Oregon
volume 21
EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY,
NUMBER 63
MOTHERS WILL RAVE
TWO DAYS IN THEIR
HONOR AT UNIVERSITY
Week-End of May 8 and 9 Set
Apart; Sports and Dances
to Be Features
CHURCH SUNDAY MORNING
Special Invitations to be Sent Out;
Committee Named to Handle
Big Occasion
Mothers’ Day, a new institution on
the Oregon campus, will be inaugur
ated here Saturday and Sunday, May
8 and 9, falling on the same date as
the national Mothers’ Day. Although
Mothers’ Day is observed on the
University of Washington campus by
having the mothers present at the
various houses for one meal on that
day, it is believed that the University
of Oregon is unique in its plan for
an observance which will cover an
entire week-end.
Each University student will be re
sponsible for inviting his mother to
the campus and when they get here
they will be given one merry round
which the committee guarantees all
mother will enjoy. O nSaturday at
noon a luncheon for mothers only
will be served in the men’s gymnas
ium. Long tables will be set there
for the visitors, and although the
students will have to get their
luncheon elsewhere, they will be ex
pected to be present to attend their
own mothers and meet them all.
Baseball and Track Events
An athletic attraction will be ar
ranged for the afternoon. The com
mittee hopes to be able to schedule
a baseball game or a tracK meet.
Saturday evening will bring the big
gest event of the week-end in the
form of a reception and dance for
the mothers. Other entertainment
will be provided for those who do
not care to dance. University wom
en will be strictly left out on this
occasion, states the committee, since
the University men will dance with
the mothers. The girls will attend
to the comfort of those mothers who
desire to play cards or prefer to
merely chat.
Plans are being made to fit the
men’s gymnasium for the dance as
it is the .purpose to keep all events
on the campus in order that the
mothers may become well acquaint
ed with it. The main floor of the
gymnasium will be prettily decorat
ed and the small adjoining rooms
will be fitted up as cozy nooks.
Mothers to be Taken to Church
On Sunday morning students will
be expected to take their mothers to
church where special Mothers Day
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Lone Angler Dangles
Line In Sigma Chi's
Mud Hole; No Luck
Who said the fishing season had
not been officially opened on the
campus? Anyone who has any
doubts as to the opening date
and the proper data on how to
hook the big ones should apply
to ‘Pop” Elder down on the cor
ner of 13th and Alder.
“Pop’s” friends received a
shock Friday morning when they
discovered him leisurely whip
ping the ripples on a large mud
puddle in the Sigma Chi back
yard. A closer investigation re
vealed the sign on his back
which read, “I lost the bet, ask
Cres, he knows.”
The excitement all began when
a bet before the Sigma Chi fire
place was made up between Pop
and Cres. It seems the bet ran
thusly: We are to rise at 7 a.m.
every morning for the week and
circle the three blocks between
the corner of 13th and Alder and
Kincaid field and the S. A. E.
house on a run. Cres arose
bright and early Friday morning
to find Pop peacefully sleeping
and inclined to forget the condi
tion of the wager. Not so with
Cres; he demanded the payment
of the obligation for he had al
ready risen from the land of
slumbers.
PHI THETA KAPPA
TO BE INSTALLED
SIXTEEN MEMBERS OF WOMEN’S
COMMERCE CLUB TO BE
INITIATED
Tuesday afternoon, April 13, the
members of the Girl’s Commerce
club, who are active this year, will
be initiated into Phi Theta Kappa,
national women’s commerce frater
nity. The local chapter will be in
stalled by Dean Elizabeth Fox, who
has been made an honorary member
of the fraternity. This chapter will
be known as Beta chapter, Alpha
chapter being the mother chapter
at Denver University, at Denver, Col
orado. Later in the year Beta chap
ter will install the local group at
Oregon Agricultural College who
have recently been granted a chap
ter by the fraternity as Gamma chap
ter.
The petition of the local club was
granted last summer, and the chap
ter was to have been installed last
term, but through some delay was
put off until this time. There were
sixteen girls in the petitioning group
but several of these girls are not now
in"college, so will not be initiated at
this time.
CAMPUS GREEKS HAVE WILD
TIME AT WESTERN SMOKER
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Boxing Matches, Music and
Eats Feature Fraternity
• Men Fest
There was money on the tables.
Amber and brown “liquors” decorat
ed the basement bar. Smoke and
music filled the air, and there were
fights galore at the inter-fraternity
smoker last night held while the wo
men gamboled in the gym—the men
gambled in the Armory.
Bale after bale of crisp new money
changed hands as the temperamental
ivories or fickle cards saw fit and
fortunes were made and lost at every
throw. On every side could be heard
cries of “Hit me!” “Come you seven”
and “Two hundred she is!” Even
the musicians found time to tamper
with chance between their Jazzy
tunes.
The green cloth lost its following
when the fights started but the
book-makers collected huge sums by
absconding with the cash when the
bouts were declared draws. The
footwork of the boxers, clever as it
was, was eclipsed by that of Herman
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PROF. R. B. DODGE HERE
California Man on Campus Looking
For Recruits for Religious Work
Professor Rowland B. Dodge, of
Berkeley, California, was on the cam
pus Thursday, representing the Pac
ific school of religion, an undenomin
ational school. He was looking for
men and women recruits who are
planning to take up religious lines
of work after graduation, according
to M. H. Douglass, librarian and head
of the campus committee on relig
ions and moral activities.
The school trains men and women
for work in the ministry, missions,
Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. and
other forms of religious education,
and particularly well, said Mr. Doug
lass, for work in connection with
large church leadership. The course
is a three-year course with the ad;
vantages of the University of Cali
fornia, but may be taken in two years
if the right subjects are chosen in
a preparatory college.
He also agreed to assist the Uni
versity in obtaining speakers of first
class ability for vesper services next
year, said Mr. Douglas.
LYLE M’CROSKEY AND
ALYS SUTTON TO TAKE
LEADS IN SENIOR PLAY
Class Celebrities to Be Seen
At Eugene Theatre On
Night of May 14
REHEARSALS UNDER WAY
Curtiss Peterson, Arvo Simola, Keith
Kiggins, Merle Moore to
Feature
Lyle McCroskey and Alys Sutton
are to play the leads in the senior
play, “The Man on the Box,” a three
act comedy by Grace Livingston Fur
niss, which is to be given on May 14,
the second night of Junior Week
end. Robert Earl, who has been se
lected to coach the production, an
nounced the ma'jor portion of the
cast last night and rehearsals have
already begun. The cast includes
some of the best talent on the cam
pus and Mr. Earl promises that the
play is full of snap and pep from
the start to the final curtain.
The pl^ which is founded on
Harold McGrath’s novel of the same
name, is a comedy with a sufficient
ly deep plot to sustain interest. The
time is the present and all the scenes
are laid in Washington. D. C.
Lieutenant Robert Warburton, to
be played by Lyle McCroskey, is
visiting his sister in the national cap
ital. While there his sister and some
friends attend a ball at the Em
bassy and while they are gone the
young lieutenant decides to play a
practical joke on his sister. Ac
cordingly he shaves his beard and
substitutes himself for the groom,
who drives his sister’s carriage.
Plot GIVes McCroskey Chance
When the carriage numbers are
called he becomes confused and of
course gets the wrong girl in his
carriage. Supposing the young lady
to be his sister he Mrlves madly
through the streets of Washington
and finally kisses her as she indig
nantly descends from the carriage.
Whereupon the young lady, who is
no other than Betty Annesly, the
daughter of a very prominent colonel,
and whose character is to be por
trayed by Alys Sutton, has the
young groom arrested.
The play opens in the court room
and the remainder of the plot is to
be kept secret. How the plot thick
ens ana now many uumynutuiuna
arise in which the young joker is
repeatedly humiliated is all brought
out in the play. Needless to say
everything is finally cleared up and
the story ends happily.
Members of Cast Announced
The cast for the play so far as it
has been selected by Mr. Earl is as
follows:
Lieutenant Robert Warburton
. Lyle McCroskey
Miss Betty Annesley.Alys Sutton
Colonel Annesley .. Curtiss Peterson
Count Carloff .. Arvo Simola
Mrs. Conway . Adah McMurphey
Mr. Chas. Henderson. .. Keith Kiggins
Colonel Frank Raleigh .
. Merle Moore
Monsieur Pierre . Sprague Carter
Magistrate Watts .... Norman Philips
Martin . Lyle Bain
Officer O’Brien . John Hunt
Officer Cassidy .... Clarence Lombard
Miss Nancy Warburton Helen Case
BISHOP SUMNER COMING
Visitor to Address Assembly April 15
Will be on Campus Three Days
Bishop Walter T. Sumner will visit
the University of Oregon on Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, April 15.
16 and 17, when he will address the
i University assembly Thursday, April
15, on the topic “The Supreme Ques
tion of Life’s Vocation.” He will ad
dress other meetings on the campus
and in town. Bishop Sumner is al
ways very much in demand among
the students, and a number of in
vitations have already come in for
I him from various organizations.
| Others who wish to entertain him
| should get in touch with the Presi
dent’s office at once, where, at the
request of Bishop Sumner, his sched
ule is being made up.
PRESIDENT BARROWS
TELLS OF SIBERIAN
LITE AND CUSTOMS
University of California Head
Addresses Student
Assembly
CULTURAL STANDARDS LAX
Explains Political Situation and Bol
shevists’ Rule; Women and
Men on Par
“The thing which makes Siberia
different from America is that it
lacks schools, colleges and churches
and that the country is dev&ld of the
moral standards which make our
own great western pioneers succeed,”
declared Colonel David P. Barrows,
newly elected president of the Uni
versity of California, who has re
cently returned from a year's service
with the American army in Siberia,
in his address to the student assem
bly on the subject of ‘Siberia and
Bolshevism.”
In speaking of these .Siberian peo
ple he said, “I have confidence in
this magnificent race of men and
women—they are energetic, strong,
adventurous.” They are, he ex
plained. a wonderful race of people,
strong, and able to endure a great
deal of hardship.
Siberian Population Mixed
Siberia is made up of a great many
races, Colonel Barrows explained.
There are some quite like the Amer
ican Indians; then till? Mongols, the
old nomadic people, living in felt
tents on the border of Mongolia and
following here and there their great
herds; and the Cosacks who con
quered Siberia and who rule. These
people are the military' population.
They are, lie said, great, powerful,
handsome men, with wonderful phy
siques, quick with the saber and whip
and are great riders.
The women in Siberia are as strong
as the men, he declared. They do
the same kind of work, even to fight
ing. “It shocks one to see women
fighting,” said President Barrows,
“yet it is nothing to see vvomen there
in uniforms and carrying guns.” The
reason for the statue of Siberian wo
men he lays to the fact that Russia
did not take part in the Crusades and
lias never been affected by the chiv
alry which resulted from them in
other countries.
Russian Women Wonderful
Dr. Barrows met, while in Russia,
Madame Katherine Breshkovskaya,
whom he believes to be one of the
most wonderful women in the
world. She is 70 years old, but still
young. She told him of her life,
which has been largely spent in
exile since her early twenties.
Arriving in Siberia in March, 1918,
just after (lie Bolsheviki had taken
possession of Russia, Dr. Barrows
was fortunate in seeing the exact
condhiops.
Dr. Barrows has been connected
with the University of California for
many years. He served in the Span
ish-American war, was sent to the
Philippines, where he established
their present school system. At the
outbreak of the world war he en
listed and was sent to Siberia.
PLUMBING CONTRACT LET
Portland Firm to do Work on the
Woman’i Building for $24,000
The contract for the plumbing of
the Women’s building at the Univer
sity has been awarded to Rushlight
& Hastorff of Portland, for $24,000,
the work to begin immediately. The
contract for wiring was let recently.
The brick construction is progressing
rapidly, the walls for the first floor
being now completed and the window
frames for the second floor Bet. Dif
ficulty in obtaining brick is delaying
the work somewhat, although good
progress is being made.
Pi Kappa Delta to Meet
Pi Kappa Delta will hold a busi
ness meeting on Monday” April 12,
at 4:30 o’clock in room 4 of the
Education building.
John Henry Urged
to Choose Name
And Stick to It
Why people, and especially stu
dents, like to sign their names
one way one day and another the
next remains an unsolvable mys
tery to those who have all the
resulting difficulties to iron out
afterwards.
With registration practically
complete this problem has been
brought forcibly before the atten
tion of the University office
forces. The student who changes
his name frequently deserves all
the grief that comes to him, and •
even more, because of the grief
he causes others, they say.
It’s a penitentiary offence, to
their minds, to change your name
oftener than once in five years,
so all students of a changeable
nature had better have their
calling cards engraved now, and
prepare to graduate under the
John Henry by which they last
registered.
HOOVER
TO
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CLUB TO BE ORGANIZED FOR
SUPPORT OF CANDIDATE
FOR PRESIDENT
.
Hoover boosters on the campus will
meet In the Y hut next Tuesday even
! big, April 12, at 7 o’clock sharp for
the purpose of organizing a Hoover
dub, according to some of the men
on the campus who are interested
in supporting him for the Republi
can nomination for president. Harry
j Hollister and Jacob Jacobson have
! made complete plans for the meet
ing and are asking for the support
and co-operation of everyone on the
campus, both men and women, and
faculty members, in attending the
meeting at the Y hut, which will last
only half an hour.
Anyone on the campus interested in
Hoover is asked to join the organ
ization. Whether or not the man or
woman is of voting age is of no con
cern, according to the boosters of the
club.
Dr. H. D. Shedon has been asked
to give a ten-minute informal talk on
his personal acquaintanceship with
Hoover when they were college
chums at Stanford. Dr. Sheldon was
one of Hoover’s best friends during
their college days and takes a great
deal of interest in the man. Dr. W.
D. Smith will also give a short ten
minute talk on Hoover’s platform and
will clear up the misbelief of his
British connection which is puzzling
some of the Hoover supporters. Ten
minutes will be given to the busi
ness of organizing the club.
BOOSTERS
‘HAVE MEETING
FRESHMEN ATHLETES
REPRESENT OREGON
IN PORTLAND MEET
Twelve Men Leave Today For
Columbia University
Indoor Contest
ARTHUR TUCK TO COMPETE
Varsity Track Team in no Shape
for Tourney; Bad Weather
Hinder Progress
Twelve freshmen, accompanied by
Captain “Hank” Foster of the Var
sity track team, left this morning for
Portland to represent the University
of Oregon in the annual Columbia
indoor* track meet held there this
afternoon.
The freshman team Coach Hayward
selected after tryouts Thursday after
noon is composed of Arthur Tuck of
Redmond. sprints and weights; Ruth
erford Brown of Baker, broad jump
and weights; Ivan McKinney of Peta
luma, Cal., high hurdles and high
jump; Scanlon Collins of Portland,
440 and relay; Tom Wyatt of Baker,
440 and relay; Arthur Larson of Eu
gene. 440 and relay; Del .Oberteuf
l’er of Portland, 220 and broad jump;
Earle Coburn of Dayton, 220 and re
lay; Tom Watters of Marshfield, pole
vault; Clayton Ingle, of La Grande,
pole vault; Gaylord Peltier and Guy
Keopp of Eugene, 880 ami mile.
The reason that Coach Hayward
did not send the Varsity team to the
meet is that none of the first string
men are in condition for a meet.
Wet. rainy weather which has caused
the oval on Kincaid field to be a sea
of sluah for the past three weeks has
been a big handicap in lining up a
Varsity team. There is also urgent
need for more candidates for the
Varsity squad, according to Coach
Hayward.
Negotiations are now under way to
secure a dual meet with the Mult
nomah Athletic club team at Port
land next Saturday. If this meet
does not materialize the first meet
for Varsity men will occur April 24,
"when two relay teams will partici
pate in the relay carnival to be held
in Seattle under the auspices of the
University of Washington.
The Varsity team has a long stren
uous schedule ahead of it. Follow
ing the meet next Saturday every
week-end with the exception of May
1 will see Oregon track artists par
ticipating in a meet held away from
Eugene, until the week before the
; spring term ends.
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Journalists to Meet
| Sigma Delta Chi is to hold Its reg
j ular weekly luncheon Monday noon.
April 12, at the Anchorage.
FEMININE FROLICKERS ENJOY
MERRY NIGHT OF STUNTS
HISTORY PROFESSOR HERE
Walter C. Barnes, from University of
California, Succeeds Dr. Schafer
Walter C. Barnes, formerly profes
sor of history at the University'of
California, is now on the campus,
taking the place of Dr. Joseph Schaf
er who resigned from the faculty here
to become superintendent of the Wis
consin State Historical Society.
Professor Barnes received his A.
I B. degree from Colorado College, Col
orado Springs, in 1912. After which
he spent a year in graduate work
in literature and history
He was a Rhodes scholar in Ox
ford and traveled extensively thru
out France and Italy, during the
years 1913-1916. He then became
| professor of history at the Univer
sity of California, and the following
year went to British Coumbia where
he taught a year.
Professor Barnes returned to Cali
fornia, remaining until this term,
when he accepted the position of
fered him by the University of Ore
gon. He states that he believes he
shall like it here, very much, that
the Oregon people have been cordial,
and that the courses outlined for
teaching are interesting to him.
Delta Gammas Win Silver Cup;
$155 Taken In From
Spectators
Women, sans wine, but with plenty
of ice cream cones and song, starred
and co-starred on one after another
of ten cleverest stunts every put
on at an April Frolic last night, but
the Judges from their tower of in
spection (the somewhat shaky grand
stand) found the Delta Gammas with
their evolution of man’s courting
methods from cave times to 1999
most irresistable and worthy of the
silver trophy cup. To Hendricks
hall they gave honorable mention for
an extremely effective garden scene
in which even the scarecrows entered
into the spirit of the night and danc
ed shakily under the bewitching
orange moon.
The Kappa Kappa Gammas in their
startling clever melody revue which
' was perhaps the most finished of the
performances won much -admiration
from the onlookers, and the Tri
Delta showed a good bit of original
ity when they came out of a door
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