Oregon
Emerald
VOLUME 21
EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY. JANUARY 24, 1920
NUMBER 37
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STUDENT ACTIVITIES
l MAY BE ESTABUSHEO
Many Will Have to Drop Work
If Carrying Excess Num
ber of Units
BATING SCALE IS PLANNED
Limit Placed on Amount to be Done
by One Person—Scheme Soon to
■j Be Voted ,On^,
Certain university students may
find they \yill have, to drop, some of
their student or outside activities if
the proposed point system is passed
by the student council and the facul
ty next week. All activities will be
graded and given appropriate values
in points, and no student will be able
to carry more than 15 at any time.
The object of such a system will be to
make it possible for a larger number
of students to obtain executive train
ing through the management of stu
tent activities.
At present those with natural ex
ecutive ability, who therefore need
little of such training, monopolize a
number of student offices and by so
doing neglect the proper work of the
university course and set a distorted
ideal for student ambitions.
To be Effective at Once
If this point system is passed it
will become effective at once, and
will be enforced by the registrar, and
in case of plain violation of this rule
the offender can be placed on proba
tion. If student self-bovernment is
instituted such government will have
the right to enforce this rule.
Major activities will be graded 9 to
15 points so that no student can car
ry more than one at a time. Inter
mediate activities will be graded 5 to
8 points in an effort to get them into
other hands than those of students
carrying major activities. Minor ac
tivities will be graded 1 to 4 points,
so that an accumulation of small, time
consuming offices shall not be loaded
upon the shoulders of students other
wise busy.
Rating of Offices
The following values are hereby as
signed to various activities (all ex
officio secondary offices are extra):
President, student body .10
Editor, Emerald . 12
Other officers, student body . 9
Member student council . 5
Football Captain .10
Football Team . 5
Football Squad . 3
Basketball Captain .<.. 8
Basketball Team . 3
Track Captain ..... 8
Track Team . 3
Baseball Captain . 8
Baseball Team .-. 3
President Women’s League . 6
Other Officers, Women’s League. 2
Executive Council, Women’s League 2
Manager, Emerald .10
News Editor, Emerald . 7
Managing Editor, Emerald .
Staff, Emerald . 2
Editor, Oregana, Fall .10
Winter . 12
Spring .+.10
Manager, Oregana .-. 10
Staff, Oregana .-.j,. 3
Self-support over $25 a month earn
ed in term time . 5
Self-support $10 to $25 a month
earned in term time . 3
President, Y. M. C. A.. 3
Other Officers, Y. M. C. A. 1
President, Y. W. C- A. 5
Other Officers, Y. W. C. A. 2
Manager, Glee Club . 3
Member, Glee Club . 2
Chairman Homecoming committee.. 8
Member Homecoming committee .... 3
Chairman Junior week-end com. 6
Member Junior week-end com. 2
Head of fraternity house . 5
Upperclass President of Class .. 6
Underclass President of Class. 3
Athletic Council . 1
Band f _.-. 1
Orchestra . 1
Women’s Athletic Ass’n President.. 4
Manager, Football . 5
Manager, Basketball . 4
(Continued on page 4)
Alex Gregorovitch
Arrives; Sniffs His
Scorn For Women
Alexander Gregorovitch arrived at
the- Kismeds office of ' the University
this morning. He created just as
much stir’ as if he had been a Bolshe
vik right from the heart of Russia.
The girls in the office flocked about
him, for Alexander is petit and fasc
inating with ways all his own and an
apparent contempt for' people in gen
eral and women in particular. In his
dignity and unconcernof hi ssurround
ings, he is very, attractive,
Alexander has come to Eugene to
visit Miss*’LHian -“Tingle 'and Miss
Tingle hurried at once to greet her
gbbst and lifted from a small crate a
tiny, white bull-terrier, hungry and
sleepy. Alexander came by express
from Portland, “duly chained, crated
and billed,” according to the printed
slip on his box.
“Lord Have Mercy on My Soul,”
says he to Miss Tingle, according to
the inscription above the address.
Alexander Gregorovitch’s mission in
life will be to form the center of at
traction for Miss Tingle’s niece and
nephew.
MEAL SERVICE TO CHANGE
Friendly Hall to Take Boarders Only
—Tea Room to Open Soon
Friendly Hall will have regular
table service instead of the present
cafeteria system after thfe opening,
in the near future, of Miss Mary
Kiefer’s Tea Room on the millrace,
said Mrs. Edna Datson, Friendly hall
matron. “Since the beginning of
the year we have been serving one
or two meals a day to members of
the faculty and transient students,’’
said Mrs. Datson, “and we wish to
stop doing this so we can give our
regular boarders the table service
which they deserve.” Very soon,
therefore, only regular boarders for
three meals a day at six dollars a
week will be taken, she stated.
Plans for the Tea Room are coming
along with all speed, according to
Miss Kiefer, and she believes that
it will be possible to have the open
ing very soon after the first of Feb
ruary. The exact date will Be an
nounced later, she said.
It has been decided to serve
lunches continuously from about ten
thirty in the morning until as late
an hour in the evening as will be
in accordance with University rules,
Miss Kiefer stated.
DEBATE TOPIC MODIFIED
British Columbia Agrees to New
Wording of Open Shop Question
Oregon’s protest as to the phras
ing of the amended international de
bate question, “Resolved, That the
Industrial Interests are best served
by maintaining the policy of the
closed shop,” has been acknowledged
by the University of British Colum
bia, according to Prof. R. W. Pres
cott, who received a telegram from
the northern institution today. The
telegram proposed a new wording
of the question, which was submitted
for Oregon’s approval.
The revised question from the
Canadian is: “Resolved, That the ap
plication of the principles of the
closed shop will best serve the cause*
of industrial peace.” This wording,
Professor Prescott said, was much
more satisfactory and acceptable to
Oregon. The former wording con
tained many ambiguous terms, wfyich
was objected to by the Oregon team.
EDUCATION CLASS FORMED
Discussion of Public School Teaching
To be Led by John C. Almack
A class in public school education
has been organized among the
Springfield teachers, to be conducted
by John C. Almack, acting director
of the extension division of the
University. The exact title of the
course is “The Psychology of Pub
lic School Practice—a Course in Ap
plied Psychology,” and will consist
of lectures, discussions, reading and
reports.
The class will meet at the Lincoln
high school in Springfield on Monday
afternoons at 4 o’clock. The course
will last for 12 weeks.
PRECAUTISNS TAKEN
AGAINST OUTBREAK
; o Ilf FLU ON CAMPUS
University Health Committee
Warns Students to
Be Careful
RECUJLAR HOURS SUGGESTED
Many Cases of Ordinary Colds in
Infirmary During Last Few
Weeks
v Due to the fact that influenza seems
to be slowly creeping pver the coun
try again, and that even a few cases
have spread to the Pacific Coast, while
small pox and other diseases are be
ing fought to some extent in every
locality, the University health com
mittee, composed of Dr. John Bovard,
chairman; Dr. E. A- Sawyer, Univer
sity physician, Dean Elizabeth Fox,
Professor A. R. Sweetser and Miss
Mabel Cummings, issued precautions
today to the students for the preven
tion of a possible epidemic on the
campus. The committee is prepared
to take care of any outbreak of in
fluenza at the present time, but con
siders it vastly more important to in
fluence the students to be extraord
inarny careiui oi tneir neaitn, tnua
making it difficult for such an epidem
ic to start.
“Irregular hours, too many dances
and all sorts of unhygenic living only
make the student more susceptible to
disease,” stated Dr. Bovard. “It is
just this thing which the committee
wants to discourage as much as pos
sible. We are putting it up to the
student—this matter of safeguarding
health. Unnecessary travel back and
forth on week ends should be dis
countenanced since the first influenza
maye be brought to the University in
this way from other cities.”
Influenza May Strike
For the past two or three weeks
the University infirmary has had an
unusually large number of cases of
ordinary clods. These, as is well known
are a sort of background for influ
enza,” declared Dr. Sawyer, head of
the infirmary. “Now as there has been
considerable publicity today on cur
rent epidemics of ‘flu’ it is advisable
to look more esjJecially to the care of
the student health. While there is
at present nothing in the nature of
an epidemic in the student body, it is
possible that at any time the wave
of influenza which is apparently ex
istant in the western part of the coun
try may strike here. We want to be
in the best physical condition to meet
such a contingency. The best thing
to do is to settle down to college busi
ness, avoid unnecessary travel and fa
tigue, be out of doors as much as
(Continued on page 4)
GREATER OREGON CLUB
PLANS SUMMER WORK
OFFICERS SELECTED TO DIRECT
WORK OF ORGANIZATION
OVER STATE
The officers for the summer section
of the Greater Oregon Club have been
selected, preliminary to getting ready
for the summer school. C. A. Howard,
acting superintendent of schools in
Eugene, is president, and J. C. Al
mack, acting director of the Extension
Division, secretary. The vice-presi
dents are, A. C. Hampton, superin
tendent of schools in LaGrande; G.
A. Briscoe, superintendent of schools
in Ashland, R. L. Kirk, superinten
dent of schools in The Dalles, and
Jesse McCord, of Portland.
The slogan for 1920 is to be “1000'
students in summer school.” Hereto
fore the goal of the summer school
Greater Oregon Club has been 500,
but since in 1919 the total enroll
ment ir* the summer school, including
the exterision classes in Portland, was
512 this goal has been reached and
the club has set a higher standard
for itself.
STUDENT VOLUNTEER
DELEGATES TO TALK
AT NEXT ASSEMBLY
Experiences at Des Moines
Convention Will Be
Rotated .
PROMINENT MEN COMING
L.. H, Bailey, hfoted Horticulturist,
and Judge Wallace McCamant,
QfRortl^rid, Secured
Student Volunteer delegates, will
tell about their experiences at the Des
Moines convention, at next Thursday’s
assembly, in Villard hall. It has not
yet been decided who will talk, but a
meeting of all the delegates has been
called for this evening, when the pro
gram will be worked out. Besides
the delegates from the University,
Harry N. Holmes, who did Y. M. C.
A. work with the British forces in
Frances, and who attended the Des
Moines confention, will give a short
talk.
Dr. L. H. Bailey, director of the
College of Agriculture, at Cornell Uni
versity, will address the student body
on “Are we a Democracy?” the fol
lowing Thursday, February 5.
Dr. Bailey received his B. S. and
M. S. degrees at the Michigan Agri
cultural College, and his LL. D. at
the University of Wisconsin, and a
year later, at Alfred University. He
has given particular attention to bo
tanical and horticultural subjects and
to rural problems and education. He
has taught horticulture and landscape
gardening at Harvard, the University
of Michigan, and Cornell, and is the
author of a dozen books, among them
being “The Practical Garden-book,”
“The State and the Farmer,” “The
Country Life Movement,” and “Prin
ciples of Agraculture.” He has edited
several encyclopedias and series of
books on agriculture, and is also a
contributor to technical journals and
popular magazines.
Lincoln’s birthday, February 12, the
speaker at assembly, will be Judge
Wallace McCamant, a practicing at
torney of Portland. He is an orator
of ability, and thought to be one of
the best speakers in the state. “Abra
ham Lincoln” will be the subject of
his address
Further plans for assemblies have
not yet been made, but it is expected
that a musical assembly will be given
in the near future. Mu Phi Epsilon,
honorary musical society, has asked
for March 4, when they wish to offer
a program.
OREGON QUINTET BEATS
WASHINGTON U. 29-26
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VARSITY OVERCOMES BIG LEAD
AND TAKES HOT CONTEST
OPENER LOST 38-25
Oregon won a fast, close game from
the University of Washington Fri
day night, in Seattle, by a score of
29 to 26. Washington was going good
in the early part of the game, and ran
up an 8-point lead, but the Eugene
lads came to their own, and succeeded
in making it anybody’s game for the
rest of the contest. The teams alter
nated the lead during the second half.
Oregon scored the winning points in
the last three minutes of play.
University of Washington admin
istered a 38 to 26 defeate to the lemon
yellow basketball team in the first
game of the series, played Thursday
night in Seattle. Both teams played
fast games, characterized by speedy
footwork, accurate passing, and good
shooting. This was Washington’s
first conference game.
Willamette Five Beats O- A. C.
One of the surprises in college bas
ketball was Willamette University’s
26 to 25 victory over O. A. C.’s bas
ketball aggregation* This is Willam
ette’s first year in the conference.
Bill's Blushing
New Gas Wagon
Is Speed Maktr
Red and blushing all over from so
many admiring glances, is a new Tem
plar roadster, with, the trusty hand
of Bill Hayward as the whefil. Bill
says it’s some car.
There was a kodak and a complete
camping outfit all with the car when
he got it. There is even a small re
frigeration box connected with it but
Bill mentioned that it was empty. One
thing about the car he will never get
thristy while out driving for there are
springs all over it. Bill is so gener
ous in giving rides to his friends and
his friends are legion that the car
looked tired last night.
The trainer came up the street so
fast last night that he had to thrn
corners in the middle of the block,
and as he passed the white mile stones
one of' the occupants of the car
thought they* werU'-gding past a long
grave yard. As an innocent bystand
er we will issue a warning: Bill drives
so fast that if you are standing on
the curb when he goes past, look out
for the breeze created by the speed
of the car is liable to give you pneu
monia. As to a name for the car we
can suggest but one. While gazing
at it in awe we noticed that it had
a red riding hood, why not call is
Mother Goose? Quick give me my
bicycle I’m late for lunch.
TEACHERS FORM CLASS
36 Eugene Instructors Enroll—16 Ex
pect to Earn College Credit
A class in "Present Teachers’ Ten
dencies in Modern Education” has
been organized among Eugene teach
ers, to be conducted by Dr. H. D.
Sheldon, dean of the school of edu
cation of the University. Thirty-six
teachers have enrolled, 16 of whom
expect to earn college credit by read
ing and reporting on one book in
addition to attending the lectures.
The class meets in the assembly
room of the Junior high school on
Tuesday afternoons at 4 o’clock. Two
lectures have already been given, the
first January 13, and there are to
be eight more in the course.
R.O.T.C.HAS SPORT LEAGUE
Basketball, Track and Indoor Base
ball Included
Intercompany athletics, to be par
ticipated in by the members of the
R. O. T. C., will commence next
week. Basketball, track, and indoor
baseball are to hold the dmelight in
the latest of doughnut contests.
Trainer Bill Hayward will have
the schedule for the basketball
games ready by next Monday. Teams
are to be chosen from the different
companies in tryouts to be held
during the flret part of the week.
During the same period that the
basketball contests are held, track
men will compete for honors for
their various military organizations.
After the completion of the basket
ball and track events, Indoor base
ball games will be played.
I. W. W. SUBJECT OF PAPER
Professor Croekstt Presents Popular
Topic to Faculty
The Social Science Club, composed
of faculty members and others inter
ested in the organiation, met last
night at 8:00 o’clock in Dean
Straub’s room. Professor Peter Crock
att was on the program for a paper
“The I. W. W. and the United States
Employment Service’’.
WM. SKIDMORE SR. KILLED
Cottage Grove Mill Accident Fatal to
Father of University Man
William Skidmore, Jr., senior in
chemistry, has been absent from the
campus for several days attending
the funeral of his father, William
Skidmore, who died at the Eugene
hospital Monday. Mr. Skidmore was
fatally injured by the fall of a saw
dust conveyer while at work in his
sawmill at Cottage Grove.
OREM HAS MICE
for ini ini urn
m ORJEPAIffill
National Vice Preaidant to Talk
With Honorary Fraternity
Member* At Banquet
NEWSPAPER GAME PRAISED
Editor Beta Theta Phi Magazine Say*
Journalists Are Born in Blood
, —Work Still Lure*
The University of Oregon stands a
good chance to secure a Phi Beta Kap
pa chapter in 1922, said Ur. Francis
W. Shepardson, president of the Beta
Theta Pi fraternity, and national vice
president of Phi Beta Kappa, in dis
cussing the purpose of his visit to
Eugene today. If Oregon gets the
rght kind of endorsements to her ap
plication for a charter, Dr. Shepard
son sees no reason why it will not be
granted at the next meeting of the
organiation. Part of his time here *
will be devoted to a discussion of this
with Phi Beta Kappa members at a
banqpet to be tendered hm at the
Hotel Ofburn tomorrow!
Dr. Shepardson stated that he had
come west to install a Beta Theta Pi
chapter at Washington State College,
and while here had been asked to in
stall a Phi Beta Kappa chapter at
Whitman College. While making the
trip he has visited Beta Theta Pi
chapters at the University of Idaho,
Whitman, the University of Washing
ton, and the University of Oregon.
During his visit in Eugene he is to
assist in initiation of members at the
local chapter.
Last night Dr, Shepardson was guest
of honor at a dinner in Portland given
by Judge Charles H. Carey at the
Arlington club. Judge Carey was
former classmate at Denison Univer
sity in the ’80s.
“As a side line on my trip,” said
Dr. Shepardson, “I am saying a word
for Governor Frank O. Lowden of Il
linois for President on the Republican
ticket.” Dr. Shepardson is at present
director of the department of Regis
tration and Education for the State of
Illinois.
“I would not have missed my news
paper experience for the world,” he
said in commenting on some of his
earlier experiences. At one time he
ran a small paper in Granville, Ohio,
and later worked five years as an edi
torial writer «n the Chicago Tribune.
At present his editorial work is con
fined to getting out the Beta Theta
Pi magaine, and numerous pamphlets
in connection with his state work.
“Newspaper men must be born in
the blood, and have a natural hose for
news which ho University training can
give them,” he said. His father had
been a journeyman printer who came
west to Ohio in early life, and died
of smallpox while still a young man
For his yurt, he declared, he had al
ways felt an intense interest in news
paper work and printing^ and still
longed for the old life at times. Dr.
Shepardson said that he had no op
portunity to come in touch with
schools of joournalism such as that
at the University of Oregon and else
where, but that he felt there was
something in the game that a man
must have born in him and which no
school could teach.
Newspaper work, he said, offers
boundless opportunities for a man to
develop and a constant field with very
great power. It has been his privil
ege to see the rise of many men from
cub reporters to positions of high re
sponsibility and power in journalism
and in other lines as well, he stated.
Dr.| Shepardson leaves for Corvallis
on Sunday afternoon to investigate a
local fraternity which is petitioning
for a Beta Theta Pi chapter. He will
leave for Portland in the evening and
will start south for California during
the night. He is being entertained
during his stay in Eugene by his Beta
Theta Pi brothers and by members of
Phi Beta Kappa.
A course In the Chinese language
is to be given in Columbia univer
sity.