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Oregon VOLUME 21 * EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 13. 1920 NUMBER 32 LACK or INTEREST DISPUTED IN VOTE DN PACTAND LEAGUE Student’s Indifferent Attitude Attributed to Numerous Local Events HASTY DECISIONS MADE • Many Desire to Have Treaty Ratified Satisfactorily to AU as Soon as Possible In the early voting on the campus * tMiiy on the Peace Treaty, Proposi , tion No. 1, in favor of the ratification of the League and Treaty without amendments or reservations had a lead of two votes over Proposition No. 5, favoring t|ie immediate con tusion of peace and leaving the qiestion of the league until later. ' Up to noon the voting had resulted as follows: , Sixty-one students and 12 mem bers ^.pf the faculty voted for Proposition No. 1, which reads o as follows: I favor the ratification of the League and Treaty without am * endments or reservations. Sixteen students and no facul ty members voted for No. 2: * I am opposed to the ratifica tion of the League and Treaty in * any form. Forty students and one faculty member voted for No. 3: I am In favor of the ratifica tion of the Treaty and League, * but only with the specific reser vations as' voted by the majority of the senate. Twenty students and nine fa culty members voted for No. 4: I favor any compromise on the 0 reservations which will make pos sible immediate ratification of the Treaty and League. Sixty-ninestudents and two fa * culty members voted for No. 5: ! favor the government pro v ceeding to make peace with Ger many at once, leaving the ques tion of a league of nations to be settled afterwards. Fifty-two students and seven faculty members voted for No. 6: I favor a compromise on the reservations of such a character as will avoid the danger, of de feating ratification while still making clear that America can v only be involved in war by a declaration of congress, that domestic questions and the Mon roe doctrine are entirely outside of the jurisdiction of the League, that the plural vote of any mem bers are all disqualified in the event of a dispute .wherein we are disqualified from voting, and that on deciding to withdraw we * are to be the judge of whether our obligations have been met. A decided lack of interest regard * ing the League of Nations is mani fest on the Oregon campus, judging, from the attitude of several students interviewed as to their stand on * the matter, which was voted on to day by students and faculty. In difference and ignorance are the main * causes for this feeling in the opinion of many. The subject requires too much thought and careful consider ation, they say, and local topics of (Continued on page 4) DELEGATES TO TELL OF DES MOINES WORK Message Will Be Given at Vesper Service—Program to Come Later at Mass Meeting The delegates sent by the Univer sity to the Student Volunteer confer ence at Des Moines will present their message from the convention to the student body at vesper service Sun day, January 18. according to John Houston, delegation leader. In ad dition to the program to be presented at this time the delegates are plan ning to arrange for a mass meeting of the churches of Eugene at some time soon. The churches were very loyal in giving support to the dele gates and those who went to Des Moines feel that they have a message which will be of value to the church es. Programs will also be given by the delegates under the auspices of the Y. W. C. A., Y. M. C. A. and the University Women’s league. The convention, attended as it was by over 8,000 students, includ ing representatives from 40 nations, was so large in every way that, upon returning to the campus the delegates expressed a feeling of deep responsibility to the student body that sent them andt a determination to the best of their abilities to give the students the inspiration and world outlook which they received while in Des Moines. The fourteen delegates who went to Des Moines were Don Newberry. ^Lindsay McArthur, John Houston, ‘John Gamble, Wayne Akers, Nor ton Winnard, Mabyl Weller, Louise Davis, Ella Rawlings, Ruth Flegal, Eleanor Spall, Ethel Wakefield, Mil dred Weeks and Miss Urith Dailey. FICTION BOOKS WANTED Students Asked to Furnish Reading Material for Lumbermen The University library is calling for books, mostly fiction, to be sent to lumber camps in the northwest, for the benefit of the men in the woods who are unable to - secure other, reading material than that which is sent to them. Numerous calls have been coming in from the various camps and an active campaign to secure the books will probably be launched at a very early date. The library itself has furnished all the books it can pos sibly spare from its shelves, and is now calling upon the students to aid in sending reading material to the loggers. O. A. C. IN DEBATE LEAGUE Vacancies in International League Team to be Filled Friday R. W. Prescott, professor of public speaking, announced that he had re ceived a letter from O. A. C. ac cepting the request to enter the Northwest Triangular Debating league, comprising Oregon, O. A. C. and Washington State college. As soon as definite answer is received from W. S. C. Professor Prescott said, plans for debate will be formulated. Tryouts will be held Friday after noon at 4 o’clock to fill the two va cancies on the Oregon team in the International league, composed of Oregon, Idaho and British Columbia. The question is: “Resolved, That the movement of employers for the open shop should receive the support of the public.” Judges will quiz the debaters on both sides of the ques tion and the best two will be given the positions. The tryouts for oratory will be held Saturday afternoon. * Lone Auctioneer Touches Prineville > * '■ J*’' J* Jt Jt & *" •> Baskets Go High for building Fund y *«■ s There are ways and ways of rais-i ing money for the Women’s building, but few that simply put the town on the map in the way the little city & Prineville was during the Christ mas holidays. The town, which boasts of a population of somewhere around two thousand inhabitants, turned in $?,00, practically all of which w as raised through the efforts of one man, a generous, big-hearted westerner, whom the University may put on its roll of staunch friends in the future for he made good all in one evening. The drive started out badly with a dance which, when the music start ed up, found everybody and his bro ther at home instead of hopping around the hall and swelling the bank roll. Only a meagre sum was clear ed from this affair, so the committee interested a few high school girls „ in the cause and they promised to put on a basket social to finfsli up the o.uota. All went well until the time came to raffle the baskets and there were no bidders. Seeing the girls’ dis appointment, a big rancher (the hero of the story) stepped up and declard in a masterful voice that he would see the thing through the way it ought to go. He left and was only gone a few minutes and when he came back he was not alone. He brought with him two dozen of the prize swains of the town, and climbing on the table proceeded to raffle off the baskets himself, doing- most of the bidding for his patrons and collecting on the spot. No one got off with less than $10 a basket. When he had finished two baskets remained unsold. “Who is the wealthiest Jew' in town?” he yelled. Upon receiving his answer he roared, “All right, this basket is said to him for $100.” “Who is the biggest banker in this burg?” was the second question fired at his gasping audience. “Sold, the last basket to the banker for $100, and cheap at the price.” And this is the story of how Prine ville 'happened to turn in $300 into the Women’s building coffers instead of $30. Tlttll PROSPECTS Fi LEMON-YELLOW BRIGHT THIS SEASON No Varsity Meet Here; Foster Will Captain 1920 Team MANY VETERANS RETURN Experienced Crew Will Report at Start of Season—Frosh and Rooks Tangle May 15 With football togs stored away for the year and 'the basketball schedule on, the track season looms up on the horizon in intercollegiate sports, and prospects are being lined up for the 1920 track team. It is expected that the team this year will be one of the fastest that has ever repre sented the lemon-yellow, as a num ber of the members of the team in ’17 and ’18 have rturned, in addition to the last year’s squad. Eugene will be without a varsity meet this year owing to the two which were held here during last season, and the only meet here will be the one between the O. A. C. “rooks” and the “frosh” squad, which is scheduled for May 15. The first intercollegiate meet will be with the University of Washington at Seattle on May 8, following this on May 15 at Stanford university will be held the conference meet, and on May 22 the dual meet with O. A. C. will take place at Corvallis. Foster’s Return Strengthens Track prospects took a decided jump last week with the return of “Hank” Foster to the campus. Hank was captain of the track spuad in 1918 and has been elected to pilot this year’s squad through the season. He majors in the sprints, the low hur dles and the broad jump, and during his last season here was the biggest point getter on the Varsity. Ken Bartlett, who won his letter in the weight events on the 1917 squad, is also back this season and will be out for his old position. “Si” Starr, “Dow” Wilson and Leith Ab bott, all lettermen of the last year’s squad, will be candidates for a place on the squad this season, Starr in the pole and weight events, Abbott in the half-mile and Wilson in the hur dles and the 220. Stan Anderson, Dwight Parr, Warren Gilbert and “Skinny” Hargraves are all lettermen who can also be depended upon to make a showing on this year’s squad. | Hargreaves has not returned ‘to! school yet but is expected back by the beginning of next term. Ander son is a 440 man, while Parr is a two-mile runner, Hargreaves majors in the speed events and the jump. Last Year's Frosh Strong In addition to the above lettermen are several members of last year’s frosh squad who will no doubt show up to advantage this season. They are Floyd Bowles, Art Kuhnhausen, Louis Dunsmuir, Wayne Akers, “Prink” Callison, “Rus” Meyers, Sid Hayslip, Dick Sunderleaf and Cre cene Faris. Bowles showed up good in the broad jump and Kuhnhausen and Dunsmuir are likely looking ma terial for hurdlers. Callison and Fariss handled the weights on the frosh squad, Meyers worked in the pole vault and Hayslip and Sunder leaf will make a strong bid for the 440-yard race. EXTENSION COURSE FORMED New Course in Modern Education Of fered by Dr. Sheldon Dr. H. D. Sheldon, dean of the school of education, is offering a new course in ten lectures dealing with the present tendencies in modern education. The course is given pri marily for the teachers of Eugene, said Miss Mozelle Hair, secretary of the extension department, although any one' who may be interested in the work may enter the classes. The fee will be the same as for any re gularly registred extension student. The classes will meet once a week in the City hall, Dr. Sheldon deliver ing all the lectures. Miss Hair stated that the extension department will be glad to organize other classes for which there rnay be a demand. The first meeting was set for Tues day at 4:15 and at that time all arrangements for the class work were to be made. “Le Foyer" to Have Program A meeting of “Le Foyer,” the I rench club, will be held in the Dun ftalow.on Wednesday evening at 7:15. There will be a program and a gen eral discussion of business. Every member is urged to be present. VARIED JOBS ILD III EXCESS or ssooo Y.W.C.A. Employment Service Sees Greater Activity Than Ever Before MANY EARN THEIR OWN WAY i Twenty-five Per Cent Almost Wholly Self-supporting According to Records Sixty per cent of the men in the University earn part of their college expenses and about twenty-five per cent are almost wholly self support ing, according to records for last term kept by Rev. A. M. Spangler, secre tary of the campus Y. M. C. A. The records show that 500 jobs of various kinds of work were given to men last term through the “Y.” The total amount of money earned by these men was $5000, This list does not include men who secured work with out the aid of the “Y” secretary. • “More men are working their way through college this term than ever before,” Mr. Spangler said today. “This is probably due to the fact that many former ex-service men are able to come to the University with the help of the $25 a month from state aid and earn all the rest of their ex penses easily.” The men do a variety of work, and some earn as high as $100 monthly. One boy buys broken down automo biles, repairs them and sells them at a good profit. Many are earning their expenses by selling all sorts of art icles on commission. One boy is an undertaker. Some have organized their own busineses. Among the jobs which the men find useful in earning money on the campus or in town are the following: Stenography, all kinds of office work, preaching, clerking in stores, reporting, operating linotypes, waiting on tables, janitor, working in the library, carrying mail, collecting bills, driving automobiles, playing in orchestras, tuning pianos, surveying, building bridges, carpenter work, gar den work, tutoring, reading papers, posing,- and the usual odd jobs, such as carrying wood. CONDON CLUB ELECTS ASSOCIATE MEMBERS 16 Names Added to Organization’s Roll—“Arizona Copper Mining’’ I Subject of Discussion At the last meeting of the Condon club 16 associate members for the organization were elected, and Frank B. Kelsey, graduate student, now as sisting in geology in the place of Lewis Bond, was elected to full mem bership. The associate membership is made up of students who are either underclassmen majoring in geo logy or upperclassmen of other scien tific departments who are interested in geological subjects. The program for the evening’s meeting, which was held on Thurs- i day in the geology room, consisted of a discussion, by Jay Shively, on! the subject of “Arizona Copper Min ing.” The meetings of the Condon club are held on the first and third Thursdays each month and an in teresting schedule has been arranged for future meetings. The associate members of the or ganization are Elvira Thurlow, Ce leste Foulkes, William Skidmore, Jay Shively, Raymond Porter, Paul Cook, Robert Riggs, Homer Gent, D. L. Powers, Edwin Cox, Ray Allen, Ian Campbell, Leo Hartlein, Dean Hurd, George Duke and Ray Van Horn. VARSITY DEBATE FOR GIRLS Women of U. of W. and O. A. C. Ask Triangular Contest Next Term The University of Washington and the Oregon Agricultural college have notified the Women’s Forensic league of the University that they are ready to enter a triangular debate to be held the last of the term, according to Miss Ethel Wakefield, president of the league here. "The contracts have not been drawn up yet,” said Miss Wakefield, “but knowing that plan is agreeable is a big thing.” The Women’s Forensic league will hold regular meetings each Thurs day at 4:15 in Professor R. W. Pres cott’s room, Jiliss Wakefield said, and that she particularly desires that all members attenfi the next meeting :ince matters of unusual importance will be discussed. FINLEY TO LECTURE AT NEXT ASSEMBLY Former State Biologist Will Come With New Pictures on Bird Life in Oregon W. L. Finley, former state biologist, will lecture on the birds and wild life of Oregon, and show his new moving pictures of them at the Thursday morning assembly. “His is a national reputation for studies in bird life,” said Dr. John F. Bovard, of the zoology depart ment, in speaking of Mr, Finley. The National Audubon society asked Mr. Finley to speak all over the country on the subject of birds. Dr. Bovard further said, and he spends about' two months of each year in the east giving his lectures and show ing his iheautiful pictures. “Most of them are Oregon birds,” he explain ed, “because Oregon has th best and the greatest bird reservations in the country.” Mr. Finley lectured here last year but the talk which he will give Thursday will be entirely new, as are the pictures. I NEWS BUREAU IS PLANNED College Journalists Institute Means 'or News Organization While in Des Moines those Student Volunteer delegates who were inter ested in journalism attended a news paper convention at the Savery hotel. It was decided to form an ex change bureau by which the col legos could get the big news easily and keep i ntouch with each other. The plan was first suggested by a McGill student, after representatives from different schools had told about their respective papers. This means of organizing for publication was thought a good one. A representative of the Register Tribune took the names of all pa pers which would form the exchange bureau, and a committe, composed of representatives from some of the large eastern colleges, Yale, Har vard and the University of Texas, and some of the western institutions, was appointed to work out plans for this college press bureau. This committee will send news about the convention, and the work that was done there. Y. W. TO MEET THURSDAY New Girls Especially Invited to Flrat Meeting of Term The first Y. W. C. A. meeting of the new term will be held at the Bungalow on Thursday afternoon at 5' o’clock. A song fest in charge of Laura Rand has been planned in hon or of the new girls on the campus. The officers of the association want all the new girls to attend this meet ing for it will be a good oppor tunity for them to meet one another as well as the older students. Tea will be served during the hour. BENEFIT PLAY IS GIVEN Comedy Put on by Loeta Rogers for Women’s Building To Loeta Rogers, a major in the de partment of public speaking, belongs the credit of selecting and coaching a cast and producing the play, “Mrs. Pat and the Law,” in her home town of Independence, Oregon, during the holidays, the proceeds of which were turned over to the Women’s building fund. Miss Rogers coached the play when it was given in Guild hall by University students shortly before the Christmas holidays. OREGOI QUINTET BIWS 10 m«l II FIRST GOME; SCORE 23-22 Dement, Center, For Visitors and Durno, Forward, High Point Winners VARSITY NEEDS PRACTICE Borleske's Men Better in Teamwork and Basket Shooting—Ander son is Referee Whitman’s superior teamwork and | their big 'center, Dement, proved too much for the Lemon-Yellow five last j night in the opening game of the ; season, and the visitors carried off I the game 23 to 22. As the score would indicate, the game was not one-sided and almost * from the Initial whistle it was any body’s game, though Oregon had the long end of the score the first half. A large part of Oregon’s defeat was due to their lack of practice and with a little more time to get start ed the results will probably be dif ferent. Dement, Whitman center, scored the first basket of the game, taking the ball from the middle of the floor and shooting the basket over Boiler’s head. A few seconds later Francis Jacobberger scored Oregon’s first tally. Time out for Chapman. De ment, who threw five out of ten of the Whitman goals, scored two in ra pid succession. Rich and Dement took the ball down the floor, the for mer scoring .an open basket. Whit man by the clever passing which characterized the ganfe, succeeded in making another goal. Durno Thrills Crowd Durno Immediately came to the rescue with two baskets in quick succession. Double foul called for rougli playing and both teams failed to convert. Lind scored a pretty basket by throwing the ball over his head from a difficult angle. It was nearly the end of the half before either team could toss another hoop. Then Garber scored. Eddie Durno thrilled the crowd by making a marvelous shot from the side of the floor with one hand. Half ended with a 17 to 15 score in Ore gon’s favor. Both teams came back in the se cond half with a lot of fight. Durno fought like a wildcat. He was all over the floor. He shot two more goals this half, one of which was another of his famous long shots From a few feet past the center of the floor he threw a perfect basket. Dement al^o scored four more points. Dement was undoubtedly the star of tile Whitman outfit. He was fast und rangy for he gave Lind some trouble guarding him. Rich, right forward, also loomed up as one of the visitors’ best bets. No one can deny that Eddie Durno was the shining light of the whole game. He was always after the ball, displayed wonderful speed and made several difficult shots, although he missed several ordinarily easy shots from lack of practice. Eddie Durno was the Lemon-yellow high point man, making five field goals. The game was so close and such a good fight that many of the Eu gene sport followers expect Oregon to cop off a victory. Whitn^an, liow fContlnaed on page g) Rivals of Mystic Alexander to Show Wealth of Magical tricks on Program Claiming that all things may be; transformed and may be made to, disappear, and that anything and! everything, with the exception of funds for the Women’s building, may be made to automatically appear, come Erwin J. Ludeman and Virgil H. Mulkey, mystics par excellence, with a wealth of “numerous nifty novelties” in twentieth century ma gic, entitled “A Night of Mystery,” which they will offer to the public on Friday and Saturday evenings of this week in Guild hall, the proceeds to go to that yet unsolved problem, tiie Women's building. This entertainment, which is com posed of two acts of baffling mystery patterned after the methods of Alex ander, Thurston and Leroy, the world’s premier magicians, is the first of its kind' ever to be offered at the University by University stu dents, Ludeman, who is a sopho more in the University, has been in | terested in and has practiced magic 'since his grade school days, as has ; his co-worker, Mr. Mulkey. As a result, these students have come into possession of an extraordinary know *(lge of this art, as well as a costly collection of material for their act. Mr. Ludeman and Mr. Mulkey have given their act before lodges and clubs In Portland, as well as at sev eral entertainments In Eugene, in cluding the Y. M. C. A. smoker last term, and they have several con tracts to present their act during the week-ends in surrounding towns. < onsidcrable time was spent during * *l,! Christmas holidays in prepara tion for the entertainment. Albert H. Woertendyke will assist them in presenting the act in Guild hall. Following is a brief outline of the performance: Act 1 Twentieth century magic and sleight-of-hand tricks. Feature—Jada-Wola, famous Indian trick. Act 2 Spiritualism, Including: 1. —The Mummy’s Hand. 2. —The Spirit Painting. 3. —Slate Messages. 4. —The Return of the Intellect. 5. Table Floating, miscellaneous.