Emerald
volume 21
EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1920
NUMBER 39
BRITISHER LECTURES
OH WAR EMMES
HKD AMERICAN RELIEF
Holmes Tells Students Belgium
Will Come Back—Hoover
National Idol
COCKNEY HUMOR PLEASES
Englishman Not Trusted in Dark by
Divine Providence—U. S. Motto
Interpreted “Terms Cash”
With just a trace of cockney dialect,
Harry N- Holmes, associate secretary
for the Y. M. C. A. of the British
Isles, held the attention of University
students and townspeople,- gathered
at the weekly assembly at Villard hall
this morning at 11 o’clock, when he
gave a short informal talk on world
problems and their possible solutions.
Mr. Holmes, who is a world travel
er and was intimately associated with
the armies of the various allied forces
in Europe during the world war, hav
ing spent four full years in Flanders,
told of the conditions in France and
Belgium where, even today little has
been done to bring about the order
that existed before the war.
American Sacks in Windows
In speaking of Belgium, Mr.
Holmes said: “The little country is
going to live again.” Hoover, accord
ing to Mr. Holmes is a great favorite
among the Belgians. The little flour
sacks of the Belgian Relief Commis
sion are beautifully decorated and ex
hibited in the windows of the village
stores. Even a slight change was
made in, the Lord’s prayer, said Mr.
Holmes, in which they blessed Ameri
can bread.
The talk throughout contained a
keen sense of humor, especially when
Mr. Holmes touched upon the relation
ship between the Americans and the
Britisher. England’s greatest boast,
said Mr. Holmes, is that the sun nev
er sets on British territory, which the
American intercepts as a sign the di
vine providence does not trust an Eng
lishman in the dark- The Englishman
in turn looks at the American dollar
and first of all notices the inscription,
“In God we trust.’ This, Mr. Holmes
said, the casual Britisher interprets
as meaning that he will be trusted to
the extent of one dollar, all others
cash.
President Speaks of Campaign
The world is becoming a great
neighborhood, stated Mr. Holmes, and
urged the co-operation of every Am
erican to help bridge over the petty
strife which, he says, unfortunately
exists between some of the nations.
President P. L. Campbell, at the be
ginning of assembly, urged every
student to assist in every way possi
ble, in their studies and in any other
way, to make the campaign for the
University building program, which
hinges upon the voters of the state at
the May election, a success.
“Oregon has been first in many
things,'’ said President Campbell.
“Oregon ought to be first in its edu
cational system.” The restriction or
limiting of attendance at Oregon on
account of inadequate housing and
class room facilities ads discouraged
by President Campb.il', n that noth
ing could possibly retard the state
more.
MEMORY RAISES H. C. OF L.
$16.50 is Price of Forgetting to Turn
in Registration Card
A total of $16-50 was paid by
Roland Andre, when he handed in
his registration card, Monday morn
penalty for late registration. One
dollar being charged for the first day,
and $.50 for each succeesing day,
after the last day set for the paying
of these fees.
According to Andre, he has been
carrying his schedule around in his
pocket, and had forgotten all about it.
Some of his friends are suggesting
the use of the time-honored method
of tying a string around the finger,
or a course in cultivating the memory.
MASK AND BUSKIN TO
PUT ON COMEDY SOON
“Pills and Poker” Has Been Selected
as Vehicle for College Players
Next Month
The hidden relation of “Pills and
Poker” will be revealed in the play
of that name to be given the latter
part of the term by Mask and Bus
kin, the local chapter of the Asso
ciated University Players. The play
is a rollicking comedy of the type
presented by the organization last
fall, when “The Prince of Liars” was
given. The reception accorded the
production at that time encouraged
the society to put forth greater ef
forts to secure a play of even great
er merit. „
The play is to be managed and
directed by John Houston. He says
the cast will haVe places for thirteen
men and women, there being eight
men and five women required. The
comedy will be produced at the
Eugene theatre. The prices are to
be reduced materially from those
asked for the fall production.
The cast will incclude a number of
students who have appeared in pre
vious plays on the campus. These
will be Julian Leslie, Norman Phil
ips, Ogden Johnson, Ray Dunn, Adah
McMurphey, Thelma Stanton, Evelyn
Smith, Doris Pittenger and Claire
Keeney.
OFFICE VACANCIES FILLED
Sophomores Choose Manerud and
Huggins as President and Sec’y
At the meeting of the sophomore
class last Monday, “Skeet” Manerud
was chosen president to fill the vac
ancy made by the withdrawal from
college of Eugene Boylen, and Chester
Huggins was elected secretary, suc
ceeding Wolcott Buren, who also left
school.
The class held another meeting on
Wednesday and decided to have a
hard times lottery dance on February
27.
ORCHESTRA TO ENTERTAIN
Lighter Classical Music in Sunday
Concert at Villara
The orchestra concert to be given
Sunday afternoon at 3:30 in Villard
Hall will be composed of music eas
ily understood and enjoyed by all stu
dents whether they have studied mus
ic or not, according to Professor Rex
Underwood, director of the orchestra
“We are trying to play lighter class
ical music which everyone can enjoy,”
he explained.
“We are giving a Sunday entertain
ment for the members of the student
body and we urge all, who can, to
come,’ sad Mr. Underwood. “This we
will do as often as possible, following
in two or three weeks perhaps, with
either another orchestra program or
a recital of some sort.”
PRESIDENT IS INVITED
Harvard Club Asks U. of O. Head to
Football Team’s Dinner
l
President P. L. Campbell has just
ereeived an invitation to the dinner
which will be given in honor of the
Harvard football team by the Board
of Governors of the Harvard club of
Boston, Tuesday, February 3
“The Harvard football team and
coach,” said a separate letter, “deeply
appreciate the spirit of your congratu
lations. We have the greatest, respect
for the Oregon team and the clean,
hard game you play in the west.”
SUBSCRIPTIONS COMING IN
Pledges for Women’s Building Are
Still Received
Subscriptions for the Women’s
building, solicited during the holidays
by Universty students, are still com
ing in to the business office. The
latest to arrive is a pledge of $100
j from the Labbe brothers in Portland,
| sent by C. Henri Labbe, consular
agent of France and vice consul of
Belgium.
Many small amounts ranging from
one dollar to $25 have been coming
to the University during the past
i weeks, many„ of them anonymously.
AH these pledges were solicited dur
ing vacation and it is expected that
the total of these subscriptions may
soon reach $i 0,000.
TELLS EXPERIENCES
OF LIFE IN SIBEI
Arnold Shotwell, After Sixteen
Months In Far East, Takes
Up School Books
ORIENTAL WEALTH COVETED
Actual Conditions Not Represented
in Current Papers, Says Ex
Soldier
Sixteen months service with the
American forces in Siberia, where the
world war is still going on with in
dication^ of increasing vigor, is the
record of Arnold Shotwell, of McMin
ville, member of the Siberian expedi
tionary troops who has just register
ed for graduate work in the Univer
sity of Oregon- Shotwell left the
United States in August, 1918, as a
member of Ambulance Company No. 4
and was with the allied forces operat
ing around Vladivostock until Decem
ber 11, 1919.
Bolsheviki troops were rapidly driv
ing forward along the line of the
Trans-Siberian railroad and forcing
Admiral Kolchak to make a swift re
treat before them, Shotwell said, at
the time of his departure early in De
cember. The Bolsheviki menace is
felt to be a very serious one in Siber
ia still, and only the presence of Jap
anese and Czech soldiers in large num
bers has kept the whole region around
Vladivostock from going over to the
radicals. The majority of the popu
lation, Shotwell stated, is in sympathy
with the Bolsheviki.
The fighting of the American troops
as far as Shotwell’s experiences go,
has been largely confined to skirm
ishes. This has been due to the allied
policy of guarding the railroads and
supplies in the rear of Kolchak’s Rus
sian troops who have been pressing
against the Bolsheviki armies. At
first, he stated, the Bolsheviki were
friendly to the Americans where their
outposts met, but in June, 1919, an
American outpost of 75 men was am
bushed and two thirds of them killed
or wounded at Romanofka on a branch
railroad 45 miles north of Vladivo
stock. This led to continual skirm
ishing till August.
The Japanese activities, Shotwell,
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UNIVERSITY MAY SOON
GRANT PH. D. DEGREE
GRADUATE COUNCIL INVESTI
GATES REQUIREMENTS FOR
DOCTORATE
The appointment of a committee to
investigate the requirements for
granting doctor’s degrees, with the
idea of granting such degrees from
the University of Oregon was one of
the important steps taken at a meet
ing of the graduate council Wed
nesday evening at 4 o’clock in the
Administration building. The com
mute appointed was Professor P. G.
Young, <?ean of the graduate school,
Dr. W. P. Boynton, professor of phy
sics, and Dr. H. D. Sheldon, dean of
the school of education.
It was also decided to make a
distinct effort to expand the number
of courses offered in the graduate
school, especially in connection with
the summer school, according to Dr.
Sheldon. Dr. Sheldon states that a
number of instructors in the smal
ler colleges in the states are plan
ning to do graduate work this sum
mer at the University of Oregon.
Next year, in addition rto offering
more courses, it is also planned to
increase ’ the number of assistant
ships provided for graduate students,
and the graduate council is recom
mending that the stipend carried by
fhem be increased from $400 to $500.
These assistantships usually take the
form of grading papers, assisting in
laboratories and helping the instruc
tors in other ways.
There are about ten new graduate
students this term.
VARSITY TO BATTLE
METHODISTS IN TWO
WEEK-END CONTESTS
Lemon-Yellow Quintet to Play
In Salem Tonight and
Here Saturday
WILLAMETTE TEAM STRONG
Local Basketeers in Bettor Condition
For Series than for any Previous
Games This Season
With a record of having walloped
the Aggies last Friday night in a
hard-fought game at Salem, the Wil
lamette basket ball quintet will ar
rive in Eugene Saturday for the sec
ond game of a two-game series with
the Varsity, the first of which is be
ing played tonight in Salem. Wil
lamette has a strong team this year
and is making a bid for a position
near the top in the conference. They
lost two games to Whitman but both
were by close scores, and they are
considered as strong as any of the
teams which they have met so far
this season.
Coach “Shy” Huntington, in speak
ing of the games with the Methodists,
said, “We are going to have a hard
tussle with Willamette and I am not
making any predictions as to the out
come. Of course, the boys are go
ing to do their best, but we are go
ing to have to earn every point we
make. The Salem boys have a good
record so far this season and they
are going to do their best to win.”
Team in Better Shape
Huntington was well pleased with
the showing the Varsity made against
Washington in the second game of the
series against the Northerners in Se
attle last Friday night, but said the
first game was slow and nobody seem
ed able to get going. Long practice
hours have been maintained at the
gym this week for the purpose of
taking off the rough spots in the team
work and it is expected that the quin
tet will be going about fifty per cent
better than in their last appearance
here against Whitman.
Eddie Durno, who has been working
so well in the forward position this
season, will not be able to play in the
game with Willamgtte tonight, and
may be kept out of the contest with
the Methodists here Saturday night,
as an outbreak of boils has kept him,
from doing any work.
The members of the squad which
left for Salem this afternoon at 2:55
were Captain Lind and McCready, for
wards; Latham, center; and Chapman,
.Francis Jacobberger and Beller,guards
Coach Huntington went with the team
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STUDENT OF 1908 BACK
AFTER SERVING IN WAR
LESTER BULLARD, WOUNDED,
CITED FOR BRAVERY, RE
GISTERS AS SPECIAL
Lester Bullard of Menlo, Washing
ton, who was a freshman here in 1908,
this week registered at the Univer
| sity, and presented an application tc
become a special student.
Mr. Bullard was in the first battle
in which the Americans participated,
the encounter at Catingny. He was
a telephone lineman and operator,
close behind the front. On July 18,
1918," he was wounded at the battle
of Soissons, and has been in hospitals
practically ever since. He was cited
for exceptional bravery in maintaining
telephone connection under fire.
Mr. Bullard’s left arm was shat
tered, and as he was left handed, it
is now necessary for him to learn to
use his right "hand.
Upon completion of his freshman
year, he worked at sign painting and
interior painting, in San Francisco
and Seattle. He also operated a>
Burroughs adding machine for a time.
Then, he enlisted in 1917, and was
sent overseas.
CAMPUS HIGH SCHOOL
TURNS AWAY PUPILS
Enrollment Reaches 150 in Supervis
ed Study Classes—Seventh to
Tenth Grades Taught
The University high school will
soon have to limit the number of stu
dents allowed to register, in fact it
has already been necessary to refuse
admittance to several applicants be
cause of lack of facilities to take
care of them, according to H. R.
Douglas, principal of the University
high school. The University high
school was established in 1914 by
Dr. H. D. Sheldon, dean of the school
of education, for the purpose of of
fering an opportunity to students in
the school of education for practice
teaching, and also as a laboratory
where new educational methods were
to be tried. This school was one of
the first, if not the first, high school
in the state to establish supervised
study, a practice which has been
recognized as producing good re
sults and has been adopted by many
of the high schools of the state.
One of the things this school is now
working out is the socialized study
plan. This means the getting away
from the use of text books to the
extent they have been used in the
past and offering an opportunity for
individual growth and development
of the children.
It is the aim to have the teaching
and methods in the University high
school of the very best and most ad
vanced kind, where educators from
all parts of the state may come for
ideas and suggestions.
The school began with an en
rollment of about 60 and there are
now about 160 students. It was the
intention to have six grades from the
sixth to the twelfth, but in practice
the courses have usually ranged from
about the seventh to tenth grades,
inclusive.
SPRINGFIELD HEARS CLUB
Men’s Glee Gives First Concert of
Winter Term
Springfield residents were enter
tained Wednesday evening with a
concert given by the University
men’s glee club at thq Springfield
theatre. The program, under the
direction of Professor Albert Luk
ken, will probably be presented again
in Eugene.
The glee club has recently chosen
two new members: Carrol Akers,
first tenor, and Q. R. Morgan, bass.
This fills all vacancies at the present
time.
FACULTY RECITAL PLANNED
Miss Findahl and Professor Lukken
on Program for Thursday
Of interest to lovers of music and
i the University in general is the an
i nouncement of the Joint recital to
I be given by Professor Albert Lukken,
| head of the vocal department of the
school of music, and Miss Marthu
Finds hi of the vocal department, on
Thursday evening, Febrpary 5, at
the Methoddist church. This is one
| of the several faculty recitals that
i will be given in the future for the
! University.
The program for the recital will
i be announced in a few days.
FORENSIC CLUB IS FORMED
Don Davis Nominated for President
—Election Set for Next Week
A new literary society for men, the
Laurean, was organized by a number
| of students who met in Professor R.
W. Prescott’s room in the administra
tion building, Wednesday evening. A
constitution and by-laws were adopted
and nominations for officers were made.
Don Davis was nominated for presi
dent. Election of officers will take
place at the next meeting of the so
ciety, to be held in one week.
The purpose of the society is to
promote forensic activities. The form
al programs will consist of prepared
debates followed by an informal dis
cussion of the subject by all present
Also extempore speeches will be
made. The new Laurean is following
! the general lines of the old Laurean
society, leader in forensics in former
years. ' .
Wesleyan to Raise $600,000
Kansas Wesleyan university has
launched a campaign to raise $600,000
during 1920 and 1921.
GRADES IN NEWSPAPER
MEETS WITH DISFAVOR
Majority of Undergraduates On
Council Do Not Approve of
New System
IDEA TO DULL ACTIVITIES
Prediction Is That Pipe Courses Will
Be Popular—Mlllage Tax Bill
May Also Be Affected
Following the adoption by the fac
ulty of the new policy of publishing
grades of the students at the Univer
sity in the newspapers a great deal
of opposition to the idea was ex
pressed among Oregon students. The
following interviews from members
of the student council serve to give
their general opinions together with
well founded arguments against the
new system:
Senior women on the student coun
cil have expressed their opinions re
garding the printing of all student
gardes in the Oregonian as follows:
Adelaide Lake: “The real objection
I have to printing the grades in the
Oregonian is that it will cause a ten
dency among the student to take
pipe courses, while courses like econ
omics and science courses, in which
it is harder to get good grades, will
be avoided. Students don’t like to
have their poor grades known. This
seems to me rather a kindergartenlsh
act and it a step away from student
government toward which we are
striving. It will work very well in
combination with the new point sys
tem.”
/
Student Activities Considered
Era Godfrey: “I do not approve of
printing the grades, because lots of
people on the campus take part in
student activities for which they get
no grades. This extra work pro
bably causes them to get lower
grades, and people who see the paper
would not understand this. These
activities are almost as Important as
the regular University courses. If
the grades are sent home that should
be enough, because our parents are
really the only people interested in
them. This will cause students to
stfck to their own departments,
where they can get the best grades,
and will discourage branching out.”
Mlliage Tax May Be Hindered
Dorothy Duniway: “I think that,
although the faculty is trying to
make a sincere effort to raise schol- '
arship by this method, the new sys
tem of publishing grades of all stu
dents lias its drawbacks. The chief
objection, I think, is that students
will be so eager to get good grades
under this new system that they will
work for ‘grades’ only and the gen
eral scholarship will not be im
proved. Students will be sure of
good marks also by avoiding hard
courses and the so-called ‘pipe’
courses will be overcrowded. It
cannot be denied that pressure will
be brought on some students so that
they will feel they cannot afford to
get low grades.
1 i also thing that the grades should
not be published in April, since this
may have a wrong effect on the
people of the state in their attitude
toward the niillage tax bill.”
Appropriation is Considered
Louise Davis:* “I think the print
ing of the grades will be very detri
mental because many people through
out the state will be interested in
one way or another in the appropria
tion bill for the University, and if
they see many low grades they may
decide not to give any more of their
money to keep up a school with such
low scholarship.”
Ella Rawlings: "I am very much
opposed to printing the term grades
in the Oregonian because there is
no special good to be derived from it
and better methods of raising the
scholarship could bo resorted to. It
might be better to investigate and
obliviate(?) the causes for low
grades, which are not always the stu
dent’s fault. University students
have passed the kindergarten stage
and should not be treated as chil
dren."
Men Also Oppose System
Eddie Durno: “I am absolutely op
posed to the idea of publishing the
grades of the students in the Oreg
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