Oregon
VOLUME 21
EUGENE. OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17. 1920
NUMBER 34
EMERALD DRIVE STARTED
SUBSCRIPTION COMMITTEE APPOINTED
KAYS WILL OPEN FIRE
; TUESDAY;“800” SLOGAN
Appeal Not Made to Oregon
Spirit But to Student
Need, Says Editor
LOUISE DAVIS IS CHAIRMAN
Expense of Publication Increased—
Many Readers Are Not Paid
Subscribers
The Emerald is on the rocks finan
cially. Unless the present subscription
list among the students can be more
than doubled in the next few dtlys
the University’s paper will have to
suspend publication or make a radical
reduction in its size and in the scope
of its activities. This startling state
of affairs was revealed in student
'council meeting on Wednesday even
ing when means were discussed to
put the Emerald back on its feet.
• As a result the council unanimously
voted to put the issue squarely before
the students of the University in a
600 more membership campaign for
the Emerald which is to open Tuesday
.morning. The campaign will be wag
ed on a basis of whether or not the
•Emerald is a worth-while part of
student life of the University and not
. as a matter of soliciting gifts from
the students. If the majority of stu
dents feel that they can afford to
let the Emerald suspend publication
'they need only to signify this feel
ing. Leith Abbott, editor of the
, Emerald, strongly emphasized this
point in commenting on the situa
tion.
Charity Not Asked
“It is not a question of asking the
students for charity,” he, declared.
“If the Emerald does not justify its
existence as a paper I would rather
suspend publication than ask for
' help.”
Members of the Emerald staff ex
plained to the student council that
out of over 1500 students in the Uni
versity, only 500, a meagre third, are
Emerald subscribers. Costs of publi
cation have gone up over 25 per cent
in the past year, and in addition the
.management has been obliged to in
crease the size of the paper to give
adequate space to the growing acti
vities on the campus. This has thrown
a very great burden on the advertis
ing to meet current expenses of pub
lication. In spite of every effort of
the advertising staff the paper has
'been steadily losing money, till it
has reached a point where the reve
nue must be increased or publication
suspended.
$1.00 for Two Terms
“The “600” campaign for the Emer
ald, which has been authorized by the
student council, will begin on Tues
day, and has as its goal the addition
of at least 600 new subscribers
among the students of the Univer
sity. Louise Davis has been appoint
ed chairman of a committee of 30
workers who are appointed to give
every student and every member of
the faculty who is not now a sub
scriber the opportunity to subscribe.
, Citizens of Eugene will also be sol
icited by members of the committee.
.Subscription rates for the remainder
of the college year are $1.00. All
‘subscribers are to be tagged during
'the campaign. Present subscribers
.may secure tags from Elston Ireland,
circulation manager, in order to show
'that they are Emerald boosters and
,to avoid being resolicited during the
drive.
t Members of the committee are ask
*ed to meet in Professor Gilbert’s
*Toom in the library on Monday even
ing at 7:30. Louise Davis, chairman
of the drive committee, will present
•complete plans for the work at that
time.
• Howard Weiss, a Sigma Nu of Cor
vallis, has registered as a student
at Oregon.
Emerald *600’ Committee
General Campus Committee: Chair
man: Louise Davis; Alexander Brown,
Marjorie Kay, Elva Bagley, Guy Arm
antrout, Ella Rawlings, Eleanor Spall,
Marian Gilstrap, Mabyl Weller, Ade
laide Lake, Thelma Stanton, George
Black, Dorothy Duniway, John Hous
ton, Mary Ellen Bailey, and Era God
frey.
Town: Beatrice Wetherbee, Ruth
Flegal, Adah McMurphey, Lois Pix
ley, Madge Calkins, Marian Linn, Roy
Veatch/Dorothy Dixon, William Pur
dy.
Alpha Phi: Elizabeth Hadley.
Kappa Alpha Theta: Mae Ballock.
Kappa Kappa Gamma: Mauna Loa
Fallis.
Delta Gamma: Clem Cameron.
Gamma Phi Beta: Bula Smith.
Sigma Detla Phi: Alice Hamm.
Alpha Delta: Beatrice Crewdson.
Chi Omega: Grace Rugg.
Pi Beta Phi: Evelyn Smith.
Delta Psi: Alys Sutton.
Delta Delta Delta: Florence Rid
dle.
Hendricks Hall (Campus): Marian
Bowen, Naomi Wilson, Marjorie Hola
day, Ruth Engstrom.
Hendricks Hall (5th Unit): Harriet
Van Tassel.
Hendricks Hall (6th Unit): Jennie
Maguire.
Mary Spiller Hall: Wanda Dag
gett.
Sigma No: Don Newbury.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon: Jay Butler.
zPhi Delta Theta: Harry Jamie
son.
Delta Tau Delta: Lay Carlisle.
Owl Club: Lindsay McArthur.
Kappa Sigma: Jay Fox.
Phi Gamma Delta: William Bul
ger.
S-Maralda: George Shirley.
Beta Theta Pi: Wayne Akers.
Bachelordon: Fred Payne.
Sigma Chi: Charles Crandall.
Alpha Tau Omega: Morris Morgan.
Friendly Hall: Remey Cox,'William
Martin, Miles McKey, Carlton Sav
age, Wiley Knighten.
ALL FIRST YEAR MEN
TO WEAR GREEN CAPS
FRESHMEN ISSUE EDICT—DATE
FOR GLEE IS SET FOR
FEBRUARY 14
At a special meeting of the
Freshman class in Villard hall
on Friday evening the resolution
to the student council requesting
that freshmen who had made
sufficient hours, with the aid of
military credits, ten enter the
University on a sophomore stand
ing, be allowed to discard their
green caps, was reconsidered and
by a unanimous Tote was res
cinded.
This action was taken after the
class had passed a resolution at their
regular meeting on Thursday even
ing protesting against the action of
the student council in voting that all
men students upon entering the Uni
versity as freshmen wear their green
caps for one year.
At the meeting Thursday evening,
the date for the freshman glee was
selected for Friday, February 14,
and committees were appointed to
take charge of the various phases of
the work as follows: Decoration com
mittee, Arthur Base, chairman, George
King, Tom Wyatt, Ralph Smith, Floyd
Maxwell, Lois Pixley, Imogene Let
cher and Mildred Weeks. Program
committee, Del Oberteuffer, chairman,
Betty Epping, Jessie Lewis, Barbara
Shepherd, Marjorie Kruse and Cur
tis Phillips.
Arrangements for the feature dance
will be in the hands of a committee
composed of Herbert Kauffman,'
Stanley Stickles and Gladys Lane.
Patrons and patronesses committee
consists of Elizabeth Tilson and Daniel
Woods; music, Harry Meyers; punch,
Ralph Taylor.
A1 Krohn was elected treasurer at
the meeting Friday evening, to suc
ceed Fred Scheurman, who resigned
owing to his registering as a sopho
more this term.
STUDENTS GET POSITIONS
Four Recent Graduates Take Places
in High Schools
Four students of the education, de
partment in the University of Oregon
who graduated at the close of the
first term have secured positions
teaching in high schools. They are
S. W. Hanns, mathematics, The Dal
les high school; Henry English, his
tory, Alsea; Miss Jennie Yoder, Eng
lish, and Miss Harriet Garrett, bio
logy, Eugene.
Miss Ruth Hopkins of the Gamma
Phi Beta house left Thursday for a
trip through southern California and
Mexico. She will re-enter college inj
April.
STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
TO SPEAK AT VESPERS
REPORTS TO BE MADE ON BIG
DES MOINES CONVENTION
SPECIAL MUSIC
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With the vesper hour Sunday draw
ing closer and closer the five stu
dent volunteer delegates who are to
make their first formal bow to their
college classmate^ as representatives
to the Des Moines convention are busy
clicking out their messages via the
typewriter route or by way of pen or
pencil. Sunday at 4 the delegates
plus the finished products will appear
in old Villard.
The program will be given under
the direction of John Houston, dele
gation leader. The complete program
is as follows:
Recessional .Choir
Invocation....:,..A. M. Spangler
Anthem .. Choir
Spirit of the Convention .
.Arthur McArthur
History and Challenge of the Stu
dent Volunteer Movement.
. Ethel Wakefield
Need for Medical Aid .
...+. Norton Winnard
Solo—There’s a Green Hill Far
Away (Gounod).. .Curtiss Peterson
Who’s Who.John Houston
The Oregon Student’s Part in the
Game .v. Louise Davis
Recessional . Choir
POETS GET LAST CHANCE
Theta Sigma Phi Contest Extended
to January 26
Only six campus poets have made
themselves known in the Theta Sig
ma Phi poetry contest, said Helen
Manning, editor of the Oregana and
member of the journalistic fraternity.
This is not considered anough poems
for the amount of poetical talent
there should be in the University,
said Miss Manning. For thi sreason
the time limit, khich was set for the
first week o fthe second term, has
been extended until Monday, January
26.
To the author of the best poem will
be awarded the $10 prize and the
poem will appear in the Oregana.
The poem must be about some cam
pus subject. The mill race,, Oregon
Spirit, any campus tradition, have
been suggested as possible subjects.
Both men and women are eligible
to compete for the prize. Last year
the fraternity offered a prize for the
best short story. This means is tak
en of promoting interest in on the
University campus in literary pur
suits, for which the fraternity stands.
PRESIDENT SEEKS
UNIVERSITY FUNDS
FROM LEGISLATURE
Efforts Made to Have Mill age
Equal to That Given
to O. A. C.
$50,000 MEASURE PENDING
Ways and Means Committee For Bill
Giving Money for Women’s
Building
President P. L. Campbell has been
in Salem during the past week in
an attempt to have the legislature
refer a bill to the people at the spe
cial election next spring carrying an
emergency apropriation to tide the
University over the present emergen
cy or until the next regular meeting
of the legislature. It is impossible to
secure direct relief from the present
special session because of the six
per centi. limlltaltion provision and
funds can be obtained in time to meet
the need only by initiative measure to
go before the people in June.
The exceptional growth in regis
tration coupled with increasing costs
have brought both the University of
Oregon and O. A. C. to a realization
that relief must be obtained before
the opening of another college year.
In presenting their needs before the
joint ways and means committee of
the legislature serious conflict has
been found between the proportion
of state funds which the University
of Oregon and O. A. C. desire for
maintenance. The demands of the
state college at first were for seven
tenths of a one mill levy, allowing the
University but three-tenths of a mill.
Later O. A. C. stood ready to com
promise on a 6 and 4 tenth basis,
firm for a 50-50 spilt of the levy.
President Kerr told the committee
that seven-tenths of a mill levy would
be needed to keep the college running
at full efficiency.
A bill providing a 1.6 mill levy for
maintenance was under discussion by
the committee. This is for the use
of the University of Oregon, O. A. C.
and the normal school.
In discussing the plans of the
University before the committee,
President Campbell outlined a build
ing program calling for $1,050,000 if
the University were to adequately
provide for the students. President
Kerr had a similar program in view
for O. A. C. involving the outlay of
$2,862,000 for buildings. Both these
programs were to cover a term of
years.
The ways and means committee has
approved a bill appropriating $50,000
for the women’s building. This bill
was to be reported back to the house
today. The clock was stopped in
both houses at noon, and business
was to continue until all important
matters up have been considered.
FRATERNAL MAGAZINE
EDITOR WILL SPEAK
Dp. Shepardson, Head of Beta Theta
Pi Publication, to Talk at Next
Assembly Hour
i
Francis Wayland Shepardson, edit
of “Beta Theta Pi” magazine and
former professor of history in the
University of Chicago, will speak at
assembly next Thursday morning at 11
o’clock in Villard hall. His subject
has not been announced.
Dr. Shepardson, who is a prominent
member of Phi Beta Kappa, national
honorary fraternity, is in the west
to install a chapter of this organiza
tion at Whitman college and has
I been invited to visit the Oregon cam
pus for several days while out here.
He will be entertained by Beta Theta
Pi fraternity during his visit here.
DISABLED TO HAVE CHANCE
Federal Vocational Board Worker to
Ascertain Need for Training
Announcement has been made on
the campus that R. O. White, repre
senting the federal board for voca
tional education, with headquarters
at Seattle, will be In Eugene Janu
ary 21 and 22, and desires to meet
disabled ex-soldiers and to file their
applications for vocational training.
New applicants must bring discharge,
and if compensable, they should bring
copy of the treasury department let
ter which notifies them that they will
receive compensation.
Mr. White will be found at the Elks
building, Seventh and Olive Sts., or
at the Red Cross, Seventh and Wil
lamette, Eugene.
ALUMNI WANT HAYWARD
Meeting Today in Portland to Per
suade Trainer to Stay
Homer D. Angell, president of the
.University of Oregon Alumni assoc
iation, called a meeting of former
students and alumni in Portland to
day to discuss means of persuading
“Bill” Hayward to remain at the Uni
versity. This action was taken as a
result'of the announcement made by
the trainer that he is now consider
ing an olfer of a great increase in
salary at another school in the east
or in California.
Marion McClain, graduate student
manager, will be present at the meet
ing.
ELLSWORTH GETS POSITION
Oregana Manager on Business Staff
of Oregon City Enterprise
Harris Ellsworth, who was manager
of the Emerald last year and of the
Oregana this year, is now a member
of the business staff of the Oregon
City Enterprise. Harris withdrew
from college at the end of the fall
term. He was a sophomore and is a
member of Kappa Sigma fraternity.
His home is in Cascade Locks.
335 New 8tudents at O. A. C.
O. A. C. has registered a total of
335 new students this term.
Night of Mystery Life Yeast—Magic
Bertram Bubbles In Glee—Not Tubbed
(By B. B.)
With the fireplace athletes a
chair I did grace, wondering how
I could go some place. The
cigarette, smoke was getting
dense and all I had was thirty
cents. 1. sat a-pondering, with
vacant stare—I had borrowed all
the brothers could spare. The
cash was gone from father’s last
checks, I had seen all the shows
including the Rex. But Bashful
Bertram said, I guess not all,
there is a show tonight in old
Guild hall. I wanted to go to
Forrey’s dance but with the cash
I had there wasn’t a chance. So
I donned a white collar, and Bert
had a dollar, and off to the show
we went.
As we sat in our seat, we sure
got a treat, from the stuff they
did present. There were all
kinds of tricks, worked with cards
and with sticks, the show was
well worth the price. Bertram
was dazed and I was amazed for
the things were more than nice.
This Ludeman guy had Bertram
and I a-flgurlng how it was done.
Bert brought shame unto me
when he cried out in glee, Well,
I’ll be a son of a gun. Woerten
dyke and Mulkey did their shares,
they had the crowd a-clutchin’ thir
chairs. This magic stuff may be
a fake, but these birds last night
had the stuff down Jake. We bljnk
ed our eyes in praise and sur
prise, we could not figure at all.
The tricks were tiM * cause of
mighty applause from the crowd
that filled the hall.
There are lots of youse guys
that think you are wise, and say
this show is the bunk. But take
it from me, or go tonight and see,
this magic is sure the Junk. Per
haps you will smile but it was
professional in style, but Just go
and see for yourself. It’s a
mighty good show, and you ought
to go, it helps out the school,
you know.
WILL HAVE REAL TEST
FACING WASHINGTON
Lemon Yellow’s Chances for
Victory in This Week’s
Games Unknown
NORTHERN QUINTET STRONG
Seattle Men Accurate Shots But May
Lack Speed—Return Tilts Here
In February.
With the season not yet far enough
advanced to give much cause for
dopesters’ prognostications, Oregon’s
chances in the games with the Uni
versity of Washington scheduled for
January 22 and 23 are more or less
of an unknown degree. The games are
to be played in Seattle and will be
the first conference encounters for
Washington this season.
Indications are that the Northern
ers will present a hard-fighting quin
tet next Thursday. Coach Allison has
been putting his men through a stren
uous period of training, and in the
few practice games which have been
played the Washington squad has
made a good showing.
1917 Center 8trong
Captain Jamieson, Jess Balmer,
George Smith, Max Smith, Staats,
Kellogg, Nicholson, Archie Talbot,
Erving Cook, Clint Sohns, Sanders.
Sielk, Metlen, Frankland and Shannon
are on the squad at present and no
lineup for the coming fracas has been
announced. Jess Balmer, center on
Washington's 1917 quintet, is con
sidered one of the strongest men on
the squad. Cook, last year’s captain,
is also making a strong bid for a
first string position.
In the practice games in Seattle
the Washington players have shown\
an apt ability to hit the basket, but
the material, for the most part, has
not shown a surprising amount of
speed. Coach Allison’s workouts dur
ing the past weeks have been with
the view to promulgating a little
more pep.
No matter what the result of
Thursday’s game may be, Oregon will
get another chance at the U. of W.
on February 6-7, when the Washing
tonians will meet the lemon-yellow
warriors in Eugene.
Few Changes Expected
No announcement has been made
as to who will make the trip to
Seattle for Oregon. There will pro
bably not be any radical changes
made in the U. of O. lineup.
Oregon’s victory in the second en
counter with Whitman probably
means that the lemon-yellow warriors
have hit their stride and will carry
a hard battle to the Washingtonians.
With practically no games this sea
son that can be used as a basis for
comparison, enthusiasts will have to
wait for the initial whistle in order
to figure out what is going to happen.
ORATORY TRYOUTS JAN. 23
Several Speakers Announce Intention
to Compete
The date for tryouts for oratory
has been set for Friday afternoon,
January 23, at four o’clock. Con
siderable interest is being shown in
the contest, and according to Prof.
Prescott, there are a number of men
who intend to compete for the op
portunity to represent Oregon. Among
those who have announced their in
tentions of trying out are George
Shirley, Carroll Roberts, Vernon
Jones, Fred Coley and Don Davis.
Each oration is to be about 1000
words in length, with the subject left
to the contestant.
Ralph Hoeber represented the Uni
versity last year in the state con
test.
California Drops 464
Four hundred and sixty-four stu
dents were disqualified from return
Ing to University of California this
semester because of failure to make
the necessary eight units.
287 Princeton Men Decorated
Figures Compiled by the Prince
ton War Record show that 287 Prince
ton men were decorated for bravery'
while in France.