Oregon
EUGENE,
VOLUME 21
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Emerald
MARCH 11, 1920
NUMBER 57
PLANS FOR LAUNCHING
ACTIVE MILEAGE TAX
CAMPAIGN DECIDED ON
All Students Must Be Fully
Informed On Measure
Before Vacation
'REGISTER', URGES DYNENT
Personal Canvass of Communities to
Be Made by Each Person
During Spring Recess
Three phases of operation in launch
ing an active student campaign in
behalf of the millage bill were decided
upon by the general student commit
tee called by Don Newbilry, chairman,
at a meeting last night in Dean
Straub’s room. The committee divid
ed its work as follows: First, to see
that every member of the student
body is thoroughly informed on the
facts before spring vacation; second,
to see that all eligible students re
gister before the books close, and urge
the folks at home to register; third,
urge each student to make a per
sonal canvass of his community dur
ing spring vacation to see that peo
ple understand the facts of the case
for all three institutions.
To make sure that all students are
thoroughly conversant with the facts
the committee has asked members of
the faculty to appear before each or
ganization on the campus ngxt Tues
day evening, March 16, and carefully
explain all details of the millaga bill
and the facts regarding the Univer
sity of Oregon, the Oregon Agricul
tural college and the Monmouth nor
mal. All students living outside the
organizations will be personally in
vited to join with some one >t the
fraternities and listen to the dis
cussions.
Important Phases Explained
Professor Colin V. Dyment, who re
presents the University in the work
of the central committee in Portland,
explained the important phases of the
issue and pointed out in wliat way!
the work the students are volunteer
ing can be most effecive in the cam
paign.
“First know the facts yourself” is
the keynote of Professor Dyment’s
advice to the students in carrying
out the work they have undertaken.
These facts can be found easily in the
pamphlets sent out by the central
committee, from the reports publish
ed in the JEmerald, from any of the
University faculty, and from the vot
ers’ pamphlet soon to be mailed to all
registered voters by the secretary of
state. Some of the material furnish
ed will be of a size suitable for en
closing in personal letters.
“It is the young man or young wo
man who knows the facts who will
(ContiB**d ob HI* *)
PROGRAM OF STUDENT
RECITAL ANNOUNCED
Curtis? Peterson Will Be Assisted by
Patty French at Methodist
Church, March 16
Curtiss Peterson, whose recital will
be given on Tuesday evening, March
16, at the First Methodist church,
has announced the program for the
evening. The numbers, which are
varied and widely ranged, promise
much in the way of a musical treat
and something exceptional in stu
dent recitals. Mr. Peterson will be
assisted by Patty French accompan
ist, and Leland Coon, organist.
The program is as follows:
1. Even Bravest Heart May
Swell .'. Gounod
2. Where’er You Walk.—Hendel
She Never Told Her Love ...Haydn
Pur.chinillo .Molloy
Bendemeer’s Stream. Gatty
3. None but the Lonely Heart....
. Tchaikowsky
Romance . Debussy
Danny Deever . Damrosch
4- Berecuse No. 2 ... Kinder
Rusian Romance....Friml-Holloway
Pilgrim’s Chorus from “Tann
hauser” .Wagner-Dubois;
5. Aria—It is Enough, from “Eli
jah” . Mendelssohn
6. Cradle Song . Kreisler!
Where My Caravan Has Rest
ed . Lohn
Morning . Speaks
Law Suits and Dress Suits Paraded
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Eggs and Arguments Aid Barristers
Phi Delta Phi Neophytes Entertain
“Where there’s a will, there's
bound to be a lawsuit!”
Five neophites of the Phi
Delta Phi, new campus legal
fraternity which is being moved
to Eugene from the Portland
Law School, testified this morn
ing to the ups and downs of a
life at the bar. Attired in high
top boots, middy hats and full
dress coats, Ben Ivey, Nish
Chapman, Lyle McCroskey, Mike
Harris and Borden Wood deliv
ered a rain of vocal pyrotechnics
upon the crowd in front of the
library steps. Three times, be
tween morning classes, they ex
plained to the wondering multi
tude the reasons for their pur
suit of law. Their efforts called
forth a hail of mud and eggs
out of an old case, which decor
ated their clothes, physiognomy
and the surrounding landscape.
“Money,” thundered Harris, “is
the root of all evil. I am follow
ing the profession of law fn pur
suit of the root. Ignorance of
the law excuses no man—from
practicing it.”
Ben Ivey pictured to the tyros
the lawyers’ offices which filled
the buildings in Portland, the
little city a few miles out of
Newberg. “How can it be,” he
exclaimed, “that two lawyers can
exist off the bounty of one cit
izen?” He told the thrilling
story of the man who sent his
son to the lawyer’s office. The
son returned after three days,
and when his father- asked him
how he was getting along, he
said, “Dad, I’ve wasted my time.
I’m sorry I learned the busi
ness!”
The last spasm ended dis
astrously for the spectators. Re
senting the showers of hen fruit
which had greeted them on their
previous appearances, the initi
ates equipped themselves with
eggs with an H2S odor and
proceeded to close the perform
ance, hurling their blessings up
^on the gaping crowd.
CAMl GETS S3*
OFFER 10 STAY EAST
PROFESSOR ON LEAVE ASKED TO
ACCEPT POSITION WITH
ELECTRICAL FIRM
Dr. A. E. Caswell, professor of
physics, who is on leave of absence
this year doing research work in
Princeton university on a fellowship
granted by the National Research
Council, has just been offered a place
with one of the leading electrical
companies of the country at a salary !
of $3600 per year, with assurance of ■
an advance to $4000 or $4500 at the;
end of the first year and practical
certainty of drawing at least $6000
within five years.
Dr. Caswell’s salary at the begin
ning of his leave of absence was
$1800, exactly one-half offered im
mediately by this private corporation
and advances held out by this cor
poration are already more in excess
of any possible hope he could have
of advance from the University.
This is typical of offers that have
been made to a large number of the
faculty recently very greatly in ex
cess of the salaries they are receiv
ing and have received from the state.
FOOTBALL MAN TO WED
Vernon Garrett, Member of 1915
Team, Announces Engagement j
The announcement of the engage
ment of Vernon Garrett, ex-M.6 of
Oregon, to Miss Gladys Ellen Carithers
of Santa Rosa has Just been made
known here, according to Miss Charlie
Fenton, alumnae secretary, who re
cently received the news.
Garrett was well known during his
days at Oregon, holding a position on
the 1915 Varsity football team and
being a member of Sigma Nu and
Torch and Shield. He was graduated
with the class of 1917 from the Uni
versity of California.
Garrett’s home formerly was in
Medford, but for the past year he has
lived in California. The wedding will
be an event pf March 23.
REGISTRARS TO CONVENE
Conference to be Held in Portland
April 13, 14, 15
Carlton E. Spencer, registrar of
the University, will attend a confer
ence. of all the university registrars
of the northwest in Portland on April
13, 14, and 15.
This conference will consider the
problems of registrars of all north
west institutions and plans for co
operation between the various uni
versities and colleges will he made
Frank T. Barnard, registrar of
Washington state fcollege, is taking
the initiative in c illing the confer
ence
ANNUAL SWIMMING MEET
CLASS WILL HAVE NUMERALS
ON CUMMINGS CUP—LEADS
WITH 47 POINTS
As a result of the women’s inter
class swimming meet held Tuesday
evening in the pool of the men’s gym
the numerals 1923 will be engraved
on the Cummings swimming cup of
fered last year by Miss Mabel Cum
mings, head of the department of phy
sical education. The freshmen won
with 47 points to the 34 earned by
their Closest opponents, the sopho
mores. The seniors took 11 points
and the juniors 3.
Frances Moore, .freshman, was in
dividual high point winner of the
meet, having 22 points to her credit.
Helen Nelson, sophomore, came sec
ond with 13 points and Valiere Coffey,
freshman, third, with 10 points.
The races were all very close,
the winner in several cases just nos
ing out the second girl by a few
inches.
The events and results of the first
three places were as follows:
Free style, one length—Moore, H.
Nicolai, Moss.
! Free style, two lengths—Moore,
Nelson, Coffey.
Breast stroke race—Cannon, Dyer,
Moore.
I Back stroke race—Nelson, Coffey,
M. Nicolai.
Plunge for distance—Moore, Moss,
Russell, distance 47 ft. 3 inches.
Dives—Coffey, Nelson, H. Nicolai.
Strokes for form—Moss, Nelson.
Relay won by freshman team—F.
Moore, Dyer, Coffey, M. Nicolai.
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BAPTIST SECRETARY HERE
Miss Frances Comee of Chicago on
Campus for Two-day Visit *
‘ Miss Frances Comee, National Sec
retary for the Baptist Missionary
Training School of Chicago, arrived
yesterday from O. A. C. for a two
day conference with girls interested
in the work which she represents.
Miss Comee was guest of honor at
a dinner which the Baptist girls of
the university gave at the Anchor
age last evening, and spoke of the
work which the graduates of the
Training School have been called to
carry out both in this country and
in foreign lands.
Girls who wish to talk with Miss
Comee are asked to call Miss Ethel
Sanborn, 1168-J, and make an ap
pointment.
Claire Warner Visits
Miss Claire Warner, a member of
the class of 1919, who is teaching at
Coos Bay, is in Eugene while her
school is closed by a small pox epi
demic. Her home is in this city.
Miss Warner was a major in the
physical education department while
in the University.
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! DRAMATIC COMPANY
PREPARES “ENGAGED”
EOR PRESENTATION
Guild Hall Reschedules Popular
Comedy for March 19
and 20
FARCE WILL BE LAUGH RIOT
Claire Keeney Has Hard Time to
Keep From Heart Tangles—Green
Glasses to Feature
A pair of green glasses, Claire
Keeney and a group of pretty girls
will be responsible for a set of
screamingly humorous situations in
Guild hall March 19 and 20, when
“The Company” of dramatic students
will present W. S. Gilbert’s comedy,
“Engaged.” Keeney as Cheviot Hall
falls in love with every woman he
meets and manages to become en
gaged to a startling number of them
at one time. But Fred Dodson—well,
he is the man with the green glasses,
and his role is shrouded in all kinds
of mysticism.
The big idea of the farce is that
Keeney must not fall in love, since
his future financial fortune hangs in
the balance. But then, what can a
poor man do with a group of Guild
hall stars playing about the stage,
all painted and powdered at that?
It is rumored that he finally gets the
fortune but just how he manages to
arrange it remains to be seen.
,The cast was completely prepared
to present the play two weeks ago
when the flu ban made it necessary
to postpone the performance. The
list of characters follows:
Cheviot Hall, a young man of pro
perty . Claire Keeney
Delvauney, his friend.Fred Dodson
Mr. Symperson, uncle Qf Cheviot ...
. Geo. Paste
Angus Macalister, a lowly peasant
lad . Charles Miller
Major McGillicuddy, English gentle
man . Carol Akers
Belinda Treherne, engaged to the
major . Irene Stewart
Minnie, daughter of Symperson....
. Vera VanScnoonhover.
Mrs. MacFarland, a lowland widow
. Loeta Rogei s
Maggie, daughter of Mrs. MacFar
land . Dorothy Wootton
Parker, Minnie’s maid.Helen Casey
TOPIC OF WOMEN’S
DEBATE UNDECIDED
Deadlock Results When Oregon and
O. A. C. Fail to Agree Upon
Subject Matter
After two months the question for
the debate which is to be given some
time in May between the women’s
teams of the University of Oregon
and O. A. C. is still undecided, ac
cording to Professor R. W. Prescott,
debate coach. The general subject,
suggested by Oregon, “A labor party
for American labor,” was not satis
factory to the 0. A. C. team, he ex
plained. In a letter to manager Abe
Rosenberg yesterday they indicated
that they preferred to debate on th(*
subject of the causes of industrial
unrest. For example, “Resolved, That
injustice in industry is the cause for
industrial unrest.”
“In reply, Oregon regards this
subject as unsatisfactory,” Professor
Prescott declared, “chiefly because it
is undebatable. We believe that the
question which we have suggested is
much more fruitful for debate.” It
would be easy to phrase a question
from this general topic, he said,
such as, “Resolved, That American
labor should organize and support a
political party of* its own.”
Mr. Rosenberg is to meet the O.
A. C. manager at the state oratorical
contest at Forest Grove Friday and
arrangements are being made to close
the matter then. The debators will
be chosen in the near future and
Professor Prescott hopes to get ev
erything under way soon.
Frosh Friendly Fays Q^est
The Reed College Quest says, that
outside of sitting with the faculty at
the dinner table the freshmen are
quiteu friendly t<J their fellow stu
dents. °
Elks Will Toot
Their Horns for
Final Hipity Hop
Beware the Ides of March! This
week-end is the last time you
will have an opportunity to spend
yonr money on the fair lady this
tt^n. Opportunity comes but
oroe. Seize 'er. Now let’s get
our heads together for the big
dance to be held Friday night at
the Armory.
If you are planning on boning
for the coming exams, pause and
ponder on the old adage, “All
work and no play makes Jack a
dull boy.” ’
The E!lks band will feature with
plenty of jazz and concert music.
The concert will begin at 7:45 and
stop at 9, after which, until Dean
Straub gazes at his timepiece at
11:30, dancing will be in order.
The concert will cost 25 cents
and the dance 75.
Johnny Houston, who Is ar
ranging for the affair, promises
that everyone will have a good
time, with the Elks band on the
Job to hand out the jazz. Re
member, the proceeds will go to
the Women’s Building fund.
HILLABE BILL 10 BE
. THEME OF OHS
II MINI! CONTEST
Annual Alumni Medal Again
Offered After Lapse
During War
This year the annual alumni medal
speaking contest will serve a two
fold purpose, according to Professor
R. W. Prescott, who has charge of all
Varsity orators and debaters. Form
erly, the alumni speaking contest
took the form of a formal debate, but
this year, owing to the millage bill
which is coming up in the May elec
tion, the six speakers will select
typical Oregon audiences, represent
ing the various parts of the state,
and prepare their talk for these par
ticular groups in behalf of the mill
age bill.
The main object of the speaking
contest, according to Professor Pres
cott, is to get votes for the millage
bill. This, move, he said, is an ef
fort to unite the entire student body
at the University to work effectively
in support of the May measure. The
move on the part of the alumn] and
students is a part of the great cam
paign of which C. V. Dyment, pro
fessor in the University school of
journalism, is chairman.
Contest Limited to Six
The speaking contest will be ex
temporaneous and limited to eight or
ten minutes for each of the six
members entered for the gold medal
which will be presented to the win
ner by the alumni. In the event that
more than six come out as aspirants
for the medal, it will be necessary to
hold a preliminary tryout in order
to limit the contestants to six. It
will be known Friday how many are
coming out, said Professor Prescott,
as he is going to call a meeting of
the Varsity men and women debaters
at that time to work on arrange
ments for the contest.
- The date for the affair has not
been set, but Professor Prescott
hopes to have the contest either the
later part of next week or the first
part of examination week. The date
will be determined tonight at a
meeting of the student committee on
the millage bill at which both Pro
fessor Prescott and Professor Dy
ment will be present in order to co
operate with the students.
Alumni to Be Judges
The judges of the contest are to
be selected from prominent alumni
on'the campus and in Eugene. Ken
neth Armstrong, Walter Myers and
Professor Crockatt have won the
Alumni medal. During the war the
contests were not held.
“The meeting tonight is a modus
operandi for faculty and students,” j
said Professor Prescott, “tp see
whereby the raw material at the
University which consists of some
1700 students, might best be utalized !
anil wielded into an effective fighting I
force in support of the millage bill.”]
union is
VITAL TO ML ASSERTS
MISS aOLOOAH BORNEO
Dr. Horace Mason of Seattle
Emphasizes Importance of
World Relationship
AMERICA PART OF WORLD
Dyment Asks Students to Inform
Themselves on Millage Bill
Before Vacation
Internationalism is something, not
to be dealt with in a university de
bate, or by national diplomats, but
as something vitally interesting to
everyone, was the "subject of an ad
dress by Miss Oolooah Burner, na
tional Y. W. C. A. secretary, who
spoke at the student assembly this
morning in Villard hall.
The great effect of the war is that
America is being made a part of
the world, she said. Our country
should be aroused to do its part, and
the appeal is to individuals.
“One thing is Certain,” said Miss
Burner, “no abiding social relations
can exist, where the basis is things
alone. This is true of nations as
well as communities. There is no
excuse for selfishness, and our na
tion will never be any more unsel
fish than its individuals."
Mias Burner made a plea to col
lege students to equip themselves,
not merely to make money, but to
throw every bit of their lives into
uplifting the nation.
Dr Horace C. Mason, pastor of
the University of Congregational
church ,at Seattle, who for many
years has been in close connection
with college students, spoke along
the same lines.
“Today, every, one should be think
ing world thought," he said. “Wo
no longer measure in terms of coun
try or continent."
He asked that we all see life as
a whole, and remain true to our
ideals. Practical men often bring the
charge that college men are able to
talk in big terms, but that the plain,
common man without the opportunity
of a higher education ddes the work.
Dr. Mason will speak again at 7:30
this evening, in Dillard hall. The oth
er speakers of the Interchurch World
Movement left on this afternoon’s
train
Colvin V. Dyment, former instruc
tor in journalism at the University,
and now in charge of work for the
millage bill, asked the students to
inform themselves on the issue to be
voted on in May, and to be able to
answer any questions put them, ^rhen
home during the spring vacation. Ev
ery student should know the physical
needs of the University, he said.
They should also be able to explain
what higher education is worth, and
why it should be supported by the
state. This information can be se
cured by studying the pamphelts and
other reading material put out by the
University.
President Campbell announced that
the University Science club will hold
a banquet at the Osburn hotel, Tues
day, March 16.
CHINA WANTS U. S. BOOKS
ReqCieat Sent to University Asking for
Periodicals and Magazines
In order to promote a greater
knowledge of the United States in
northern China and to enable the
lower classes of that country to ob
tain books for reading which they
otherwise could not get, T. Yen, pres
ident of the library association of
Tientsin Park, Hopei, Tientsin, North
China, has written to the University
library asking for old magazines and
periodicals to be sent to him.
“Our readers of the working class
es are not in a position to buy for
eign books,” caid T. Yen in asking
for the bool&^o be sent. “In order
to improve our knowledge of western
ideas we make this appeal for yohr
assistance in the way of foreign
magazines and books, and so enable
us to get a better knowledge of the
outside school. This will also trend
to transmit your kindness from East
to West.” %