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Oregon Emerald volume 21 EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 24, 1920 NO. 50* BAH PLACED ON ALL i SOCIAL FUNCTIONS j AND INDOOR EVENTS Few Fever Cases In Infirmary And No Serious Ones Says Dr. E. H. Sawyer CITY CAMPAIGN IS HELPED Athletic Games and Assemblies Are Prohibited—Leap Year Dance Postponed For the scond ime in the history the University the health board has found it necessary to put a ban on all indoor activities other than classes. Health conditions on th campus did not actually necssitate such action, according to Dr. E. H. Sawyer, chair man' of th faculty student health com mittee, but it was necessary to co operate to this extent with the Eu gene authorities, who have entirely closed down the city as far as schools, theatres and social affairs are con cerned. » Few Flu Cases Hollowing is the text of the order issued by the health committee: “The health of the students in the University shows a very small per centage of sickness. The following order is not due to the fact that we have a large amount of sickness in the University, but in order that we may co-operate with the town and prevent any source of infection from the intermingling of townspeople and college folks, as there would be in ordinary social and athletic affairs. “Special order of the Student Health committee: “In order to co-operate with the general policy of the health depart ment of the city of Eugene, which has ' placed a ban on all public gatherings , of any sort until further notice, the student health committee makes the following order: 1. All social functions in the Uni versity, both formal and informal, are suspended until further notice. 2. All indoor athletic games and contests are hereby suspended until further notice. 3. No student shall leave town with 1 out first consulting the dean; Dean t Fox for the women, and Dean Straub for the men. “Suggestions.—The committee sug gests that students employ their spare time in general outdoor activities, outdoor sports, cross-country hikes, and in every way try to preserve their good health. “Dr. E. H. Sawyer, “Chairman, Student Health Com.” * Care Must Be Taken There are few fever cases in the infirmary and they are not serious. (Contlmsd on » LUTER ADDRESS on cure put off , _ ,. ASSEMBLY CANCELED—STUDENT BODY MEETS NEXT WEEK RABBI WISE COMING The Thursday morning assembly for this week has been cancelled be cause of the ban on all public gath * erings as a preventative of the spread of influenza. Samuel Lancas ter, consruction engineer of the Col umbia Highway, who was to have spoken, has been notified of this change in plans, according to Karl Onthank, executive secretary, and he will probably speak before the assem bly some time next term. Next week, March 4, the assembly hour will be taken up with the stu dent body meeting, and the following week there will be speakers here rep resenting the Interchurch World movement. These speakers will be of national repute, said Mr. Onthank, - and will be inter-denominational. On March 18 Rabbi Jonah B. Wise, head of the Jewish synagoge in Port land, will speak before the assembly. Rabbi Wise, who is a very interest o ing speaker, said Mr. Onthank, was the Pledge d^y speaker two years ago. He is deeply interested in social wel fare movements. Whazzamatter With , Sigma Chi Piggcrs? Whofd a Guessed It? The score in the Sigma Chi versus the Women’s League game is now a tie, and further re turns are eagerly expected. The score and batting average board on the front of the fraternity house is plain by daylight and well lighted by night, so that all the ladies who pass may read that the Sigma Cliis still have 18 members unasked, to 18 invited, of the 36 in the house. Friday, February 20, the dole ful score was six home runs to 30 in the hole. On Saturday this changed by dint of much electioneering on the part of the lonesome men to eight safe ar rivals. Saturday night was a pro fitable time when the belated men could get some real work in and the score jumped to 14 to 22. Sunday was another beautiful day and Sigma Chis could be seen all over the country, in Hendricks Park and the mill race and up and down the road between, with the happy result of 18 to 18, or a tie in the sccore. It is now up to the 18 unprofitable members to do their duty, and go out and. vamp a woman to take them to the leap yar dance to be held after the flu ban is lifted. Two suggestions might be of fered in this regard. One is that the Sigma Chi’s post the names of the members who recive an F in this leap year examination. The other suggestion is for other houses, and is briefly this—“It Pays to Advertise”. S-MARALDA MEN BUY PI BETA PHI HOUSE Local Club Members to Move Next Fall—Women Have No Definite Home in View In a real estate deal closed this week S-Maralda, a local men’s fra ternity, became the owners of the property at present occupied by Pi Beta Phi, at 877 East Eleventh street. Because of a lease held by the Pi Phis the new owners will not take possession until the first of next col lege year. The house, which wafe built orig inally for a fraternity by Donald Young, has been the home of Pi Beta Phi since the granting of their char ter in 1915, but with the growth of the fraternity the building has be come inadequate for the girls’ pur poses. The Pi Phis, so far, have made no definite announcements as to their plans for a home next year, but are working on several different propos itions. WOMAN S HOP POSTPONED Leap Year Dance to be Given After Lifting of Ban The Women’s League Leap Yearf dance, scheduled for Friday evening, February 27, at hte Armory, has been postponed by order of the Studant Affairs committee until the influenza ban is lifted. The dance will be given as soon as the committee per mits, according to Louise Davis, pres ident of the League, and all girls are urged to keep this in • mind while making their arrangements. An nouncements will be made through posters and the Emerald when the date for the affair can be known. SWIMMING TRYOUTS SOON Girls to Compete for Class Teams February 25 and March 10 February 25 has been announced as the date when sophomore and senior women will try out for places in the interclass swimming meet which will be held on the evening of March 10, in the pool in the men’s gymnasium. Juniors and freshmen will compete in an initial perform ance, March 3. The four high point winners in each class will be eligible for the interclass meet, according to Miss Catherine Winslow, instructor in the department of physical education "for 'women. * BASEBALL Ml HAS NO CATCHER; “SHI” EXPRESSES CONCERN Coach Hopes Receiver May Be Developed During Spring Vacation NICK WILLIAMS TO ASSIST Professionals to be Pitted Against Lemon-Yellow Before Season Opens A catcher for the varsity baseball team is the gravest concern of the coaching staff this season. Not a single catcher is in sight but it is the hope of “Shy” Huntington that with the spring training, and perhaps a week of consistent work during spring vacation, catchers for the varsity may be developed. Shortly after the spring vacation, April 8, Nick Williams will cc*ie here for a ten days’ stay with his Moose Jaw clubmen and during his stay he will not only give the Uni versity nine stiff competition, but he has promised to give the varsity players individual attention. With this as a starter, says Shy Hunting ton, the University should be in good shape to begin the conference games Conference Games Scheduled Oregon will have some 16 games on the conference schedule this yeai besides many other games that will be played throughout the season with clubs and colleges which are not in the regular conference. Heretofore Oregon has had on the average about eight conference games, but this year with the hope that Oregon will de velop a good team, the number ot scheduled games will be doubled. It is not definitely known when the call for training will be issued. How ever, if there were any degree ol certainty as to how long the present weather would continue, Shy Hunt ington says he would issue the call immediately. Pitchers Loosening Up Some of the aspirants for the mound positions have already don ned their uniforms and have beer loosening up their arms. Beginning this week the batteries will begir work in earnest with a good work out each night, in order that when the call is given it will not take so long to get into condition and also, to avoid sore arms as much as possible. There are many aspirants out foi pitchers this year and with the va (Continued on page 4) THREE VENTURESOME | STUDENTS LEM FOR WILDS OF ARGENTINA French Moore, Neil Morfitt and Dudley Day In Alluring Business Project PLAN TO REMAIN 2 YEARS Aerial Transportation May Become Factor—Hate to Drink Water of South Three adventurous University of Oregon men, French Moore, Neil Mor fltt and Dudley Day, all members of the Sigma Nu fraternity, are leaving tonight for, San Francisco, from where they will sail for South Amer ica. A thousand miles into the interior of Argentina is their destination, and Argentina, is their destination, and they have the backing of a group of financiers in an unusually alluring business proposition. The boys, who will go by way of Valparaiso, Chile, intend to go over land from there to Argentina. The new business, which is to be built up with the help of American money and possibly European, will comprise all the activities of any other well regulated business venture. Agricul ture, stock raising, manufacturing and trade will all be represented. Airplanes May Be Used Aerial transportation may become a factor, as two of the men are ac complished airmen. Day was a cap tain in the British flying corps, anu had five enemy planes to his credit in the great war. He was also men tioned in dispatches, and was decor ated. Morfitt was in the United States aerial service and saw duty overseas. French Moore is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Moore of 660 Eleventh avenue east, Eugene, and is well known in this city. Neil Morfitt hails from Malheur, Malheur county, and Dudley R. Day lives in Ls Angeles. California. Morfitt is a senior in the University; the other two are mem bers of the sophomore class. Argentine Water Disliked The trio expect the usual amount of travellers’ discomforts ddring the two years they intend to spend in the southern hemisphere. One of the party said that they hate to think of being forced to drink the Argentina water, which is supposed to be quite unhealthy, after being used to the supply of aqua pura that is found in Oregon. They are all gifted linguists, speak ing Spanish fluently. FilipinoSto waway Seeks K nowledge SaysSmartPeopleComeFromStates ucw^juiu xacuuuiu, a siuuem iiuiu the Philippines, is a throough be liever in American education and says that his countrymen who have had an education in this country will be the Filipino leaders in the future. After being graduated from the Uni versity of Oregon, he intends to go East for his higher education, and then return to the Philippines. “I’ve earned every cent of my way through school so far,” says Theo doro. “I'm going to go back to the Philippines and instill in my people a spirit of mutual understanding. The United States is going to give us our indpendence some day, and it is the persons with an American education who are going to be the leaders.” “I like the University of Oregon. I like the instructors and I like the j students. They are very democratic. [ The stars and stripes wave over our | schools in the Philippines as well as : over Johnson hall. The students are | broad enough to know this, and they J have a cordial ‘hello’ for me, even if I do differ greatly from the other j students in appearance.” j Theodora worked his way through I the normal school in Manila, an in ; stitution which he describes as a j little above the grades in this coun j try. He then emigrated to Hawaii, | and was appointed speaker for the Filipinos in Hawaii -during the visit of "the ocongressional party. “When I was a little kid I saw that all the smart people came from the oiaies, sam rneoaoro, ana i maue up my mind to go to America and get an education.’’ Suiting the thought to action, He came to San Francisco as a stowaway in the hold of a freighter, and arrived in that city at the time of the Exposition with 36c in his pockets. He did not stay in San Francisco long. He said it was difficult to get work, as the Japan ese and Chinese were given prefer ence over th Filipinos by employers. He next tried his luck in Alaska, where he worked three months in a cannery on Cook's Inlet, opposite Kodiak. After that he came south to Seattle, and was drafted into the army, and spent live months at the University of Washington, after which he was sent to Camp Lewis. His stay there was short for he was discharged the same day he Arrived, as he was too short. On his release he returned to Seattle, where he was arrested as a slacker and spent several days in jail. Theodoro worked in the shipyards in Portland until he got the influenza and was taken to the hospital. At the end of three days he was pro nounced cured, but got a job in the hospital, and stayed until he had ac cumulated $130. Thinking this amount enough to get an ducation he went to Salem with the intention of entering Willamette. BuJ he had been "taking a -University of Oregon extension course, and when school opened here decided to register. Accident Fiends Imitate LePages But All In Vain “Accidents will happen! Better ■glue yourself around the atmo sphere, and maybe you’ll see an other.” The scene was 13tli and Uni versity streets; the time, this noon. One lucky • gentleman had witnessed an automobile ac cident Sunday afternoon, and an other had been a spectator to a collision between two of Henry Ford's offsprings Monday noon. Neither resulted in any serious damage, but strange to say, both had happened at the same place, the corner of 13th and Kincaid. So the small group was on hand early this noon, determined not to be cheated if anything should happen today. Nothing did happen, however. ' The rooting section almost went wild when a car was seen foggin’ up 13th street from town and another coming at about the same speed from University avenue. Luck was against the proletariat, however, for the car coming up 13th stopped in front of Johnson hall. OREGON MAKES POOR FINISH IN MARATHON Walkley, Only Member of Ltmon-Yel low to Get Place, Gets But Eleventh Oregon did not fare well at the annual five-mile run held in Portland last Saturday, as Glenn Walkey, elev enth man to finish, was the only Oregon man to place. Mose Payne, a former Lemon-Yellow track star, run ning for M.A.A.C., won first place in 20:02. Walkley, Sloan, Coleman, Ireland and Davis were the men who made llie trip. The team was in very poor condition because several of the mem bers were sick at the time of the meet. The showing made at this meet was unusually poor, but the re sults were probably due to the con dition of the team. The order in which the first eleven men finished follows: Mose Payne, M. A. A. C.; Albert Pearson, Chem awa; Patty Ford, O. A. C.; Harry Floater, M. Ar. A. C.; Ray Dodge, M. A. A. C.; Newhouse, O. A. C.; Bill Ellerson, O. A. C.; Frank Bullard, O. A. C.; Frank Spencer, unattacched; “Chuck” Wright, Jefferson high school; Walkley, U. of O. MILLAGE BILL TO BE TOPIC Dean Morton Will Address Portland Business Men Thursday Dean D. W. Morton will address a meeting of the Mutual Business Men’s club of Portland next Thursday In Portland on the millage bill. Dean Morton has beens cheduled to speak In various places throughout the state on vocational guidance and other edu cational subjects, for the next few weeks, and expects to get a number of good words for the millage bill in many small towns in the state. Dean Morton made a trip to As toria last week to address the Oregon State Retail Merchants’ association there on “Better Accounts and Bigger Profits.” While there lie visited Lee (“Tick”) Malarkey, former Univer sity student, who, according to Dean Morton, is making a success in that town. MRS. WILCOX GIVES $2,000 Women’s Building Receives Other Donations Amounting to $770 The latest gife to the Women’s I building is a check for $2000 reeeiv il from Mrs. T. B. Wilcox of Port land a few days ago. Other gifts which have recentlj come to the administration office foi the Women’s building fund are i check for $100 from Bishop and Mrs i Walter T. Sumner of Portland; $50( I from Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Kendall o: | Portland, and $170 from the reeem ! fiction class of Mrs. Mabel Holmei I Parsons in Portland'. j. Team Prays and Plays The football team of Centre col lege, Kentucky, always prays befor< entering the field for a game. Th« ; team won every one of its battle: last season. OREGON-STANFQRD CONTEST WILL BE STRICTLY PRIVATE Only Coaches, Officials, Subs to See Basketball Games With Southerners OPPONENTS IN FINE SHAPE Chapman Still Unable to Get Into Fray—Eddie May Be Used for Part of Game PACIFIC COAST CONFERENCE STANDING W. Stanford . 4 California . 3 Oregon Aggies . 5 Oregon . 5 Washington State . 4 Washington . 3 L. 1 2 5 6 5 5 P.C. 800 600 500 455 375 Basketball fans are doomed to dis appointment tonight for It has been definitely decided that the series with the Stanford quintet will have to be played behind barred doors and no one will be allowed to witness the games outside of the referee and the coaches and substitutes of the two teams. Stanford Arrives Early Coach Evans and seven husky players of the Stanford quintet ar rived in the city this morning and held a short workout in the gym; they are 1 nthe best of condition, ac cording to Coach Evans and are out to win. Stanford has lost but one conference game this season and are so far about the best looking aggre gation in. the conference. Should they win tonight’s contest and to morrow evening’s, together with the games at Corvallis Friday and Satur day, they will be leading the confer ence by a safe margin. Coach Huntington is not very op timistic in speaking of tonight’s game. “Both Chapman and Durno are in no shape tp play," he said, "and al though 1 may be able to use Durno for a part of the contest, there is practically no chance for ‘Nish’ to get into the game. Of the two Cali fornia teams I think Stanford has the best chance for the honors and I am expecting a hard game tonight." Line-up la Announced The probable line-up for the game is Lind and Manerud, forwards, La tham, center, and Jacobberger and Bellar, guards'. McCreddy may also be used during the game. T. W. Gawley, of the Portland Y. M. C. A., will referee. California is playing Washington State in Pullman tonight and to morrow night, and they will go from there to Seattle, where they will meet the Sundodgers on Friday and Saturday. This means two games for the northern teams and four games for the two southern teams this week in the conference. IN PI PHI BURGLARY FINAL LIST OF LOOT FIXES AMOUNT AT $46 IN MONEY, $150 JEWELRY Nothing now has developed that sheds any light upon the robbery of the Pi Beta Phi house last Friday night. The burglars, who entered the house between 1:3 Oand 2 o’clock took $46.60 In money and jewelry ag gregating $150. Three Pi Phi pins, five rings, four other pins, two pearl necklaces, a bracelet, wrist watch and two gold chairls were the articles which were taken. The affair is being investigated by ■ the sheriff’s office, but it is not be lieved that any startling facts re garding the identity of the miscreant have been discovered. Jazz Causes Many Divorces From the McPherson College Spectator: ' The reason for so many divorce cases is that people try to put too much jazz in the “Home Sweet* Home”.