the university. Announcement. On account of the Mask and Busk in play Saturday night the Kappa Sigma smoker has been indefinitely postponed. lam in PLAN TOURING PM FOR EUROPE III 1921 17 Girls Signify Intentions of Going on Trip Overseas DEAN FOX TO BE CHAPERON Itinerary to Include Places of In terest on Continent and in England “Europe in 1921” is perhaps the latest popular slogan on the univer sity campus. It relates to a plan of Dean Elizabeth Fox to conduct a party of women from the Univer sity of Oregon through Europe dur ing the summer of 1921. A party of 20 or 30 is as large a group as Dean Fox hoped to organize when she suggested her plan, but already approximately that number have de clared their intentions of joining the movement. Some of the women interested in the trip have suggested the forma tion of .a club to sustain interest among those intending to go across and for the study of the countries 1 to be visited. It has been suggested ! that women interested in joining such a club should enroll with Dean Fox at once. On the trip as planned Dean Fox | will be a conductor. Miss Julia Bur gess, who has spent much time I abroad, will acompany the group and | will give a resume of sights to be seen before each place of interest is reached. The tour will probably be under the direction of some tourist company, probably Thomas Cook & Son, who would submit various itin eraries at various prices. Under this plan all transportation arranged; tickets bought and accommodations secured by the company. Miss Fox as conductor, would act in this ca pacity under the company Cost to Be About $800. Miss Fox desires the party to be made up of University of Oregon graduates and undergraduates. It is impossible to know just what the expense of the tour will be, but every attempt will be made to keep it within the means of the college girls, said Miss Fox. She estimates that the probable cost per person will be from $800 to $1,000. The party will sail on a French steamer early in June, 1921, and will land at Bordeaux. In France they will visit the lhieresting chat eaus of Blois, Amboise. Azey le Rideau and Chinon. They will like wise visit Paris. In Switzerland they will see lake Geneva and will not miss the chateau de Chillon on lake Geneva. In Belgium they will visit Brussels, Ghent, Bruges and Antwerp. They will go into Hol land and sail from a Dutch port for j England, and go from there either : to Scotland or Wales. The party ; will return to the United States in ! time for the women to enter the university in the fall term. Several Girls Interested. Both Miss Burgess and Dean Fox are excellently equipped to conduct (Continued on page 2.) PLANS SUGGESTED System of Ranking Students Only Awaiting Faculty Approval FOR SOPHOMORE PLEDGING Dean Fox Says Rush-week Distracts, Unnecessarily From Work of School l Plans for improving scholarship at! the University were discussed at aj meeting of the faculty colloquium in Dean John Straub’s room Tuesday j evening. Among others were the ' plan of publishing grades, changing the value of grades, sophomore pledg ing and expansion of the “Oregon spirit.” Legislation is to be presented to the faculty by the colloquium pro viding for the publishing of grades and if the suggestion which they have | made were to be approved by the fa culty, grades would run ClassI, Class' II, Class III and Class IV, instead of H, S, M and P. Students then, in stead of being arranged alphabetical ly, would sit in classes according to merit. The whole list of those who passed in each subject would then be published in order of merit, as for example: Philosophy Class I—John Doe, Portland. 2. Richard Roe, Marshfield. 3. Jane Coe, La Grande. Class II.—1. James Smith, Eugene. 2. Henry Brown, Tacoma. 3. etc. Class V., containing the names of students who received the grade now labelled F, would he omitted. Publi cation of the names with the home towns would he obtained in the news papers, if possible. The motion was made by Dr. Joseph Schafer as the result of an outline given by Profes sor Colin Dyment of the grading sys tem now in vogue in Canadian uni versities. A motion carried in favor of chang ing the system of the valuaing of grades, for example, under the pres ent system if a student gets 45 hours “P,” he is granted the 45 hours as if he had the same number of hours “H”. Under the new plan the student with 45 hours “H” might get credit for 50 hours, while the one with 45 hours “P” would get only 40 hours. Rush-Week is Distraction The subject of sophomore pledging was brought up by Dean Elizabeth Fox. She stated that she believed , rush-week an unnecessary distraction for the incoming freshmen, especial ly from getting settled down to work. She said further that all of the houses were willing to adopt this plan last year but that it could not be done on account of lack of .housing facilities. In this connection there was consid erable discussion of the housing con ditions and plans for overcoming the difficulty. A committee will be appointed, fol lowing the suggestion of Miss Julia Burgess, to work out a plan whereby scholarship may he improved by en listing the co-operation of the stu dents. Miss Burgess suggests a slogan for this campaign, “Expand Oregon Spirit.” She wishes to include schol arship with football and other ac tivities. Figger When Your Exams Come ,jt j* j* jt jt ji j* jt Here’s The Schedule Just Out Here’s where you get your fortunes told. Gather ’round and see if you can frame your examination schedule to permit your hegira for home a day or two early. Here follows information on when you will come up for the final tests. If you have three exams on one day just grin and think how funny it is and that maybe it will enable you to put away a few more of mother’s hotcakes. The quizzes are two hours eacn and members of the faculty who have been interviewed assert that they have an effect on the term’s grades. In some quarters it is predicted that 1 the attendance of the University will be halved next semester, a rumor al ways common at this period in the year. Here they are: Wednesday, December 17 8:00—3, 4, 5 hour 10 o’clock classes. 10:00—3, 4. 5 hour 1:15 o’ccl. classes. 1:15—Freshman English composition, all divisions. Thursday, December 18 8:00—3, 4, 5 hour 9 o’clock classes. 10:00—3, 4, 5 hour 2:15 o’cl. classes. 1:15—Economic history, all divisions. Friday, December 19 8:00—3, 4, 5 hours 8 o’clock classes. 10:00—3, 4, 5 hour 11 o’clock classes. All other courses to be arranged by instructor. Evenings and Saturdays permitted. UNIVERSITY SOCCER TEAM TO MEET O. A. C. Aggies to be Strengthened by Addi tion of New Men Saturday The soccer team has been work ing faithfully each night, in prepar ation for the game with O. A. C. next Saturday, December 6, and all of the men are reported to be hi good shape. The probable lineup will be as follows: Goal, Harry Schmeer; fullbacks, Herman Lind, Henry Koerber; halfbacks, Dwight Parr, Paul Downard, Frank Bosch, Lyle Bain; forwards, Jay Fox Wil lard Abies, Art Ritter, Curtis Phil lips, John Tuerck, Hube Jacabberg er. This combination worked well in the last game and should prove sat isfactory next Saturday. 0. A- C. it is expected will be greatly strengthened by the addition of sev eral new men who were unable to be in the game between the two teams on homecoming week and a tough game is expected. CAMPUS COUPLE TO WED Marjorie Kay and Hollis Huntington Announce Engagement Of interest to college folk is the announcement of the engagement of Marjorie Kay, daughter of T. B. Kay of Salem, to Hollis Huntington of The Dalles, Wednesday evening at the Gamma Phi Beta House and at the Phi Delta Theta house. Miss Kay is an honor student in economics, was for two years a member of the varsity tennis team, and has been prominent in all class and college activities. Mr. Huntington is fullback on the varsity this year, and held the same position on the team in 1916. He was in the service for two years, being a lieutenant in the marine corps. Both Miss Kay and Mr. Huntington are members of the senior class. As yet no definite date has been set for the wedding . ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Betrothal of Dorothy Dixon and Wil lard Hollenbeck Made Public At a formal dinner party at the Gamma Phi Beta house Tuesday ev ening, Dorothy Dixon, daughter of Regent A. C. Dixon of Eugene, an nounced her engagement to Willard Hollenbeck, a member of Sigma Nu. Miss Dixon was a member of the Emerald staff last year and won her Emerald “O ”, and is also a member of Mu Phi Epsilon, honorary musical j fraternity- Both she and Mr. Hol lenbeck are members of the junior class. Mr. Hollenbeck is a member of To-Ko-Lo, sophomore men’s honor society and last year was a mem ber of the executive committee. No date has been set for the wed ding. GRACE MILLER MARRIES Chi Omega Freshman Weds Portland Man Sompletely surprising her sorority sisters and other friends, Grace Mil ler, a pledge of Chi Omega, instead of returning to college after the Thanksgiving holidays, was married to Itussell Carl, a prominent young dentist of Portland Saturday even j ing. Miss Miller was a freshman in the university and was prominent on the campus. She was a member of the university girls’ glee club. Mr. Carl graduated last year from Pacific | Dental college in Portland and has since been practicing in Portland. The young couple expect to* make their permanent home in Seattle, in the near future where Mr. Carl will open offices. All Undergraduates Expected to Fill Pledge Cards CANVASSERS TO WORK OVER NEW TERRITORY Movement to be Brought Be fore University Men and Women Next Assembly The first effort of the entire student body of tho University to raise funds for the women's building is being planned now by the student council and the Greater Oregon committee. Most of the previous funds have been obtained by the alumni of the Univer sity or special groups of loyal citi zens of Oregon under the leadership of Mrs. George T. Gerlinger, regent of the University, who lias worked unceasingly in the interest of the building fund. Contributions toward the fund have been made by the women of the Uni versity individually and by the majors in physical education. University wo men during the summer vacations have been instrumental also in rais ing money by giving benefit teas and dances, but these sums have neces sarily been small. The present plan is for the men and women of the University to raise *;>U,UU0 during the Christmas holidays. Vv uon me students return to ttteir homes they yvill take with them pledge cards and they will visit men aim women of their town and com munity, asKing them to make either a cusa coutriounon or a pledge towards tne bunding fund. It is expected that contributions ranging from $5 to ,>uuuo will bo received. Only the larg er towns of Oregon have had an op portunity to give to the women’s uundni'g fund, say members of the student council, and there are many communities thus far unsolicited. Students to Bring Contributions Eacu university student will be asked to bring with him to the Uni versity utter Christmas vacation a minimum contribution ot toward the iund. The desired average per student is higher than this. The money may be a gift Irom tne student u lie does not care to ask the con tribution from others. competition among the various sec tions ot tne state in the matter of raising funds lias been planned. Ore gon lias been divided into seven sec nous, eacu Headed by a chairman, who win have general supervision of the work in that territory. At the open ing of the second term the winning district will be determined and a tab let bearing tne name oi tne section, tne names of the chairman and his .mipeis will be prepared. The tablet win ne placed in tne building. President Campbell Endorses. Move "i ms menus is one of tne best in putting tne university beioro tne peo pie ot cregon,” said President Camp non in spuauiiig to tne stuuont couo oil on tne matter oi student solicit atlou. “An individual gift, no matter now small it may be, insures tue in roiest oi me donor m tue university, we need me interest ot the people o At the meeting of the associated stuuenis on next Thursday tne ptai wm no presented to tue students opociut speakers on his occasion wn no Mrs. George T. Oerliuger, regen ot tne university; Mrs. Uoy T. lush op, of Portland; liomer 1). Augeh, iuosident oi me Alumni association, who has been asked to be the prin cipat speaker. Stanford Anderson, president oi the student bony, wn l-tL UoiUU. Student chairman of the drive in the uiuerent sections of the state art wniameite vahey, Marjorie Kay, eastern Oregon, Harris Ellsworth; up tier uuiumoia, mnusay JUCal’lUUl , i ortlaud, Vvilbur Carl; lower Colum ota, ljorothy Woottou; southern Ore gon, Lawrence Gray; coast, Nell YVai wick.