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Oregon c VOLUME 21 EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1920 NUMBER 46 STUDENTS MIDI 01 COMMITTEE FOR OHS OPEN HOUSE *:• ■■ Undergraduates and Faculty Cooperate For Reception of Visitors ASSEMBLY PROGRAM SHORT Importance of Full Attendance Next Wednesday Emphasized by Workers Appointment of student committees to aid in the reception of the Uni versity of Oregon’s visitors on “open house” day, Wednesday, February 17, is the first step taken by Lindsay McArthur, chairman of the commit tee appointed by student council to co-operate with the faculty in ar ranging the program foY the day. Visitors are expected to arrive about 9 o’clock on Wednesday morn ing, and will be met by campus guides and faculty representatives who will conduct them on a tour of the various buildings and classrooms. A special assembly will be held in Villard hall at 11 o’clock, but the program will be short enough to per mit an inspection of Friendly Hall and Hendricks Hall before the lunch eon hour. The faculty has arranged for an open house day inorder to give the .people of Eugene and Lane county an opportunity to visit the University while in session. The student committee on open house emphasises the need" of having every student on the campus throughout the entire morning, and at assembly. They say that the visitors are pri marily interested in the students for most of them have seen the buildings and grounds before. Chairman McArthur wishes to meet all members of student committees selected to serve Wednesday in a short meeting in Professor Gilbert’s room, Library building, at 4:15 on Monday afternoon. The following students are named by Lindsay McArthur in addition to those who will be appointed by in structors in the various buildings: Library—Norman Philips, Wilbur Carl. Administration building —< Hubiert Schenck. McClure Hall—Clyde Mason, Wil liam Skidmore, Helen Flint. Commerce—Don Davis, Sprague Carter, Lee Hulburt. Campus guides — Stan Anderson, Era Gadfrey, Lindsay McArthur, Harry Jamieson, Curtiss Peterson, Don Newbury, Adelaide Lake, Doro thy Duniway, Louise Davis, Eddie Durno, John Houston, Leith Abbott, Ella Rawlings, Carl Newbury, Lotta Hollopeter, Wiley Knighten, Miles McKey, Fred Shirley, Norris Jones, Mike Harris, Marjorie Kay, Guy Ar mantrout, Jeanette Moss, Alice Hamm, Doris Churchill, Clem Cam eron, Beatrice Crewdson, Beatrice Wetherbee, Grace Rugg, Alys Sut ton, Herald White, Morris Morgan, Alexander Brown, Gretchen Colton, Nell Warwick, Jack Benefiel, Elmo Madden, Herman Lind, and Florence Riddle. R.O. T.C. MEN PROMOTED Woertendyke Now First Lieutenant; Iseminger, Sergeant Two appointments were made Fri day by Captain R. C. Baird, com mandant of the R. O. T. C. A. H. Woertendyke, second lieutenant of Company D, was appointed first lieutenant and assigned as batallion adjutant. Boyd A. Iseminger, Com pany D, was promoted from ser geant to first sergeant. $100,00 Willed to U. of W. The University of Washington was recently willed $100,000 by the will of the widow of the late Mr. Frank McDermott, pioneer Seattle business man and founder of the Bon Marche. It is understood that the money will be used in research work in the cure of tuberculosis and for the pur chase of radium Scoops In Bad Way; Must All Cram For New-FangledExam Are you mentally equipped to become a successful scoop hound or should you be taking domes tic science or library training? Journalists will soon know whether or not they are qualified to enter the profession, whether their judgment, ability to pick ■ out the interesting facts, and general mental state is up to top notch or not, since Dean Eric Allen has just completed ar rangements for the inflicting of an especially prepared mental test on all students in his de partment. All of the would-be scribes will assemble in Villard hall next Tuesday afternoon at 2:15 to be rated, either with the numskulls or the efficient. Dr. E. S. Conk lin or Dr. R. H. Wheeler of the psychology department will have charge of the test which was sent on request from the Uni versity of Washington where mental tests are given not only to journalism students, but to everyone enrolled in the institu tion. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY PETITIONS NATIONAL Condon Club Holds Business and So cial Meeting—“Know Oregon” Games Are Played The petition to be sent to the Geological and Mining Society of American Universities by the Con ‘don Club was formally presented to the members at their meeting in the mineralology room last night, ac cording to Hubert Schenck, president. This petition, in which the club aks to be admitted to themational organ ization, contains: a letter from the club; the constitution; members, hon orary members; activities of the club; department of geology; sketch of the University; and letters of recom mendation from President Campbell, Dr. W. D. Smith, and Dr. E. L. Packard. After the business meeting, pale ontology, mineralogy, and “know Ore gon” games were played, said Mr. Schenck, the prize, “The Origin of the Species, by Darwin”, was won by Ian Campbell. Refreshments of candy, punch, and sandwiches were served. The next meeting will be held Feb ruary 19, in the general geology room, and the Condon Slub extends an invitation to all who wish to at tend. The lecture of this meeting will be “A Trip to the Pyrenees” by Claire Holdredge. WOMEN DEBATE TUESDAY Schedules Arranged and Finals Set for Friday The semi-final debates of the wo men’s intramural league, which were postponed from last Tuesday, will be held, next Tuesday. The two high teams in this series will meet Thurs day of the same week in the final debate. The debates will take place in the administration building in the rooms occupied by Dean Straub, Pro fessors E. E. DeCou, W. E. Milne and R. W. Prescott, at 7:30 o'clock. The schedule for Tuesday will be as follows: Hendricks Hall, affirmative, vs. Delta Delta Delta, negative; Hen dricks Hall, negative, vs. Alpha Del ta, affirmative; Sigma Delta Phi, af firmative, vs. Alpha Delta, negative; Delta Delta Delta, affirmative, vs. Sigma Delta Phi, negative. FOUR ACTORS INITIATED Mask and Buskin Holds Ceremony for Latest Neophytes Mask and Buskin chapter of As sociated Players held initiation Thurs day evening at the home of Marion Gilstrap for four neophytes: Helen Case, Thelma Stanton, Doris Pit tinger and Ray Dunn. About fifteen members of the chap ter assisted in the initiation. Fol lowing the ceremony refreshments were served and the remainder of the evening was spent in dancing. OREGANA’S CAMPAIGN FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS BRINGS IN 900 NAMES Committee In Charge to Take Orders Until Required Total Reached 13 HOUSES 100 PER CENT Promise Sufficient From Students Temporarily Out of Funds, Says Ireland The drive for subscriptions to the Oregana, the official student’s year book of the University of Oregon, was officially ended Friday night with a few more than 900 subscrip tions secured. The committee in charge of the drive announced that the campaign will be conducted for the next few days until the required number of 1200 books are sold. “In order to assure the publication of the Oregana, we niust have at least 1200 copies issued,” said Els ton Ireland, chairman of the drive committee. The matter has now been placed before the students, and although solicitations have ceased, subscriptions will be accepted for several days. Orders Still Being Taken The Oregana will cost $4.50. Or <leis are being taken now upon payment of $1.50, the remainder to he paid when the book is received. “Anyone who is financially embar assed for the present, can be sure of getting a book by simply promising to take one,’ said Elston Ire'and. “We are willing,” he continued, “to forego the present payment of $1.50 and let the students pay the entire | $4.50 upon receipt of the Orevana if | we can be assured that they will not fail at the last minute and refuse to buy the books.” Thirteen houses on the campus have reported 100 pc cent in the drive. The seven which listed 100 per cent the first day were: ’fhe Owl Club, Kappa Alpha Theta, Dslta Gamma, Gamma' Phi Beta, Kintk Sigma, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and S-Maralda Club. Since Thursday the following six houses have secured subscriptions from all their members: Delta Delta Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Chi Omega, Sigma Delta Phi, Bachelor don and Friendly Hall. Can Get OreganaS Next Week Students who desire to pay for their subscriptions during the first of next week, can do so by seeing Ire land or leaving their $1.50 at the graduate manager’s office in the ad ministration building. “There is not going to be an over supply of Oreganas printed,” said Ireland. “We cannot impress too strongly upon the students that un less they speak now, they are apt to be unable to secure the books at the end of next term.” The tremendous advance in printing costs has made it necessary for the staff to ascertain the exact number of books that will be needed and print only that num ber in order to avoid having a num ber of unsold copies on hand._ Watch Your Grades and Band Accounts, Smiths and Dunns! This is a growing school, folks! Just look at the latest kicks to the registrar. A prominent stu dent received a more or less po lite note last week informing him that he was on probation. Incensed at having his standing as an honor student questioned he hot-footed it to the office of the registrar. Upon investiga tion, the culprit proved to be an other student of the same name. With the number of students now present on the campus, some duplication is bound to occur. It has already been brought to our attention that there are at pres ent on the campus three F. Dunns; F. C. Dunn, F. B. Dunn and F- R. Dunn. Heavens! Think of receiving that many duns in one day! Some financial crash! There are two Dorothy Millers, Dorothy A. and Dorothy B. This is not algebra. Needless to say, our friends the Smiths are well represented. There are three H. Smiths, to say nothing of the other repre sentatives of that noted family. Eight in all. Count 'em-eight. ARCHITECTS JUDGE WORK OF STUDENTS Portland Men Are Entertained by Members of Campus Art Club Members of the Oregon architec ture club entertained a number of Portland architects who visited the campus Wednesday to judge problems done by local architecture students. The visitors were: W. C. Knighton, former state architect, now president of the Oregon chapter of American Institute of Architects; W. S. Hol ford, Portland architect; Glen Stan ton, graduate of last year, now presi dent of the Portland Atelier Archi tectural Culb; Arthur Gamble, ex ’20, now of Portland; and John Sny der, a member of the Portland Atel ier club. The judging of the problems was as follows: Combined office and bank building; first mentions, Hollis John ston and Loren Ellis, second mention, Del Hinson. Model of a railroad station: first mentions, L. K- Vonder Ahe, Paul Schafer, Cleo Jenkins and Lyle Bar tholomew; seconds, George Wolff, Marian Nicolai, U. M. Mountjoy, C. J. Jenson and Guy Koepp. Gothic Cathedral: first mention, Hollis Johnston, Loren Ellis, Eyler Brown and Irving Smith; second, Del Hinson. Doorway to a library: first, C. J. Jenkins, Paul Schafer, .U. M. Mount joy, Lyle Bartholomew, Marian Nic olai, Luther Jenson, L. K. Vonder Ahe and George Wolff. Memorial flag pole base: first, Lo ren Ellis, Eyler Brown and Hollis Johnston, Ouija Causes Nervousness An epidemic of nervousness among the students at the University of Michigan was attributed, according to the newspapers, to the use of the Ouija board. _ _ Swiss Globe Trotter Registers at U jij*j«j*.**.*j,j,j*j*j* Hails From South African Wilds Fridolen Augustin Buholzer, ■* world traveler, manipulator of stock markets in South Africa, linguist, teacher, salesman, dia mond mine speculator, newspa perman, and native of Lucerne, Switzerland, has enrolled as a special student in the Univer sity of Oregon. “I attended the city schools of Lucerne until I was sixteen years old, then I was appren ticed to the Lucerne Tagblatt to learn the newspaper trade,” he said yesterday. “It was here that the travel lust came on me and I made my way to South Africa just after the Boer war. I secured employment on the stock exchange of Johannesburg. After a few years there came a mmor that a great diamond field had been discovered. We of the stock exchange formed a syndi cate of 500 pounds. “A pound was the price of each share. We filed on a piece of land in the diamond country and within a few days our stock was quoted at 2000 pounds per share. There was a stampede to that part of the Transvaal. Some 20,000 people went. But the sad part of the story is this; in one year it all proved a fizzle. The diamonds had been washed down there from a volcano. There (Continued on page 2.) OREGON FIVE WINS O VER O. A. G TWICE MAN IN ‘PEN’ WISHES TO CONTINUE STUDIES Letter From State Prieon Aeke for Book*—Writer to Lead Honeet Life It is not an uncommon thing for the correspondence study department to enroll men in lumbering camps, busy mothers of small children, and invalids who cannot attend school, each one of whom is determined that their particular handicap shall not prevent them from securing an edu cation and keeping pace with the world. The latest manifestation of this spirit is indicated in a letter from a man who has evidently furn ished his own handicap, but who ex presses the determination to over come it The letter is written from the Salem state prison and was addressed to President Campbell, who referred it to the correspondence study depart ment. The man asks concerning courses in mechanical engineering, mechanical drawing and machine de sign, stating that he has had con siderable shop experience. He says “I hope for my release in the near future, and would like to make my prospects of an honest life brighter by study. If you have any used or soiled books, or any instruction on these courses you could sent me, or perhaps some student would send, I would appreciate it very much.” THETA SIGMA PHI HOSTESS Pot and Quill and Journalism Girls Guests at Literary Meeting Theta of Theta Sigma Phi was hostess to Pot and Quill, a literary society, and sophomore, junior and senior women in the school of journ alism on Thursday night at the Y. W. C. A. bungalow. The occasion was the first of a series of literary meetings which the fraternity has planned. Mr. Jenkins, editor of the Morning Register, spoke on the subject “Wo men In Journalism”, beginning with a brief introduction on newspaper ethics, which he considers of as high a type as those of any profes sion. Women in journalism are do ing their bit to elevate the ethics of the profession to a level still higher, he said. Mrs. Anna Landsbury Beck, an honorary member of Theta Sigma Phi, who is taking work in the Uni versity for her master’s degree, read one of her plays which she has ealled “Are You Temperamental?” Mrs. Jane Thacher gave two piano selec tions. Frederike Schilke, accompan ied by Leona Gregory, gave a vocal selection. Refreshments were served by the members of the fraternity after the program was completed. The date for the next literary meeting has not yet been set. ART STUDENTS WILL MEET “Anchorage” to be Scene of Gathering Next Wednesday There will be a meeting of the Students’ Art Club at the Anchorage Wednesday evening, February 18, to which all the members of the art de partment are cordially invited. Be sides the regular business meeting, there will be eats, according to bul letins circulating around the halls of the Architecture building. A. E. F. PAPER IS WANTED Three Numbers Needed to Complete Files of “Stars and Stripes” The library is in need of several volumes of the Stars and Stripes, and it is requested that any students having numbers 1, 3 and 25 of vol ume I please turn them in to the library as soon as possible. Only the three numbers. are re fuired to make the “Stars and tripes” list complete, and it is greatly desired that these copies be secured at a very early date. First Game Score 22 to 20. Second Tilt 37 21 Victory FRQSH LOSE TWO OANES * TO BEAVEB BOOK TEAM Both Varsity Quints Play, Air Tight Ball; Durno’s Foul Converting Wins Corvallis, Ore., Feb. 14.—(Spe cial to Emerald).—Orevon Varsity wins, 37 to 21. Score end first half, Oregon leading 22 to 9. Durno plays entire game, making 23 points. Both teams use reg ular varsity line-up. Eikelman taken out broken jaw early In game. Freshman game—Aggies win, 21 to 18. The Oregon varsity basketball team cut down the 0. A. C. lead in the coast conference and inciden tally upset several man sized buckets of dope last night at Corvallis when the Oregon five sent the battling beavers to the showers defeated by a 22 to 20 score. Arthur, Aggie forward, started the scoring soon after the toss up but Captain Lind tied the score a few minutes later with a long field bask et. From then on the battle waxed furiously, Oregon taking the lead in the latter part of the first half and maintaining it throughout the rest of the game. The score at the end of the half stood 15 to 10. Close guarding was a feature of the game. In the second half the Corvallis quintet played air tight ball and kept the Oregon men from securing a single field basket. Ore gon’s banner guarding system was working well also and Stinson and Arthurs, mainstays of the Aggie’s point securing department, were held to two and three field baskets re spectively. Durno’s ability at con verting foul shots was largely re sponsible for Oregon’s victory. The diminutive forward threw 14 out of 16 attempts. In the second half he annexed 7 points by this method out of as many throws. He was held to one field basket by Hubbard, Aggie guard. Stinson converted 10 out of 16 foul shots for 0. A. C. Leon Fabre and Tom Gawley, of Portland, alternated at refeering and according to reports from Corvallis their officiating was the best seen there this year. . Following is the lineup: Oregon (22)— Durno (16) Lind (2) Latham (2) Chapman (2) F. Jacobberger F F C G G —O. A. C. (20) (14) Stinson (6) Arthur Eikelman McCart Hubbard GEOLOGIST TO LECTURE Dr. Warren D. Smith to 8peak Tues day on Philippine Island* The third of two series of lectures on foreign service for students will be given Tuesday, February 17, when Dr. Warren D. Smith speaks on “The U. S. In the Philippines—A Great Experiment”. Dr. Smith, who has had a number of years’ experience in government work in the Orient, is well qualified to speak on the subject and has a rare collection of pictures of the islands in transform ation which he will show. This lec ture which was given with success a few years ago in assembly will be offered to men Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock in the geology lecture room in the basement of Johnson hall. An illustrated lecture for men and women on “Preparation for Medical Missions” will be given by Professor A. R. Sweetser Tuesday evening at 7 o’clock in the biology lecture room in Deady hall. This series of lectures on medical missions is proving especially pop ular with pre-medical students.