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VOLUME 21
EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1920
NUMBER 46
STUDENTS MIDI
01 COMMITTEE FOR
OHS OPEN HOUSE
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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
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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.