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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1920)
OREGON EMERALD Official student paper of the Univer sity of Oregon, published every Tues day, Thursday and Saturday fo the college year by the Associated Stu dents. Entered in the postoffice at Eugene, Oregon, as second class matter. Subscription rates $1.60 per year. By term, $ .50. Edited by LEITH F. ABBOTT Dorothy Duniway.Associate Editor Lyle Bryson.News Editor Nell Warwick.Asst. News Editor Harry A. Smith.Managing Editor Helen Manning.Dramatic Editor Mary Ellen Bailey.Society Editor Sports Herman Lind....Eflitor Assistants Raymond Lawrence Floyd Maxwell Special Writers Adelaide V. Lake Louise Davis Alexander G. Brown Feature Writers Paul Farrington William Bolger Wesley Frater Reporters Jacob Jacobson, Earle Richardson, Ariel Dunn, Charles Gratke, Eleanor Spall, John Houston, Stan ley Eisman, Annamay Bronaugh, Eunice Zimmerman, Frances Quin senberry, Pauline Coad, Mary Lou Burton. Proof Readers Arvo Simola Maybelle Leavitt Frances Blurock Business Manager WARREN KAYS Elston Ireland .Circulation Assistants Alta Kelly, Larry Grey, Ruth Nash, Betty Epping. The Emerald desires that all sub scribers get their paper regularly and on time. All circulation complaints should be made to the circulation man ager. His house phone is 186._ PHONES Editor . 660 Business Manager . 665 Campus Office . 655 City Office.1310 or 103 ON OREGON And to you sons of Oregon who met Harvard let us assure you of the es teem^ind loyalty and homage we bear you. You returned to us as victors. You are heralded far and wide as men of courage, loyalty and fight. The showing you made against our power ful adversaries from the East was one which has earned for you and our University the unending admiration of the collegiate world. Fighting against powerful odds you not only outplayed the Cambridge men hut played a game which would have resulted in a victorious score had not the breaks of the contest stacked up against you. You showed your selves to be the equals if not the su periors to a team representing an in stitution of world wide fame. You brought a wealth of glory to our Uni versity. The lemon yellow gleams more brilliantly. We honor you. BILL HAYWARD Oregon wants you, Hill. Your de parture from Oregon would leave a big gap, all but impossible to fill. You are essentially one of us. and no one could serve in your position with the same results that you attain. A very largo share of our athletic re cord. which yearly rises a notch high er, Is accredited t.o you. There is not a student in the University, not a member of our alumni hut. who stands ready tv) do anything in his power to make your stay at Oregon possible. AVe rise to a man in asking you that you stay with the Lemon-Yel low. Oregon the University you have labored, and fought, and won for these many years. THANKS Congratulations are due the Uni versity of Oregon on the fine showing made by their team against Harvard New Year’s day, when the great east ern aggregation was able to win only an extremely dose game ami even then perhaps due to breaks going their way. It is not customary for O. A. C. to wish the U. of O well in her athletic fights, but in this ease Oregon was representing the entire we t and old rivals'were boosting al most as strong for Oregon victory ns were tin university people themselves, 0. A. C. barometer. SUPPORT OUR DEBATERS Tomorrow night our debate team meets the (V A. O. debate team in Guild ball In the first varsity debate of the year. Our University has received- criticism in the past on the ground that we taJte more interest in athletics than wo do in debate. That was in the past. This is the hig year of our career, and we must let the state at large know that we support debate with the same con-1 sistency with which we stand behind our athletic teams We have just closed a most successful football sea son. Basketball prospects are bril liant. Debate must achieve the same success. Our varsity debaters need the best of support. Every man and woman in the University should attend the debate tomorrow night and .show our speakers that the Uni versity is behind them. C. H. WHITAKER WILL BE GUEST ON CAMPUS WEDNESDAY Visitor Recently Returned from Eng land, Where He Investigated Post-war Conditions C. H. Whitaker, editor of the Journ al of the American Institute of Archi tects, who is visiting the chapters of the Institute in the west, will be an honor guest at the University next Wednesday. The Journal which Mr. Whitaker has edited for the past eight years is the official publication of the American Institute of Archi tects. Mr. Whitaker is also director of the architectural press of the In stitute, which publishes a number of books on architecture. Mr. Whitaker has recently returned from England, where he was sent by the architects to investigate the hous ing and industrial conditions in the post-ward period. He has been prom inent in this country as the repre sentative of the American Institute of Architects in the fight against the “porb barrel” bills in congress. He al so represented the architects in .their fight against the so-called McAdoo smoke-house legislation, under which the smokestacks were to be built back of Washington monument. The art students association and the architecture club will entertain in Mr. Whitaker’s honor with a studio tea Wednesday evening and a luncheon will probably be given Wednesday noon. It is hoped that Mr., Whitaker will address the journalism students during his visit here BATES BACK FROM TRIP MEXICAN MONEY SCARCE AS U. S. COINS USED People Are Deplorably Poor and Cause of Anxiety by Yanks Found Lacking The northwestern part of Mexico is peaceful and quiet and an Ameri can is just as safe there as in the United States, according- to .Dr. E. S. Bates, head of the department of Am erican literature, who has just return ed to the campus after a three month’s leave of absence- Dr. Bates spent most of his time in California with the exception of a short visit in north western Mexico. In Mexico he stayed at a mining camp forty miles from a railroad, and although he traveled about en tirely with Mexicans, he found no cause for alarm and no cause for any sort of danger. The people of the country, arp deplorably poor, he said. He found no Mexican money in cir culation. All the coins used were American. Dr. Bates left the university at the close of the last summer session. Until November he was in San Fran cisco and after that in Los Angeles principally. His courses for this term wil be crit icism, technique of poetry, American philosophy, technique of the drama, and aesthetics. GIRL SWIMMERS" TO MEET Miss Winslow Says Material in Fresh man Class is Good Any women in the University is eligible for entrance in the women's tuterclass swimming meet which will be held the latter part of February. Miss Katherine Winslow, of the phy sical education department, will give instructions in swimming every Tues day and Thursday afternoons between :’:l,a and 5:00 at the swimming tank in the men’s gymnasium, “There is good material in the freshman class.” said Miss Winslow, “as well tts in the sophomore class," The freshman class lust year won the engraved loving imp offered h> Ml- Mabel Louise Cummings, direc tor of the women's .physical educa tion department* The events will be as follows: Kate One length breast stroke; one length hack stroke; one length free two lengths free style; plunge for distaee. Diving Four dives for form. Strokes Breast, back, wide and t rawl. Kilter all four. MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT EXPECTED TO DRAW LARGE ATTENDANCE Play By Charles Dickens To Be Staged by University Stu dents Friday For lovers of Dickens, “Martin Chuzzlewit,” one of the best liked of his works, is being staged this Fri day night, at the Eugene Theater, by members of the classes of Fergus Reddie, head of the Public Speaking department. Instead of having the play held in Guild Hall where the dramatic class plays usually are giv en Norvell Thompson, business man ager for Prof. Reddie, has arranged to stage the show at the Eugene Theatre, this time in hopes that more people will be able to see it. “Martin Chuzzlewit” yjas played here by the dramatic classes last year and was considered quite successful, however, few people were fortunate enough to have seen the play at that time because it was given on the cam pus on the same night as the Girls’ Glee Club concert which got the ma jority of the crowd, so it was decided to put the production on again this year with but a slight change in the cast. The play which is a favorite char acter comedy, was well liked last year, according to Miss Charlotte Banfield, assistant to Profesor Red die, and should be even better liked this year, there having been a few improvements made. The stage set ting will be the same as that which was used for the other performance. The cast includes: Professor Reddie, as “Pieksniff.” Roy Veatch, as “Old Martin.” Dudley Day, as “Young Martin.” Norvell Thompson, as “Tom Pinch-” Dorothy Wootton, as “Charity.” Vera Van Schoonhoven, as “Mercy.” Carl Miller, as “John Westlock.” Claire Keeney, as “Mary Tapeley.” Marian Taylor, as “Mary Graham.” Marian Gilstrap, as* “Ruth Pinch.” Norma Medler, as “Jan, the maid.” DR.J0SEPH SCHAFER BACK REPORT GIVEN TO HISTORIAL SOCIETY AT CLEVELAND Political Science Body and Student Volunteer Meetings Also At tended Dr. Joseph Schafer, head of the his tory department at the University of Oregon, returned to the campus the first of the week from Cleveland, Ohio, where he attended the meet ing of the American Historical So ciety. Dr. Schafer spent over a week in the east, part of his time being taken in attending the conference and also in conferring with the mem bers of the committee on history and education for citizenship in the, schools, of which committee lie is chairman. Keen interest in the edu cation of the American boy and girl for their responsibilities of citizen ship was shown, Dr. Schafer be lieves, by the attendance at the ses sion at which hi1 presented the re port of the committee. Although there were numerous other confer ences at the same time nearly all the representatives to the three con ventions were on hand to hear his report. The Pacific Coast delegation was exceptionally strong, according to Dr. Schafer. Stanford, the University of California, Mills College and the University of Oregon were repres ented. The ten delegates from these institutions had •luncheon together on one occasion and helped cement together the friendship of the west ern colleges. The Oregon Agricul tural college and the two Washing ton colleges were not represented. Dr. Schafer also attended during his trip cast meetings of the Political Science society and. the American Association of University Professors. On his way home Dr. Schafer stop ped at Des Moines, where the Student Volunteer convention was held. SUB-CALIBRE RIFLES USED BY R. O. T. C. Oakery practice* with sub-calibre Springfield rifles will include a new feature this term, according to Ser vant Martin, who is in charge of this branch of the R. O. T. in struction- The addition is termed sighting practice, and is introduced to make the cadets more familiar with the use of the peep sights. i Tower clock wound auto matically by one-half horse power motor. Qectric monorail crane' for hoisting coal I 11 " ! 1 III Motor-generator set mounted on crane supplying power for lifting magnet. Electrically-heated glui-pots j are used in pattern shops and elsewhere. -"/* ' . ' Magnetic sorting machine, oper ated by a two horsepower mo tor, separates brass from iron. Electricity— the Master Force in Manufacturing THE marvels of electricity have revolutionized our manu facturing industries. With belts and pulleys replaced by electric motors operating automatic—almost human— machines, many a slow and tedious process has been elimi nated. The factory worker’s task of yesterday is made pleasant by his command of this magic power. The Crane Company’s plant at Chicago—electrical through out—is a model of industrial efficiency. Its 10,000 horse power of driving energy is brought by three small wires from a distant power plant. Then electricity drives tl^e machinery which handles the coal for heating, cuts the steel, sifts the sand and sorts the material—in fact does everything froni scrubbing the floor to winding the clock. Such an institution is marvelous—superhuman—made thus by the man-multiplying force of electricity. The General ( Electric Company has been instrumental in effecting this evolution. First, by developing successful electric gener ating and transmission apparatus to furnish economically this modem form of power. Secondly, through many years of active co-operation with hundreds of manufacturers, it has mastered the art of applying the use of electrical energy to a multitude of needs. And finally, through branch offices and other distributing channels, its products are made accessible to all. General Office Schenectady. N.Y Electric any Sales Offices in all large cities/ >'.* ii ■ r IiiBw it . Machine operated by motor attached to lamp socket 1 ecrgbs floors ^Hauling materials -with train operated by electric automobile motors. VARSITY WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATRONAGE, STUDENTS, DURING THE PAST YEAR AND WILL ENDEAVOR TO MERIT YOUR CONTIN UED GOOD WILL FOR THIS NEW YEAR. The Varsity C. R. Hawley, Prop. 778 Willamette. The rifle is placed on a rest and a <S" bullseye moved in front of the gun. When the target is in the proper po sition the cadet sighting the rifle sig nifies so, and the position is marked. This test is made three times. In order to fulfill the requirements, the cadet must sight each succeeding bullseye within half an inch of the original trial. Before any cadet is allowed on the rifle range, the required amount of gallery practice must have been com pleted. Sergeant Martin announces that there is plenty of sub-calibre ammunition on hand and a full supply of rifles. lie urges the cadets to com plete their rifle practice a s soon as possible. Subscribe for the Emerald. We Make Our Own Candies The Oreoana Confectionery 11th near Alder All sorts of Pastry, Fountain Drinks and Ice Cream “Get an Oregon Short Thick”