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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1919)
End 0/ World Scare Held “Bunk.” Oregon Astronomer Has No Fear Have we' only two more week;- to live? Is the world going to end on December 17? E. H. McAllister, professor of me chanics and astronomy, denies any truth in the prediction made by Pro fessor Porta, a French astronomer, that the world will be destroyed at that time. He calls it all bunk, al though not in so many words, and says there is no need to be frightened be cause these scares are scheduled to appear every so often. The French astronomer insists that a peculiar grouping of the planets will produce a gigantic sun spot which will cause earthquakes, volcanoes and floods. There is even talk about a comet hitting the earth. Professor McAllister says: “There are always spots present on the sun, and although it is true that the plan ets will be in the specified position it is doubtful if earthquakes or other disturbances could be caused.” Although Professor Porta did not actually forecast the end of the world, there are many who believe that this could be the only result of the awful hurricanes, lightning, colossal rains, gigantic lava eruptions, great floods, earthquakes and fearful cold which he prophesies. Some of the comment on Porta’s prediction has been based on the ex pectation of the appearance of a comet simultaneous with the planetary phenomena predicted by the profes sor. Professor McAllister has no fear of physical violence from any comet and no faith in comets as harbingers of disaaster. "we are one tnousana times more liable to be killed by an automobile than by a comet,” said Professor Mc Alister. Asked if the comet would hurt us much if we bumped, he said “No, comets have twice bumped into the earth in the last century and no damage was done.” He then explained that a comet is made up of thin'gaseous air, almost a vacuum. “Comets are like left-over pieces after a dress is made,” said Professor McAlister. “They are rem nants of the material out of which the earth is created.” “What good are comets, anyway?” he was asked. “Comets are to look at and talk about,” was his answer. There is much more chance of some one’s being hurt by a meteor than by a comet, Professor McAlister ex plained. These shooting stars fall every night, he says, but no one has ever heard of anyone' being struck by one. Of course if a person did happen to get in the way of a falling meteor he would in all likelihood be killed. But the meteors nearly always seem to fall on a mountain top, or in some other uninhabited place, and per chance are found and placed in some museum. ButJ Professor, McAlister doubts very much the wisdom of the great fear shown by many that the world will end December 17. He believes the people who hanged themselves down in Mexico have died in vain, and that the Silverton woman who accepted literally the passage of scripture which tells of Christians waiting for the Lord with lamps filled and burn ing will have no opportunity to use the candle which she recently bought. Harvard Renews Old Custom. An old custom of having senior advisers for members of the fresh man class has been renewed this year at Harvard University. About 100 men of the class of 1920 have been chosen to act as big brothers of freshmen. $. A. E/S OOP,III AND FIJiS AT IOP OF DOUGHNUT LEAGUES Recent Contests Attended With Great Spilling of Dope Season Nears End © © « • Doughnut League • League No. Standing ® 1. W. 9 Friendly Hall.3 ® Sigma Chi .2 Bachelordon .1 Betas .—.1 Sigma Nu .1 League No. W. S. A. E.3 Owls .1 Oregon Club .1 S-Maralda .0 League No. W. Fijis .2 A. T. 0.2 Delta Tau .1 Kappa Sigs .1 ® Phi Delts ..1 L. 0 0 2 2 o 2. 1 2 2 3. % Pet. • 1000 ® 1000 • 333 • 333 ® 333 • L. Pet. * 1000 • 500 • 333 <* 000 • L. 1 1 1 2 2 Pet. • 667,® 667 • 500 ® 333 • 333 • Defeating the Betas by the score of 12 to 6, the Friendly Hall quintet completed their third consective win, Wednesday afternoon in the indoor gym. The S. A. E. quintet also played true to form and walloped the Oregon club five to the tune of 10 to 3 and in a 3 to 3 score. The Oregon club played a hard game against the S. A. E. quintet and sprung a surprise over their last appearance. The S. A. E.’s kept the lead throughout, however, and were never sorely pressed by their opponents. The score: Friendly (12) Betas (6) Stone (2). C Mead Palmer (4). F .(1) Manerud Wagner (4). F .(5) Clerin Martin (2). G ._...E. Buren Knighten. G Cofoid Substitutes: Friendly, Baker for Wagner. S. A. E. (10) Oregon Club (3) Gassaway (6). C .(3) McCleary McDaniels (2).... F .Phillips Liebe (2).. F Kays Moores. G .O’Kane McCantee. G Brattain The Sigma Chi quintet earned a victory over the Sigma Nu five in the outdoor gym Tuesday evening although requiring an extra five minute period. The score ended 11 to 11 at the finish of the regular time and a five minute quarter was annexed when the victors chalked up four additional points while their op ponents were making three, and walloped the Kappa Sigs to the tune of 15 to 12. In the indoor gym Tuesday, the Phi Delts defeated the A. T. O. quintet by the close score of 4 to 2, while the Oregon club took the S Maralda five into camp by a de csive score. Committee Also Appointed to Act With Faculty In Probe of Cut System Marring the appearance of the campus buildings and fraternity houses by the use of paint, soap or other substances was discountenanced by the student council at the meet ing held in the library Tuesday ev ening. Such offenses in the future will be brought before the disciplin ary committee. If in the case of! a rally or other like celebration it is deemed necessary to make use of such decorations, permission will be granted Slim Crandall or some other person in charge to use them. The cut system, which according to reports of council members, has be- j come obnoxious to the students as a whole, will be investigated by a com mittee of three council members ap poited at the request of the council by Stan Anderosn, president. These members will work in conjunction with the faculty committee in charge of a like investigation, and will try to reach the conclusion favorable to both students and faculty. The com mittee appointed by Anderson is made up of Louise Davis, Lindsay McArthur and Curtiss Peterson. Plans wer outlined for the $30,000 woman’s building campaign which will be brought before the students; at the student body meeting on j Thursday, December 11. The terri tory was divided into seven districts with one student appointed on a general committee to have charge of each district. Later on a prize will be offered to be competed for by the various districts. The com mittee appointed follows: Harris Elleworth, Upper Columbia district and central Oregon; Wilbur Carl, Portland; Lawrence Grey, Med ford, southern Oregon; Lindsay Mc Arthur, eastern Oregon; Dorothy Wootton, Lower Columbia; Marjorie Kay, Willamette valley; and Nell Warwick, Pacific coast. This com mittee was appointed to act with the Greater Oregon committee under the general management of the stu dent council. The first meeting of the committee was set for Thursday at four o’clock at the Y. M. C. A. hut. MRS. GEO. FITCH ARRIVES WIDOW OF FAMOUS HUMORIST IS IN REGISTRAR’S OFFICE New Chief Clerk Active in Women’s Suffrage Organizations in Illinois Mrs. Clara Linn Fitch, wife of the late George Fitch, author, who took up her duties as chief clerk in the registrar’s office, of the uni versity on Tuesday, conies from Peoria, 111., where for the past year she has been writing feature stories, doing a special column of book re view, and, editing a woman’s page for the Peoria Evening Star. Mrs. Fitch was also actively in terested in suffrage and for several years had charge of the publicity work for the woman’s suffrage or ganization in Peoria. She was active in the campaign in 1915 when suf frage won its first victory in that state. Her husband was in the state legislature at that time. “The first victory was only partial, however.” said Mrs. Fitch. “We were given the right to vote for president and that was all that could be done that year, as the state constitution had to ba amended and only one amend ment was allowed each year.” Later the full franchise was granted wo men. Preceding the first election at which women voted in Illinois Mrs. Fitch had charge of the pub licity and of the instruction in a “School of Instruction for Women Voters” in Peoria. In the last pres-1 idential campaign Mrs. Fitch was president of the Republican Women’s association for her county Mrs. Fitch organized and was the first chairman of the “Service Bureau” of the Kappa Alpha Theta women’s fraternity, of which she is a member. She is still one of the national vocational advisers of this bureau. The object of the serv ice bureau is to help girls find the vocation for which they are best suited, help them find employment, and act in a general advisory ca pacity . Mrs. Fitch lived the eai-ly part of her life in Kansas and is a graduate of the University of Kansas. On her marriage to George Fitch they moved to Illinois, where she has since lived. “It has been a source of considerable amusement to our friends,” said Mrs. Fitch, because Mr. Fitch’s humorous stories of col lege life were laid in Kansas.” These 1 are the Siwash college stories which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post. “I came to Oregon because my sis ter-in-law, Miss Louise Fitch, has told me that it is one of the most beautiful place in the world.” said Mrs. Fitch. Miss Fitch expects to spend the winter in Eugene with Mrs. Fitch and her three little girls. Missouri Freshmen Get Buttons. 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