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
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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
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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
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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.