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EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 1920 VOLUME 21 NUMBER 49 EDITORS PLEDGE DID 10 MILEAGE TAX BILL TO SUSTAIN EDUCATION Colleges, State’s Biggest Asset, Says Morton of St. Helens and Sawyer of Bend PRESS INFLUENCE GREAT Irvine, of Oregon Journal, Believes Newspaper’s Possibilities Now at Height •' **- 1-r- .1 ii ... . If the educational systems of the state are worth establishing they are worth sustaining so that they can de liver the maximum of service. This was the sentiment expressed by B. F. Irvine, editor of the Oregon Journal, who spoke Friday night at the ban « quet of the State Editorial associa tion.at the Chamber of Commerce. Characterizing the Oregon educa tional system as responsible for the state’s fine record in the world war, Mr. Irvine showed that it was the ignorant class to which radicalism makes its big appeal. The uneducat i ed, who lack the broader vision, form, he said, the dangerous element. The press, he continued, is facing a try ing stage at the present time, and holds within its power the ability to ■ check the steadily rolling volume of v “redism.” Editors Promise Aid President S. C. Morton of the Ore gon Newspaper conference promised the support of the press in aiding the University in its campaign for the passage of the millage tax bill at the next election. “If the state fails to support its higher educational in stitutions,” he said, “it will make a grave mistake.” Mr. Morton is the publisher of the St. Helens Mist. R. H. Sawyer, editor of the Bend Bulletin, pledged the support of his paper to aid the Uniyersity’s cam paign. H lauded the higher educa tional institutions of Oregon as the state’s biggest asset. President P. L. Campbell, of the University, who presided over the , . meeting, explained the urgent need for the additional revenue which would be derived from the proposed millage tax. With an income in creased only three per cent, he said, the University is forced to care for a 142 per cent gain in students. Sim ilar conditions prevail in the other higher educational institutions throughout the state. * Student Viewpoint Given Leith Abbott, of the Oregan Emer ald, spoke for the University stu dents. Abbott told of the work of the school Iff journalism here. “The Journalistic schools,” he pointed out, “are attracting students who believe themselves fitted for the profession. They are preparing themselves In the realization of the tremendous oppor tunities i nthe field.” Judge G. F. Skipworth, speaking for the Chamber of Commerce, welcomed th eeditors to the city. In reply, Lloyd Riches, secretary of the asso ciation, expressed the appreciation of 1 the visitors for the royal welcome that they received. The editors, he said, will look forward with pleasure to the next meeting here. S. S. Harralson, editor of the Cor vallis Courier, told a number of in-J • teresting stories. He spoke well of the representatives of the University j which had administered defeat to . A. C. in various athletic contests \ which he had witnessed. Albert Lukken, vocal instructor in the University school of music, gave . two vocal solos. He was accompanied by Vincent Engeldinger, a student in the music school. Y. W. Secretary Coming Miss Alice Brown, student field sec retary of the Y. W. C. A. for the Pa-! cific Northwest, will arrive next Tues day from Seattle. As the guest of the I University Y. W. C. A. Miss Brown1 will hold special conferences and meetings for the girls of the campus and will discuss plans for the sum mer conference at Seabeck. Educational Club to Dine The Women’s Educational club is to have a dinner at the Anchorage next Tuesday evening. The members are asked to sign up, on the bulletin board | in the Education building, for places.' O. A. C. CHALLENGES WOMEN FOR SWIM Oregon to Hold Interclass Meets to Sift Material for Varsity Team A challenge for a swimming meet between the women of Oregon and O. A. C. to be held some time in April has been received by Miss Mabel Cummings, head of the de partment of physical education. In order to get the very best available material for the varsity team, class and interclass meets are to be held. The sophomores will meet the seniors next Wednesday evening and the freshmen will com pete with the juniors the following week. The three best swimmers in each event from each class will en ter the final interclass meet on March 9, when the four classes will com pete for the Cummings swimming cup. The freshmen of last year won this by 40 points and with many of the same swimmers representing the class of 1922 this season they are working hard to put the team in shape to win the cup again. The varsity squad will be picked from the entries in the finals of the interclass series, the two girls mak ing the highest scores in each event being eligible for the team. The meet will be held in the University pool, as in 1917, when the last dual intercollegiate meet was held, the teams met in Corvallis. Among those out for the teams are Valiere Coffey, Marion Nicolai, Fran ces Moore, Helen Nelson, Dorothy Reed, Mildred Apperson, Winifred Hopson, Lucile Elrod, Margaret Rus sell, Margaret Smith, Helen Nicolai, Caroline Cannon, Lois Barnett, Naomi 1 Robbins, Loeta Rogers, Jeanette Moss, ' Mary Mathis and Mary McCornack. ' NEW DIVING RECORD IS SET Frances Moore Plunges 52 Feet in University Tank Frances Moore, a freshman from Aberdeen, Washington, broke the re mrd in the plunge for distance, mak ing 52 feet while swimming in the 1 pool Thursday afternoon. This is the longest plunge yet made by any ' woman in the University, being five feet over the former record, made by Loeta Rogers of Independence. There are many girls working on the different events scheduled for the three meets to be held in the next few weeks. The two class meets, the sophomore-senior meet to be held on February 25 and the freshman-junior meet to be held on March 3, will be in the nature of preliminaries for the interclass meet an March 9, when the four classes will compete for the Cummings swim ming cup. The freshmen of last year won this cup by 40 points and so are working hard to have 1922 engraved an the cup for the second time. DEBATE TRYOUTS COMING Women's Varsity Team to be Picked for Triangular League Tryouts for the women’s varsity debating team to represent Oregon in the triangular contest with Wash ington and Oregon Agricultural col lege, will be held toward the last of next week, on a day yet to be de termined, in Prof. Prescott’s room in the Administration building. i The subject will be the same as in ^ the present women’s debates, “Re- ^ solved, That the principles of com pulsory investigation, as defined in the Canadian act of 1907, should be , applied to all disputes between the | railroads and their employes”. BOSTON AUTHOR PRAISED - j j Psychologist Sends for Extension Div- i ision’s Comments on His Work ] 1 A letter has just been received by :he Extension division from J. Mace ( fVndress, head of the department of , psychology and child study of the Boston Normal school, asking for a ropy of the printed matter which the iivision is sending to teachers on his book entitled “Health Education in Rural Schools.” The book is used in :he reading pircle course. Mr. Andress is a personal friend of Dr. B. W. DeBusk, and it was through Pirn Mr. Andress learned of the high i recommendation being given his book! by the Extension division. ' C. ABRAMS PRESIDENT OF SIATE NEWSPAPER C0NFERENCEF0R1920 Resolutions Urging Cost Basis System and Support of Mill age Bill Passed GOOD EDITING DISCUSSED Responsibility of Press to Public and Peril of Propaganda Emphasized Carle Abrams, editor of the Pacific Homestead, Salem, was elected pres ident of the 1920 Oregon Newspaper conference at election of officers held at noon today at the Hendricks hall luncheon. He will succeed S. C. Morton, editor of the St. Helens Mist. Other officers are N. J. Vanskike, ed itor of the Milton Eagle, vice-presi dent; George Turnbull, school of journalism, University of Orgon, sec retary; Eric W. Allen, dean of the school of journalism, University of Oregon, chairman of the program committee. All of the newly elected officers will serve for the first time, with the exception of Dean Allen, who was also chairman of the program committee in 1919. Cost Basis Favored Important resolutions were adopt ed at the luncheon by the committee composed of E. B. Aldrich, Pendleton, chairman, Frank Jenkins, Eugene, Lloyd Riches, Oregon City, and El bert Bede, Cottage Grove, as follows: Resolved, that this conference urge upon every uublisher of a newspaper in the state of Oregon that he put his business upon a scientific cost basis a3 soon as possible, to the end that unhealthy and unethical competition, production below actual cost or at unreasonably small profit, and gen eral ignorance of the actual condi tion of the business may be speedily eliminated. Inasmuch as the newspapermen at this .conference recognize the ex ceedingly great need for more build ings, greater equipment, and better support generally, for the Oregon Agricultural college, University of Oregon and the Oregon State Normal school, and inasmuch as the state of Oregon has the enviable record of being first in liberty loan subscrip tions, Red Cross contributions and in volunteer enlistments during the war, resolved that this conference go on record in the belief that the higher educational facilities for Ore gon should also be among the best, and that in consequence the news papermen of this conference give (Continued on page 2.) BASKETBALL TROPHY WON BY COMPANY 0 INTERCOMPANY LEAGUE RACE ENDS—ROY VEATCH STAR FOR WINNERS Company B won the silver trophy :up offered by Bill Hayward to the dctors in the intercompany basket jail league when they defeated Com >any A Friday afternoon in the men’s ;ym. The game between Companies t and B was not a regular scheduled contest, but was played because of he default of Companies D and C, vho did not appear for their games, rhe forfeiture of these two groups echnically gave the championship to 3 company, as they had won all fames, but in order to avoid any lispute concerning the title B com >any mixed with Company A and de bated them by a score of 10 to 6. A and B clearly surpass the other >rganizations in basketball, and have ;xhibited a good brand of teamwork, loy Veatch, captain of the Company 3 team has been the bright light in he past games. Veatch plays a dean, fast and sure game. The lineup of the A and B game ’ollows: Company A Palmer 3oddridge fCeech Eraser Hazard F F C G G Company B • Veatch Shattuck Youel i Smith I Oliver' OREGON FIVE DEFEATS CALIFORNIA 29 10 27 IN FIRST OF SERIES — Durno Makes 17 of 19 Points Annexed by Lemon-Yellow In Second Half CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT CLOSE Stanford’s Chance Seems Best, With Whitman Leading Race in Northwest PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE STANDING Defeating the University of Cali fornia by a score of 29 to 27 at Ber keley last night, the University of Oregon quintet won the first of a two-game series with the southern ers. The second game will be play ed on the Berkeley floor tonight. Eddie Durno, midget star of the Lemon-Yellow five, was the individual star of the big game, making 17 of the 19 points scored by the Oregon five in the second period. The first period ended in a score of 14 to 10 with California on the long end. Ore gon took a spurt in the last half and scored 19 points, while their oppon ents were able to chalk up but 13. Stanford’s two victories over the Oregon five this week place the Car dinal in the lead in the Pacific Coast confer nee. The only ocher reams, playing in the conference this week were O. A. C. and W. S. C., who were playing a two-game series at Pull man. The game last night resulted in a score of 50 to 34 in favor of the W. S. C. quintet. This is the third consecutive game, that O. A. C. has lost on her trip north. Whitman handed the Aggies defeats by big scores. February 27 and 28 will see Stan ford playing the varsity here and with anything like the old form, Oregon will in all probability even up the defeats handed them by Stanford. California is playing the smallest number of games in the Pacific Coast conference, and a great deal depends upon the game there tonight; if Oregon defeats California it will mean that the southerners will be practi cally qut of the running for the con ference honors. No team Is leading by a sufficiently substantial margin (Continued on page 4) mum isra California Washington W. S. C. ... Stanford O. A. C. Oregon . W. L. P.C.I 4 1 800| 5 4 555; 5 5 500 j 2 2 500 3 5 375 3 5 375 MAN WHO PLANNED COLUMBIA HIGHWAY TO TALK HERE NEXT THURSDAY Samuel Lancaster, who was the construction engineer for the beauti ful Columbia highway, will* be the speaker at the assembly Feb- 26.; His subject will be “Beautiful High-j ways”, and will be illustrated. Mr. j Lancaster, who has never addressed I the University assembly before, is a very interesting speaker as well as a fine engineer, according to Karl Onthank, executive secretary. He planned the stone work of the high-1 way, the walls, bridges, and scenic curves of the drive. It was through his efforts that the route was taken over Crown Point, from where such a magnificent view is obtained. The road could have been made below the rock, but Mr. Lancaster was making j a beautiful highway, so planned the present route over the rock, although this was far more difficult. The jemi-bridge, over Shell Rock, is one of the most beautiful parts of the highway, and is a new thing. Engineers have tried to build through this shell rock, but Mr. Lancaster built around and over it. BALL COMMITTEES BUSY List of Patrons and Patronesses for Leap Year Event Made Up All arrangements for the Women’s League Leap Year dance planned for Friday, February 27, at 8 o’clock in the Armory are going splendidly, ac cording to Louise Davis, president of the association. The cammittees in charge have been working heartily with the co-operation of the entire student body. The Order of the “O” has ottered its services to procure greens for the decorations of the Armory. Ruth Flegal, in charge of the pa trons and patronesses, announced that the list has been completed. The members of the faculty and board of regents consenting to sponsor the af fair are President and Mrs. P. L. Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. George T. Gerlinger, Mr. and Mrs. John Straub, Dean Elizabeth F. Fox, Mr. and Mrs. D. Walter Morton, Dr. and Mrs. John F. Bovard, Miss Gertrude Talbot, Miss Catherine Beekley, Mr. Rex Under wood, Mr. William Hayward and Mr. Charles Huntington. DEAN TO TALK TO GIRLS Miss Fox Will Meet Groups About Their Fireplaces Dean Fox is to give a number of fireside talks to the girls in the sev eral houses and halls of residence on the campus. The subjects are to vary widely, according to Miss Fox, but principally she expects to discuss informally the various phases of campus life, mostly the social side in its broader meaning. “I have no set speeches,” said Dean Fox, “we ga ther about in a friendly group and I talk to the girls about things which I think will be interesting and help ful.” Last term Dean Fox gave a series of these talks to University girls living in boarding houses and they were so much appreciated that she was encouraged to continue. DEBATES END THIS WEEK Women's Finals Either Tuesday or Thursday—Illness Delays The finals for the championship of the Women’s Intramural Debating league, which will be contested be tween Sigma Delta Phi, Alpha Delta, and Hendricks hall, will probably be held either Tuesday or Thursday of next week, according to Ethel Wake field, who is arranging the con tests. The finals were held over because of the illness of Marie Rid ings, of the Alpha Delta team. The judges and chairmen for the occasion have not as yet been selected. The team securing the highest number of points next week will de bate the Phi Delta Theta debating teams for the championship of the school. The contest will take place some time near the first of next term. WOMEN TO PLAY O.A.C. FIVE Two Complete Teams to Make Trip To Corvallis Saturday The Oregon women's basketball team will play the O. A. C. team in Corvallis on Saturday, February 28. Varsity practice has been held daily for the past two weeks and the work will continue until the day before the contest. Two full teams will make the trip to Corvallis Saturday morning, accompanied by Miss Em ma Waterman, coach of basketball, and will return immediately after the game tiie same atternoon. As yet the definite lineup of the two squads has not been given out. DEAN HEADS COMMITTEE Dr. Sheldon to Revise Constitution of Teachers’ Association Dr. H. D. Sheldon, dean of the school of education, has been ap pointed chairman of a csmmittee to revise and bring up to date the constitution of the state teachers’ association. The appointment was made by the executive committee of the association, and Dr. Sheldon was asked to suggest other members Work on the revision will probably not start until next fall. Aggies Against Full Dress Oregon Agricultural college has decided to abolish dress suits in the future. BURGLAR GETS $200 MONEY AND JEWELRY FROM PI PHI HOUSE Three Rooms Entered During Night and Ransacked for Loot BASEMENT WINDOW OPENED Intruder Thought to Have Become Frightened in Middle of His Work Burglars last night entered the PI Beta Phi house and made away with $50 in money and over $150 worth of jewelry, including several jeweled Pi Phi pins and some old pieces of jewelry valuable for its association. No detinite time for the robbery can be set, but it is thought to have oc curred about 1:39 or 2:00 o’clock. The robbery was first discovered when one of the girls, on arising, discovered her dresser * upset, the drawers ransacked, and everything of value gone. The rest of the house was roused and investigation showed that the thief had entered three of the bedrooms on the second floor and made away with nearly everything of I value. Girls Not Awakened The fact that only three of the | rooms were entered seems to indi cate that the thief became frightened or else did not know that the house has a front and back sleeping porch. The bedrooms near the front porch were not entered, the three rooms next to the rear porch being the only ones robbed. The rear sleeping porch can not be seen from the street and the thief, probably being unfam iliar with the house, thought he was safe in entering the three rear rooms. None of the rooms was occupied at the time of the robery, as the girls were all out on the sleeping porches. The rooms evidently were gone through in a great hurry. The first bedroom was completely robbed and everything of value, including about $30 in money and many pieces of jewelry taken. The second room was robbed of several pieces of jewelry, including several jeweled pins, but a set of valuable pearls In a drawer was left, though other articles were taken from the drawer. The third room was gone through hurriedly, or the burglar was frightened away before he was through. A consider able sum of money and a gold watch valued at $50 was taken from this room. Girl Thlnka She Heard Thief Some idea of the time of the rob bery can be formed from the fact that when one of the girls entered the house from the rear sleeping porch about 1:30 for some toothache medicine and went into the last bed room, she heard a noise downstairs and partly descended the stairs to listen before turning on the light. Nothing more was heard, however. It Is thought that the burglar was in the house at the time. Entrance to the house was gained through a basement window as all the doors were locked. The police are working on the case. Editor for MillaQe Bill George A. Aiken, editor of the On tario (Malheur County) Argus, states in a letter to H. R. Douglass, direc tor of the University high school, that the people in his section are heart ily in favor of the millage tax for the University of Oregon and the other institutions that will be bene fited, and that he expects to do all in his power to help in the campaign. Miss Tingle in Portland Miss Lilian Tingle, head of the household art department, left Friday for Portland, where she gave a lecture last evening before the textile study extension class at the public library. Today she attended the luncheon of the Civic league. Many Sick at Campus High About 30 of the pupils and three of the teachers of the University high school are 111 with influenza or bad colds. Berkeley Clamps Social Lid Social functions at the University of California are under bon.