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VOLUME 21
EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1920
NUMBER 48
50 NEWSPAPER MEN
TO HOLD CONVENTION
University Journalists Plan to
Entertain Visiting
Scribes
PROGRAM BEGINS FRIDAY
Conference Sessions Open to Faculty
and Students—Large Attend
ance is Desired
About 50 editors from different
parts of Oregon are expected at the
University of Oregon on Friday for
the opening session of the annual
Oregon Newspaper conference, ac
cording to Alexander G. Brown,
chairman of the general student com
mittee, arranging to welcome them.
The program for the conference
opens with a business meeting in
the chemistry lecture room in Mc
Clure hall at 2 p. m- Friday. In the
evening at 6 o’clock a banquet is to
be served at the,Eugene commercial
club. Following the business session
of Saturday morning a luncheon for
the editors, invited members of the
faculty and members of Theta Sigma
Phi and Sigma Delta Chi will be
served in Hendricks hall.
Faculty Attendance Desired
All members of the faculty are
cordially invited to attend all meet
ings of the convention, and those in
charge wish to have as many facul
ty members as possible present to
meet and talk with the visitors. Dean
Eric Allen is especially interested
in having the journalism students
out for the convention, to get ac
quainted with the visiting publishers.
The business sessions of Friday af
ternoon and Saturday morning are
open to all, and those in charge
plan to have as many students
present as the room will accomodate.
B. F. Irvine, of the Oregon Journ
al, is to be the principal speaker
at the commercial club banquet.
Leith Abbott is sceduled to speak on
behalf of the students, while ad
dresses are scheduled from members
of the editorial association.
Tickets for this affair are $1.50
and may be secured from Dean Allen
or MaunaLoa Fallis.
Hastings Already Here
Henry M. Hastings, price expert
of San Francisco, has already arrived
on the campus for, the conference.
He is scheduled to appear on the
program on Friday afternoon. Mr.
Hastings is designated as the man
who stabilized the printing business
in San Francisco.
The general student reception com
mittee headed by Alexander G.
Continued on page 4.
HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT
ARRIVES FOR NURSES
Home Economics Class to Hold Bread
Making Contest—Prize May Be
Given for Best Loaf
Some new miscellaneous equip
ment, including a white hospital bed
and numerous small articles, such as
measuring glasses and fever ther
mometers, has just ai’rived at the
home economics building to gladden
the hearts of the home nursing class,
in charge of Miss May Sibald; of
the University infirmary, according
to Miss Lilian Tingle, head of this
department. “We consider it quite
a victory to get these things just
now,” said Miss Tingle, in speaking
of the necessity of equipment and
the difficulty in getting any now that
the University is so short of money.
A bread contest is now on in the
home economics department, she said,
and explained that each girl must
make a loaf of bread, absolutely un
aided, which will be judged by the
instructors and the class upon sever
al points. A prize for the best loaf
is being contemplated. This class
has done no small amount of baking
for Hendricks hall, such as rolls,
pies, nut breads, steamed breads,
and so on. Miss Tingle said, and
that the girls seemed to like that
sort of thing very much. /
Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
Colonial Damsels
Plan 'The Dansant'
Hark—ye lovers of the jazz
orchestra and the waxed floor.
Heed ye—ye lovers of tea.
(Torchers included.) At last we
uncover something new. Behold
it in all its mystic enticement—
The Dansant. Comes The Dan
sant new and untried as the
grade publishing system, only
don’t get the idea that this com
parison means the function will
be likened in any respect to the
realm of books. Nay, verily,
far from it; you don’t have to
be a lover of codfish balls to ap
preciate the The Dansant.
The gaiety in description will
be held in Hendricks hall next
Saturday afternoon. Dancing will
be from 3 until 6 with tea
served all afternoon.
Mrs. Wm- M. Case, Mrs. L. E.
Bean, Mrs. P. L. Campbell and
Dean Elizabeth Fox will pour.
Assisting will be Louise Davis,
Ella Rawlings, Ruth Engstrom,
Helen Noyes, Winona Lambert
and Irene Whitfield. The latter
young ladies will be dressed in
hoop skirted, old fashioned, co
lonial dresses and Hendricks hall
with its spindle legged furniture,
rag tugs, and grandfather’s
clock, will add to the colonial
atmosphere.
Both men and women from the
faculty and student body are
invited. For the privilege of at
tending the affair 10 cents will
be charged by the colonial ladies,
with 5 cents the price of each
dance. Proceeds are to be given
to the Women’s building fund.
DR. ROBERTS GIVES TALKS
Economic Instructor Conducts Series
at Portland Library
Dr. E- C. Bobbins, of the Univer
sity economics department, is con
ducting a series of weekly talks at
the Portland library, on industrial
subjects.
The lectures are being offered un-|
der the auspices of the Portland
Federation of Churches in coopera
tion with the University.
Subjects to be talked on are “The
Genesis of the Modern Labor Move
ment”, “Collective Bargaining”, “In
dustrial Disputes and Their Settle
ment”, “Social Insurance”, “Wages
and Hours”, and “Industrial Coop
eration”.
DEBATE FINALS PUT OFF
Women’s Triangular Meet Postponed
on Account of Illness
The triangular debates between the
j women’s organizations on the cam
i pus have been indefinitely postponed
i on account of the illness of Marie
Ridings, one of the contestants,
according to announcement given out
today by Professor Robert Prescott.
Alpha Delta, Sigma Delta Pthi and
Hendricks hall are the houses re
maining in the series which will try
for the championship. Their stand
j ing is as follows: Sigma Delta Phi,
115 points; Alpha Delta, 15 points;
and Hendricks hall, 19 points.
TWO IN R.O.T.C. ADVANCED
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William Thornton is First Lieutenant;
Dan Woods, Captain
Two promotions were made yester
day by Captain R. C. Baird, com
mandant of the R. O. T. C.. Second
Lieutenant William Thornton, com
pany A, was promoted to first lieu
| tenant.
D. L. Woods, first sergeant in
| company E, composed of ex-service
| men, was commissioned captain and
! assigned in charge of his company.
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Dean Morton In Astoria
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D. W. Morton, dean of the school
of commerce, was in Astoria Tues
day and Wednesday to speak before
the Oregon Retailers’ association, ac
cording to word received from the
school of commerce. He attended
I his regular classes in Portland today.
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
MAY BE RESTRICTED
IF MILLAGE BILL EAILS
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Facts'on Congestion Given By
President Campbell to
Townspeople
ASSEMBLY HALL CROWDED
Several Hundred Unable to Get Seats
—F. L. Chambers and L. L. Good
rich Assure Co-operation
“If the millage bill does not pass,
it may become necessary to restrict
the number of students at the Uni
versity to about 1200 or 1400,” Presi
dent Campbell declared yesterday at
the assembly, at which a large num
ber of students were unable to at
tend because of the limited seating
facilities of Villard hall. A represent
ative body of townspeople was pre
sent, and it was to them that Presi
dent Campbell directed his talk, set
ting forth the needs of the Univer
sity. He drove home many facts
regarding the effect the success or
failure of the bill will have upon
the future of the institution.
The present crowded condition of
the University was shown by Presi
dent Campbell by comparing the en
rollment with last year, when the
college authorities considered the con
ditions crowded even then. The pre
sent enrollment, he stated, is 1762, or
60 per cent greater than the same
time last year. In five years, the
gain has been 140 per cent, and an
increase of 20 per cent is expected,
according to the speaker. Within
four years an enrollment of 3000
students is looked for, he said. With
this steady gain in students, the
revenue has increased only three
per cent since the passing of the
millage bill in 1913, he declared.
Most Made of Buildings
The University buildings are being
used to the highest degree of ef
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HIGH RANK ACHIEVED
BY OREGON STUDENTS
AT OTHER COLLEGES
Eastern Institutions Award
Honors to University
Graduates
RECORDS Of ALUMiM PRIZED
Material Gathered by Charlie Fenton
Proves “Home Standard” Among
First
The quality of University of Ore
gon scholarship is attested by the
standing of students who have gone
from the University to other institu
tions shows that an unusually high
percentage of scholarships and fel
lowships have been awarded giving
the institution a high rank as com
pared with other schools. Professor
E. E. DeCou, head of the department
of mathematics who has been with
the University 18 years and who has
likewise kept in touch with Oregon
students after they leave here, says,
“Oregon students who have gone to
other institutions have not only stood
high, but exceptionally higher than
the average.”
Harvard Respects Gregonians
Dr. F. W. Shepardson, vice presi
dent of Phi Beta Kappa, while on
a visit to the campus said, “Harvard
men who are high up on the council
of Phi Beta Kappa have a very good
opinion of Oregon men because of the
work done by the Tooze boys, Leslie
and Lamar, while at Harvard.”
They received a scholarship to the
Harvard law school upon completing
their work at Oregon.
Walter Church recently won a $100
prize for drawings at the Massachu
setts Institute of Technology.
. Dr. Harold Bean, when at Johns
Hopkins, was among the first 10 to
lead his class and was elected to
Sigma Xi and Phi Beta Kappa, honor
societies.
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MentalT estsShowUpScoopHounds
Irvin Cobb Called ■ Baseball Player
Newspapers are born in the
blood, is the verdict of most of
the journalism majors who strug
gled through Professor Max
Freyd’s tests for journalistic ap
titude at an hour’s session in
Professor Howe’s room, Villard
hall, on Tuesday afternoon. All
are agreed that any one who
could successfully pass the tests
devised by the University of
Washington psychological expert
is mentally equipped to succeed
in any profession.
Dean Allen, who has displayed
a great deal of interest in the
matter and is interested in see
ing how his journalism students
are sized up by the men at the
University of Washington who
grade the papers, declared that
he thought the time too short to
give students a fair chance to
indicate what they knew on the
various questions. In glancing
through some of the papers after
the test he found that few of
the students got more than half
way throgh the lists of answers
in a majority of the questions.
The examinations consisted of
nine tests or exercises. They
were designed to test the would
be reporter as to selection of de
tails, independent judgment of
news values, memory for import
ant details where a story is read
aloud, discrimination of shades of
meaning in words by indicating
which of three words a definition
fits, rapidity and accuracy in
correcting mistakes of spelling
in printed copy, knowledge of
synonyms, supplying words sim
ilar in meaning to printed ex
amples, memory of important
details in a picture, general in
formation as to location jbf
places, names of people, current
events, historical events, and
meaning of words. The last test
on the list was to write as many
words of four or more letters as
possible from the letters a, e, i,
o, 1, n, r, t, in a limited time.
Proper names could not be used
and no letter could appear more
than once in any word.
The test for general informa
tion found in many instances
wide differences of opinion as to
perfectly definite things. Most
of the girls rated Irvin Cobb as
a professional baseball player,
while one girl ranked a major
below a captain. Gotham was
thought to be the nickname of
Boston or Philadelphia, and the
capital of Texas was located by
many in Galveston. The battle
of Chiclcamauga was frequently
dated back to the Revolutionary ,
War, and the United States entry
into the war with Germany was
thought by a few to be in 1916
while others set the date as 1918. |
Another thought aniline dyes
came from flowers rather than
coal tar. Several students mis
took the trade mark of the Hud
son Motor Car company on the
radiator of a pictured machine as
that of the well known Henry
Ford.
Most of the students who took
the examination are quite well
convinced as to what they did
not khow, and many are quite
as anxious as Dean Allen to
know what the verdict of the
psychologists will be as to their
journalistic career. Professor
Wheeler of the University of
Oregon psychological department
conducted the examination.
St. Vitus Dance and
'Flu' too much for
Alexander; R. L P*
Alexander Gregorovitch com
pleted his short but happy two
months of life last night plac
ing the household arts depart
ment of the University in com
plimentary mourning today. An
other case of the flu is thought
to be the cause of this poor un
fortunate’s death.
Alexander was the tiny white
bull terrier received as a gift by
Miss Lilian Tingle, head of the
household arts -department, about
a month ago from a friend in
Portland. His mission here was
to form the center of attraction
for Miss Tingle’s small niece and
nephew who apparently loved the
puppy too much for his own
good. For several days his
health has been worrying Miss
Tingle but it was -not until night
before last when Alexander had
a convulsion that she considered
his condition serious. A doctor
was called in immediately but
he could give Miss Tingle little
hope of the dog’s recovery. A
serious cold and a form of St.
Vitus Dance was the cause for
his failing health.
Alexander created a great stir
in University circles upon his ar
rival in Eugene. He arrived
crated in a small box with a
bath tub chain, because the law
compels dogs to be chained
when shipped, tied about his
peck. Upon the label on the box
below Miss Tingle’s name and
address was this message, “Alex
ander Gregorovitch, duly chained,
crated and billed, ‘May the Lord
have mercy upon my soul’ ”.
A fitting epitaph for Alexan
der’s grave might be the Catho
lic inscription “Rest in Peace”.
CHAMBER RECITALS SOON
New Music Features by Stringed Quar
tet to be Offered
Something new in musical treats
is to be offered in the near future
in the chamber music recital to be
given by the University stringed
quartet in Guild hall in a few weeks.
Chamber music recitals have never
before been given on the campus.
The purpose of the chamber recital
according to Rex Uniderwood, of the
violin department, is to present a
program with instruments of a na
ture suitable for small halls. The
cello, viola, and the first and second
violins are the instruments to be,
used by the University stringed^
quartet.
The date and program for the re-'
cital have not yet been announced.
RIFLE RANGE NOW READY
Target Practice to Begin March 15—
Enfield Guns Will be Used
Target practice on the rifle range
at the end of Willamette, street is
scheduled to start on the 16th of
next month. The range has been put j
in condition and is ready for firing, j
Cadets who have completed instruc- j
tion on the gallery range will bej
taken in squads and given practice j
over the regular course at 200, 300
and 500 yards. The Enfield, model
1917 rifles will be used.
Spokane Librarian Coming
Library work including a course
in the general management of school
libraries and also one in the cata- j
loging of libraries, will be given by
Miss Elizabeth T. Stout, librarian of
the Lewis & Clark high school, at
Spokane.
In addition to the standard courses
always offered by each department,
it is planned to offer about 10 special
courses in physical training, eight or
rtine for experienced elementary
teachers, and six or eight especially
for superintendents and principals.
It is also planned that there will
be at least one class in each depart
ment for graduate students and oth
ers who wish advanced work.
OREGON FIVE LOSES
TWICE TO STANFORD
ON SOUTHERN JAUNT
Conference Standing Lowered
By T-.vo Contests In
Palo Alto
CALIFORNIA PLAYED NEXT
Varsity Tangles With Conference
Leaders In Berkeley Friday
and Saturday
The Oregon basketball quintet lost
the first two games played on its
southern jaunt, when Stanford de
feated the lemon-yellow five on
Tuesday and Wednesday nights. The
score of the first game was 39 to 22,
while in the second game, the Ore
gon team held the southerners to a
36 to 31 score.
The Stanford five is now holding
down second place in the coast con
ference as a result of the games
played with the Eugene team. They
have won 3 games and lost 1. Ore
gon’s standing has been lowered
from .571 to .444, having lost 5
games and won 4.
Both Games Close
Both of the games with Stanford
were close contests, in spite of the
score. In the first game, Stanford
led at the end of the first half by
a 15 to 8 score, and the lemon-yellow
seemed to have been holding the
short end of the score throughout
the game, judging from the meager
telegraphic reports which have been
obtained.
The Oregon team will mix with
University of California team to
morrow and Saturday nights at
Berkeley. The Blue and Gold team
is rated high in the conference so if
the varsity defeats them thqy will
have added a pretty victory to the
lemon-yellow list.
The California-Stanford game has
been indefinitely postponed so there
is little comparison between the two
teams. The Daily Californian speaks
of the game as a difficult contest,
“Oregon should give California its
hardest fight of the season”. Eg
gleston, forward, and Captain An
derson, center, of the Blue and Gold
outfit seem to be most dangeroys
men the Oregon boys will have to
handle. California has had a large
number of men on the squad this
year, and have developed what ap
pears to be a formidable team.
Only Four Games Left
After the varsity returns to Eu
gene they have but four games to
play, all of which are to take place
in Eugene. On February 27 and 28
Stanford comes north to-mix with
Oregon. The last games of the sea
son will be with O. A. C. on March
6 and 6 on the home floor.
DR. DR BUSK RESIGNS
FROM STATE OFFICE
Place on Child Welfare Commission
Given Up to Prevent Breakdown
From Overwork
Dr. B. \V. DeBusk is resigning
from the State Child Welfare com
mission, according to a statement
given out by him Tuesday, February
17. His place on the commission
will be taken by Dr. Franklin Thom
as, director of the school of social
service in Portland.
Dr. DeBusk states that this action
was necessary in order to prevent
a breakdown from overwork. For
the past year and a half, in addition
to his work on the campus, he has
been away doing outside work prac
tictlly every week-end. He expects
to do no work off the campus for
the coming year, except to keep his
Portland classes until the end of the
present term.
Dr- DeBusk was a member of the
old Child Welfare commission ap
pointed by Governor Withycombe,
and was appointed a member of the
new commission created by the legis
lature at its last regular session.