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Oregon Emerald volume 21 EUGENE, OREGON. SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1920 NUMBER 31 $6000 REPORTED IN HOLIDAY DRIVE FOR WOMEN’S BUILDING Wilbur Carl Asks That Funds Be Given To Miss Fenton By Monday Evening PRINEVILLE STSLL LEADING i Central Oregon City Contributes $300—Anonymous $1000 Largest Gift During Campaign i , • Wilbur Carl, chairman of • • the students’ committee to • • raise funds for the Women’s • - • building during vacation, an- • • nounced this morning that he • • was especially anxious that all • . • student contributions be turn- • , • ed in to Miss Charlie Fenton • • not later than Monday evening. • • This includes all large and • • small private donations from • • students, parents and friends. • According to Wilbur Carl, of the ' student’s committee to raise funds for » -the Women’s building during vacation » the fund has now swelled By about $6,.000 since the beginning of vaca * tion, and returns are still coming in. * He is of the opinion that it will be impossible to-, make a complete check A on all money collected for two weeks » or more. As the money raised by the students is practically all available as cash, the University will be able to draw on the state for another block of $25,000 as soon as needed in con u struction work. Members of the committee from * Portland and elsewhere say that the campaign is awakening the people of % the state to the needs of the Uni versity. Cases are cited of anany 3 mous gifts that are being sent in by ► people who have already contributed v generously to the building fund- The largest individual subscription made during the campaign was the $1,000 * anonymous gift from ‘a friend of the University in Eugene. Although the entire amount needed has not been secured the Christmas drive has made available all but the last block of $25,000 of state money. Members of the campaign committee ’ urge that all students pay their a pledges and turn in the money col lected as soon as possible to either L. H- Johnson, comptroller of the Uni versity, or Miss Charley Fenton, alumni secretary, in order that a com plete check may b§ made at once. Returns which are still coming in t have swelled the contributions collect ed in various towns throughout the state. An incomplete list of the funds " now in the hands of the University follows: Monmouth, $74.10; Oregon * Citj\$161.50; Salem, $189.05; Mollala $40.90; Independence, $29J50; Dallas, * $55-00; McMinnville, $28.56; Silverton, * $130.00; Tigard, $1100; Prineville, , $300.0; St. Helens, $111.99; Grants Pass, $40.00; Medford, $100.00; Lake Grove, $17.00; Hood River, $100.00; * Wasco, $150.00; Bandon, $52.00, and ,t North Bend, $100 00 : BOND LEAVES 10 TAKE T AT G * Accepts place as fellow in V GtOLOGY WITH ADVANCE > OF $200 IN SALARY Lewis A. Bond, of Eugene, gradu ite assistant in the department of kgeology, has accepted an offer as |te?.cAing fellow in geology at the Uni fversity of California. He will begin [his work there the first of the week. {The teaching fellowship at Berkeley Iwill pay Bond. $600, which is $200 •more than he receives here, and in iddition will give bim the benefit of nuch larger laboratories and facilities tor research. Bond took his bachelor of science degree at the University of Oregon in 1916, and his M. A. degree here in 1917- He enlisted in October, 1917, in the Coast Artillery and went over seas in May, 1918, as first lieutenant of the fourth division.. He was over seas for fifteen months. He took the highest "honors in chemistry when he was in the University and was of fered a fellowship in chemistry this I fall but refused it in favor of geology. Frank B- Kelsey, graduate of Wash I ington State college, has come to Eu gene to take Bond’s place as gradu ate assistant. EDISON MARSHALL’S PRIZE UP ONCE MORE Professor Thacher Announces Rules Governing Short Story Contest Professor W. F. G. Thacher an nounces that the Edison Marshall short story contest is now open to all regularly enrolled undergraduates and that all manuscripts must be in by March 1st. Eafh contestant may submit one original short story. Rules for those competing are: Standards of the better magazines will be in effect; the story should not be signed but the title of the story should be wyitten on an envelope which contains the name of the au thor. The stories will be read and judged by three competent judges, at least one of whom will not be a member of the faculty. The first prize is $1C; the second, $10; and the third, $5, which is an increase of $5 each over ■last year’s prizes. Gwladys Bowen and Giles French were the prize winners last year. WOMAN’S GYM SHOWS GAIN Girls Enrollment in Physical Train ing Increases 100 Per Cent Registration in the physical train ing department for women at the Uni versity of Oregon in the year 1919 was 516 more than in that department during the year 1918. The registra tion in class and team work in 1918 was 537; this was increased to 1053 during 1919, showing a 100 per cent increase. The number of professional students enrolled in the department shows an increase of nearly 300 per cent in the last four years. Miss Mabel Louise Cummings, head of the department, said that this in crease was due to the broader profes sional course and more elective and team work now offered by the depart ment. RIFLE COURSE FOR CADETS Alan Carson to Teach Twelve Men Use of Browning Automatic Instruction in the use of the Brown ing automatic rifle was begun Wednes day under the direction of Alan Car son. Three cadets from each of the R. O- T. C. companies were detailed by Captain R. C. Baird to take the course which will run until January 19. The work includes instruction in the nomenclature, tactical uses and operation of the gun. The cadets who are taking the course are: Company A—Joe T. Meagher, Ralph Doddridge, James S. Baranger. Company B—Arvin Burnett, Geo. N Crosfield, Leon A. Culbertson. Company C — Owen M. Calloway, Harold E. Dedman, Mason Dillard Company D — Gordon L. Avery, Wayne R. Moor, Francis J. Kern. Spends Vacation Here Miss Mildred Brown, librarian of the high scool library' at Astoria, a grad-1 uate of the University in 1917, spent the Christmas vacation in Eugene, as sisting in the library work of the j University. 56 STUDENTS MAKE ALL H AND S GRADES; RECORD LAST YEAR 45 30 of Leaders Men, 26 Women; Girls Average Better In SchoIarshipThan Boys TOTAL LARSEST IN HISTORY Lewis Bond of Eugene Receives Top Grade for Men—Annabel Dunn Highest Girl Fifty-six students in the University made all H and S grades during the fall term, according to the records just made up in the registrar's of fice. Thirty of the leading students are men and 26 women, apparently giving the men a slight lead in scho larship; but the enrollment of wo men is only ight per cent, that of the men, making the girls’ showing a trifle the better. The 56 make up the largest total of all-S-and-H stu dents in the history of the Univer sity. The total in the second term of last year was 45, which, however, was a larger percentage of the whole number enrolled than is the 56 this year. In the University grading sys tem, H stands for Honor, the high est possible grade, equivalent to be tween 95 and 100 per cent., and S for Superior, only a shade lower in the scale. Some of the Leaders The highest grades in the Univer sity last term were made by Lewis A. Bond of Eugene, a graduate stu dent in geology, who made 9 straight hours of H, and Annabel Dunn, of Roseburg, a freshman in the school of music, whose card records 16 hours H and 1-3 S. Mr. Bond while an un dergraduate majored in chemistry, but changed after returning from France, where he served as a lieu tenant in the army. Others who ranked exceptionally high among the all H and S students hre Franklin E. Folts of Hood River, a senior in commerce, who received 15 hours H and 3 S; Luceil Morrow of Portland, a senior in English literature, 11 hours H and 3 S; Irva Smith of Wal-, terville, a senior in English liter-1 ature, 12 H, 5 S; Marian Taylor of; Eugene, a junior in Latin, 10 H, 7 S; : Ransom McArthur of Baker, a fresh man in mathematics, 12H, 6 S; John LeCocq of Lynden, Wash., a sopho more in zoology, 12 H, 3 S. The full list of all H and S stu dents, as compiled in the registrar’s office, is as follows: Men With High Marks George V. Blue, freshman in edu- [ cation, from Ashland, 12 hours H, j 4 S; John Alexander, freshman, com- j merce, Portland, 15 S; Leo H. Coss man, junior, education, Cresswell, 7 H, 9 S; Virl Bennehoff, freshman, mathematics, Richland, 4 II, 12 S; j Harold Bonebrake, freshman, com merce, Portland, 4 H, 11 S; Robert V. Bradshaw, junior, botany, Eugene,! 12 S; John Dierdorff, sophomore, ma thematics, Hillsboro, 16 S; Theodore A. Jones, freshman, mathematics, Portland, 4 H, 10 S; John LeCocq, (Continued on p«*e 3) Alex Brown Holds Distance Record J* J* <J* ^ J* J* J» jA . J>t ^ Friends Hear Latest From Chicago i A few weeks ago Alexander G. I Brown left his cares behind and ! startd for Illinois to attend the con vention of the Sigma Delta Chi hon orary journalism fraternity at the expense of his brother journalists. That was way back before exam inations. He has returned now and is recklessly giving out information on the coal shortage as it affected the middle west and expressing his opinions on such productions as the Scandals of 1919, in fact the ex pression, “when I was in Chicago” | has become such a byword with him that he almost found himself regis tering from that metropolis the first day of school. Of the thirty-three delegates rep i resenting Sigma Delta Chi chapters! from all over the United States atj the University of Illinois convention,! Brown had the distinction of having' i come the farthest. He out-traveled i the University of Washington dele gate by |10.30 railroad fare. Business sessions, interspersed with pink teas and banquets, were the diversions of the several days spent at the convention. Only 1000 students a day were allowed to leave the University of Illinois as the railroads could not take care of any more owing to the lack of coal, and the University could not keep them there any longer for the same reason, even even if examinations did have to be dispensed with. “Chicago at the height of the coal shortage, December 5, gave the im pression of a country hamlet during the morning and evening hours when the stores were closed, most of the theatres shut down and no street lights burning,” declared Brown. “It was only in the afternoon that the city really assumed its metropolitan atmosphere when business returned to its normal state and everything1 opened up.” While spending a short time with relatives in one of the small vil lages in Missouri, Brown was afford ed the oportunity of speaking at a grangers’ meeting on “Farm Organ ization and its Advantages,” and of writing several articles for the spe cial New Year’s edition of the local paper on rural topics. “As a whole the middle west was strong for Oregon in the New Year’s game and hoped the University would come out on top with a big score,” he said. “The newspapers and sport ing men of Chicago, St. Louis and: other cities were emphatic in de-! daring their favoritism for the Uni versity of Oregon, but they were doubtful as to our chances of win- j ning.” Brown arrived at his home in Port land in time to megaphone the Ore gon-Harvard game for the Evening Telegram. VARSITY GRIDSTERS FETED ☆ ☆ ☆ ft ft ft BASKETBALL SEASON OPENS MONDAY BASKETBALL SEASON WILL OPEN MONDAY WITH WHITMAN FIVE Four Letter Men On Floor, and Much Good Material In Evidence VETERANS MAY START GAME Durno, Jacobberger, Lind and Chap man Expected to be Seen Against Northerners With no definite lineup arranged, and the squad in rather poor condi tion the prospects for a basketball victory over the Whitman athletes on Monday night are not the best in the world. The squad has only been out about two weeks which is not suf ficient to get the men into fighting trim. But in spite of these handicaps the sport followers expect Oregon to hand Whitman a defeat. “Shy” Huntington, coacli, has not had time to pick the men who will start the battle, but as the Whitman team will be played two games, Monday and Tuesday nights, it is expected that a great many candidates will be giv en a chance on the floor. Little dope can b# gathered on the Whitman team. Whitman has a number of the old men back and a rather close game is expected, ac cording to the followers of the teams. Oregon has four letter men this year and with several other aspirants for berths on the team a good one is expected. Bill Reinhart came back at the beginning of the year and will make a strong bid for a forward pos ition if he is eligible to play. .“Skeet” Manerud, who played on the fresh man team last year and held a place on the football squad, is making a splendid showing on the floor and will also crowd someone for a try at for ward. It is certain that “Eddie” Durno, the basketball wizard, will break into the lineup against Whitman. It is also expected that “Herm” Lind, cap tain, «ind Francis Jacobberger, and “Nish” Chapman, of last year’s five will feature in the coming battle. All sport enthusiasts are waiting eagerly to see the little whirlwind, “Skeet” Manerud, perform on the basketball team. - “Skeet” plays the same style as Durno but lacks his experience. .Dick Nelson will not be out for the- team. Since leaving college he | has been playing a great deal of professional baseball and will not be, eligible for a Iflace on the Varsity j quintet. Dick played on the Varsity: team her in ’17. He has been play- j ir.g baseball with the Moose Jaw team of the Western Canadian league during the past season but expects! to remain in college till spring. That the team needs every ounce of support that can be given them is emphasized by “Slim” Crandall, yell king, and “Herm” Lind, this year’s captain. Slim says he wants to see every man and woman out to the games Monday and Tuesday nights. Oregon is going to have a good team and it must have a good rooting sec tion. Oregon has a splendid chance in the basketball field this year, how ever, there are some hard games to be played and many of the old men stars of other institutions are back on the job. The Varsity squad has been out since Monday and has been holding scrimmages daily, getting in shape for the game with Whitman. MEDICAL INSPECTION SOON Physical Examination of Cadets to Be Completed Next Week Physical examination of all mem bers of the R. O. T. C- here, who haife not gone through medical in spection this year, will be made next week. Nearly all of tfee freshmen were examined at the beginning of the year, but a number of sophomores failed to take the tests. The government requires that all men in the corps be in good physical condition. The examinations will be made by Dr. D. H. Sawyer at the school infirmary. ORCHESTRA ELECTS HOEBER PRESIDENT Several New Members Added—Others May Try Out Tuesday or Thurs day Afternoon At a meeting of the University or chestra on Thursday evening a perm anent organization was established and officers elected- Ralph Hoeber was chosen president, Beulah Clark, secretary-treasurer, and Edna Rice, librarian. Professor Rex Underwood who has charge of the orchestra this year an nounces that several new members have been added, and that there are openings for more. He asks that any one interested in trying out for the orchestra see him on Tuesday or on Thursday afternoon at the music school. He said it is especially important that all members attend the regular rehearsal next Tuesday night at Vil lard Hall as a flashlight group pic ture for the Oregana will be taken at that time. LIBRARY MAKES NEW RULE Student* Wust Get Permission to Use 0 Stack Rooms A new ruling has been made by M. H. Douglass, Univerity librarian, whereby students are requested not to use the stack rooms of the library without special permission. Most university libraries restrict access to the stacks, Mr. Douglass says, and that he believes the time has come to take some action here. “The idea,^ said Mr. Douglass, “is to have the tables in the stack rooms reserved for advanced students and those requiring the use of the books in the stacks. The advance students upon request of the major professors will be given permanent permits. Others wishing to secure temporary use of the stacks will be given tem porary permits, if there seems to be an important reason for it.” GIRL’S GLEE CLUB TO TOUR University Organization to Make Southern Oregon Towns The gins’' glee club trip, postponed during the Christmas holidays on ac count of the inclement weather, will be taken during spring vacation, ac cording to announcement made this morning by Helen Manning, business manager. Although no definite dates have been- arranged with the towns at this time, it is expected that tho glee club will sing in the towns sche duled for the Christmas holiday trip. Arrangements are being made for the girls to sing in Medford, Ash land, Roseburg, Grants Pass, Klam ath Falls and Cottage Grove. In addition to this longer trip, the glee club will take several week-end trips to towns near Eugene within the next two months. CONVENTION TO BE TOPIC Women Delegates to Speak at Com bined Meeting of League and Y. Speeches setting forth the educa tional features of the Student Volun teer convention at Des Moine,4, will be given by the women members of the Student Volunteer delegation, at the joint Women’s League and Y. W. C. A. meeting to be held Thursday, January 22 in Villard halljat 5 p. m. The whole meeting will I e taken up with these talks by the returned del egates. Both the Women'ts League and Y. W. C. A- are working in con junction to make the program com plete in every detail. Louise Davis, president of the Women’s League and Ethel Wakefield will talk on the need of teachers, evangelists, and Y. W. C. A. secretaries; Ruth Flegal will tell of the need of women nurses and doctors and Ella Rawlings’ topic will be “The Purpose of the Student Vol unteer Convention. ” The Y. W- C A. in foreign fields will be Mabyi Weller’s subject. Eleanor Spall will tell of the personal experiences of nurses and missionaries in foreign lands, and Mildred Weeks h as not ytt announced her topic. ( Library Adds Tray Unit A new tray unit of 60 trays con taining the dictionary catalog of the library, has been added to the cases in the library. This addition, togeth er with a case of 60 containing the shelf lists, makes a total of 360 trays in the library. EUGENE MEN PLAY HOSTS TO OREGON Chamber of Commerce Banquet Rooms Are Scene of Big Celebration GOVERNOROLCOTTATTENDS University Men 500 Strong Show Their Gratitude to Bill Hayward and Shy Huntington "Bill, Shy, Bill, Shy, Bill!” Five hundred pep enthused, wildly enthu siastic, University men voiced it as they wound their way in a Joyous serpentine of ultra jazz, through the crowded banquet hall of the cham ber of commrce last night where in royal dignity sat the members of the Oregon football squad, its coaching and managing staffs as guests of / honor of the Eugene chamber of com merce. It was a great banquet—one won derful night— and came as a fitting close for the most victorious football season the lemon-yellow lias ever known. From the minute that 250 members of the chamber of commerce escort ed the football aggregation to the lemon-yellow bedecked banquet room while the Mighty Oregon men’s quar tet made the air resound with Ore gon songs until the final glowing tri bute of the last toastmaker had faded with the cigar smoke the evening was a success. Loyalty, gratitude, praise and appreciation to Coach Shy Hunt ington, Trainer Bill Hayward, Coach Bart Spellman and the members of the football squad were the keynotes sounded by the speakers of the even ing. The coaching staff and indi vidual members of the eleven were lauded with brilliant phrases and mad to feel that the citizens of Eu gene and the people of the state at large appreciated their mighty show ing at Pasadena, and the glory and favorable comment it had brought to Oregon as a state and to the en tire West. The assemblage had hardly seated themselves at the food laden tables when 500 University men accompan ied by a student band marched to tile outer portals of the banquet hall aiuj loudly clamored for "Shy” and* "Bill.” When the two men appeared before that packed mass of noise making humanity a gigantic roar of applause shook the building. The noise was deafening. The rooters (Continued on page 4) ORDER OF "0" RUCKS BILL AND SHI TO LIMIT RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED TO MAKE LETTERS HARDER TO GET The Order of the O, at their first meeting of the year held yesterday afternoon in the Varsity room of the men’s gym, passed a resolution that every member of the order should be one hundred per cent behind Bill Hay ward and Shy Huntington. It was also announced that shortly after the basketball game with W. S- C. that a meeting would be held to initiate all the new members of the order who | won their letters on either last year’s track and baseball teams or this year’s football team. Stanford Anderson and Herman Lind were appointed as a committee of two to look after arrangements for a dance which will be held early in February. “Hank” Foster is president of the order, Nish Chapman secretary-treas urer, and Si Starr is the official bouncer. The order recommended that the athletic association buy Oregon blan kets for the use of all varsity teams. It was also voted at the meeting that football and track letters were too easily made, and the recommendation was passed that steps be taken to in crease the requii'fements for winning letters in both these branches of ath letics.