Oregon VOLUME 21 Emerald DECEMBER 11, 1919 _ NUMBER 28 OREGON WILL PLAY HARVARD SPECIAL SPEAKERS SIHIO UNABLE Wilbur Carl, Student Chairman of Women’s Building Drive Outlines Plans MtN’S GLEE CLUB SINGS Each Student to Raise Sum of $20.00 During the Christmas Vac ation Somewhere between Eugene and Portland, Mrs. George T. Gerlinger, one of the special speakers, sched uled to appear at the last assembly of the fall term, was held snow bound on a Southern Pacific train today while the student body met and waited. Mrs. Roy Bishop and Homer Angell, also scheduled to speak, were unable even to start from Port land, and songs by the men’s glee club, who were encored an embar rassing number of times, occupied the time until finally, new speakers were rushed into the breach to put the Woman’s Building campaign is sue before the assembly. “Bib” Carl, chairman of the cam paign committee, previously branded by Dean Elizabeth Fox as a “man of enthusiasm,” drove home the point and purpose of the movement in his opening statements. “The building has been started,” he said. “For three or four years they have been out for the money for it. All but $30,000 if it has been raised. We are going out this Christmas and raise that, so we can get the whole thing off our minds and forget it.” No Burden on Students.” Carl pointed out that it was not the intention of the committee to lay any extra burden on the stu dents. “We are not after your money,” he said. “We are merely asking each of you to go out and raise $20, among your relatives and friends.” The state has been divided into seven sections, Carl explained, with a chairman in charge of each. These chairmen are selected students to take charge of the work in each town in the district- Plans for the drive for funds in each section are now being worked out, and publicity is being given through the county pa pers. The pledge cards which had been distributed, he said, were not prom ises to pay, but merely to indicate what each one would try to do, and to show that each one was ready to do his utmost to put it over. The building is a necessity, he de clared, and the commitee is asking the support of everyone to insure that it will be available to meet the needs of the university as soon as possible. New Building Needed. The completion of the Women’s building by next fall, President Campbell stated, in explaining the needs of the university to the student body today, is the only means of re lieving the pressure and allowing the University of Oregon to accom modate its students next year. He . went on to explain that the universi ty had pressing need of a new li- ^ brary, auditorium and recitation building. These, he explained, can only be obtained by" intiative meas ures, and will take time before they can be brought before the people By completing the Women’s build ing before next fall, more room will j be made available in the other build ings. The university, he declared, must either make provision to care for the increasing number of stu dents or limit the number admitted each year. Large Gift in Sight. In speaking directly of the cam paign which the students have ini tiated to raise $30,000 during the holidays, President Campbell said (Coattw I) POETS MAY DEVELOP INSPIRATION AT HOME $10.00 Prize to Lure Vacationists to Work — Contest to Close January 15 Indications are that a number of j students are writing poems for the Theta Sigma Phi poetry contest, said members of the woman's jou rnalims fraternity last night. No work has been tui-ned in yet, how ever. The closing date has been set for January 15. The award is to be $10 for the best piece of poetry about the Oregon campus contributed by a university student, either man or woman. An additional honor is that the poem chosen will be printed in the Ore gana, signed by the author. A judg ing committee consisting of faculty members, honorary members of the fraternity and two representatives of the organization will determine the best piece of work. “Christmas vacation should be the time when most of those who intend to make contributions will have time to put their thoughts on paper,” said a Theta Sigma Phi. “We hope that enough will compete for the prize to make the prize worth while.” The plan of the fraternity is to stimulate interest in literary at tempts, poetical' as wTell as journal istic. At some later time prizes may be offered in different fields so that everyone may have an opportunity to try. Contributions should be placed in an envelope and placed on the Ore gana desk in the Emerald office in the journalism . annex. They should be addressed to Theta Sigma Phi. 500 STOUTS ENROLL FOR GORRESPONOENGE PROFESSORS AND TRAPPERS FAR FROM RAILROADS ARE INCLUDED More than 50 students are en rolled for correspondence study in the extension division and they arrange from a trapper in Klamath county, 50 miles from a railroad, who is tudying short story writing, to 'college professors, and include 132 school teachers taking reading circle courses. These courses sup plement the reading required of the teacher by law, and enable the teach er to earn college credit. While there are no entrance requirements for correspondence study, a pupil is required to maintain as high a grade of scholarship as is demanded on the campus. In fact it has been found that the average grades of pupils finishing courses in the cor respondence are higher than those of campus students. Education, English, economics and mathematics seem to be the most popular sub jects. The papers of correspondence are graded either by the professors here in the university or someone whom they select. Fifty-three courses are being giv en and there are 505 registrations in the Portland branch of the exten sion division. These are regular lecture courses given by members of the faculty. Entrance require ments and scholarship demands ate the same as on the campus. A series of five lectures at Oregon City is another feature of the ex tension division this winter. Three lectures have been given. The next is to be by Mr. John C. Almack, director of the extension division, whose subject will be “Americani zation,” and the final lecture will be by Dr. James. H. Gilbert, head of the economics department, on the subject of “The Railways and Re construction.” • Notice. • • On account of the storm, • • “Martin Chuzzlewit” which was • • to have been played at the • • Eugene theatre Friday night, • • has been indefinitely postponed. • • •••••••••••••a I OREGON GLOB, EIJIS, PHI BELTS WIN WAY TO DEBATE FILS Tonight’s Argument Will Settle Doughnut Forensic Championship BETAS AND DORN LOSE Contests Set for 8 This Evening in Dr. Straub’s, Dr. Gilbert's and Prof. Howe’s Rooms As a result of the men’s doughnut league debates which took place last Tuesday and Wednesday even ings, the three houses winning the highest number of judges’ points, have been selected for the finals, whjch will take place this evening. Those winning the highest number of points were: Phi Delta Theta 14 points, Oregon Club 13 points, Phi Gamma Delta 12 points. These teams will debate for the championship of the doughnut league Friday evening at 8 o’clock. The first debate is scheduled be tween the Fiji affirmative, composed of Carl Knudsen and Herman Lind, against the Oregon Club negative, composed of Herbert Simondson and Paul Anderson. The debate will take place in Dean Straub’s room. The second debate will be between the Oregon Club affirmative, repre sented by Lenuel Fishback and Rob ert Owen, against the Phi Delt nega- j tive, composed of George Black and Wilbur Carl. Phi Delts Face Fijis. The third of the triangle will take place between the Phi Delt affirma tive, represented by Joe Ingram and Eddie Durno, and the Fiji negative, defended by Lyle McCroskey and Joe Hedges. The second debate will be held in Professor Howe’s room in Villard hall and the third in Dr. Gilbert’s room in the library. The team securing the highest number of judges’ points in these contests will win the league championship. Doughnut league results last night with present house standings are as follows: Sigma Alpha Epsilon affirmative, Continued on page 4. SHY’S MEN OFFICIALY SELECTED LATE TODAY FIJI PIET BEATS FIM HAIL FIVE, HIS HUMP Phi Gamma Deltas Rally After Bad Start and Overcome Long Lead By a strong rally in the second half, the Fiji quintet overcame a four point lead, and became the vic tors by a 6 to 4 score over the Friendly hall five, in the fonal game for the doughnut league champion ship, played in the gymnasium Wed nesday evening. The game was featured by the close defensive play ing of both sides, their team work on the floor matching up pretty evenly. With the championship honors, won by the Fijis, go the two silver trophy cups which have been in the i possession t>f the Sigma Chi team for the past three years, and which were presented by Spaulding Broth ers and the Wilson Sporting Goods Store in Eugene. The game was played fast and hard by both fives, the Friendly Hall team taking the lead from the first whistle and chalking up the score with two field baskets in the first! five minutes of play. Martin and Stone were responsible for the scores- i I' e Fijis immediately began a defen sive style of play, holding their op ponents to no more scores for the first half, although Stone missed a try for a free throw. Knudsen’s Basket Pretty. In the second half, through a com bination of Knudsen, Jacobberger and Houston, the Fijis carried the ball -down the floor twice with a! field basket resulting each time, Jacobberger doing the scoring. In the last quarter a pretty basket by Knudsen completed the tallies, Friendly Hall being unable to score the final period.. The terrific pace was slowed down considerably dur (Continued on page 4) White Mantle Envelops Campus a* if if »r if if if if »f if if "5 hi very. Snow Brings New Sports Snow—soft, silent, shifting, shim mering, shivery snow—snow that made its way through shoes and sleeping porches, snow that was deep enough that made travel difficult at first and necessitated late entrances to 8 o’clocks—snow four and one-half inches deep greeted University of Oregon students when they arose at 5 or 10 o’clock Tuesday morning to commence their day’s work. It’s still here and most everybody appears to be enjoying it—there have been coasting parties, snow fights, sleigh parties. And yet— Nobody was seen to clap her hands when the Gamma Phis first found out that a super-abundance of the feathery stuff had arrived, It seems that one of the sisters was awakened by a dream in which she imagined herself going over Niagara Falls and awaked to find that four or five feet of snow which had col lected in a large V in the roof had melted and was leaking through the sleeping porch. And so it came to pass that at an hour which was mentioned by one of the members as being un earthly, the Gamma Phis took up the draperies of their respective couches and walked—to the inside of the house ar.d deposited their blankets upon the Morris chairs and the window seats and wondered why they had wished for snow last week. Whether or not resolutions have been drawn up by anybody deplor ing the fact that somebody—sup posedly town ruffians—threw sev eral snowballs through an upper library window narrowly missing the form of Dr. James H. Gilbert as he sat in his chair elucidating jind ex- j patiating Tuesday moryiin^^fc not I known. Anyway, two balls cT snow, apparently of the solid mriety, whizzed through the openiiJr, one lighting at Dr. Gilbert’s new,*iinan’s and the other partly