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SIGMA DELTA CHI EDITION
Oregon
volume 21
EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1920.
NUMBER 68
Team Starts
On Northern
Tour Today
Twelve Men Compose
Baseball Squad. Eight
Games To Be Played
Nine Lacks Practice
Tossers Will Be Gone For Eight
Days; Four Pitchers Make
Trip; Veterans Make Up List
Thre twelve men who are to tour
the nnorth in the opening games ot
the baseball season have been fin
ally picked, and “Shy” Huntington
is optimistic in regard to Oregon’s
chances for a successful trip. Jac
obson, Knudsen, Francis Jacobber
ger, and Berg compose the twirling
staff; Leslie, catcher; Lind, first
base; Vince Jacobberger, second
base; Fox, third base; Manerud,
shortstop; Steers and Reinhart, reg
ular outfield; Black, utility. Knud
son, F. Jaccbberger, Jacobson, and
Black will alternate in the garden.
The trip is a very expensive one,
and “Shy” was forced to leave
several men home, -who would have
otherwise made the trip. John
Gamble has been hitting the ball,
but because of the small number of
men making the journey, he will
not accompany the team. George
Black was taken because of his
ability to perform equally well in
the infield and outfield. Vince Jac
obberger was shifted to second
on account of his fielding ability.
His field work and hitting will ma
terially strengthen the nine.
Although the whole team is clout
ing the pill with considerable suc
cess, it is difficult to say what the
men will do against curveg. How
ever, “Shy” says/ “The men are all
good sluggers, and they ought to
hit.”
On the defense the team is indi
vidually good, but the weather has
hindered the teamwork. The men
have not been able to work out any
well oiled system of defense. On
•the offense, however, the aggrega
tion looks very good. Because of
the hitting qualities of the nine,
“Shy” says, “With any good luck at
all we should come out on top in
the coming series-”
The team left this afternoon, at
5:05 for Seattle, and thence to Pull
man,. Moscow, and Walla Walla. The
men will return a week from Sun
daj'. Eight games will be played
on the entire trip.
The men expect to encounter cold
and rainy -weather, and are going
prepared.
Spring Jobs Many
* Despite Weather
Y. M. Has More Calls For Stud
ent Workers Than Can Be
Filled. Average 50c An Hour
Prospects of spring weather are
bright not withstanding all external
indications to the contrary, accord
1 ing to Rev. A. M. Spangler of the
| campus Y. M. C. A., who bases his
| prophecy on the weather from calls
for University men to help with
I spring planting and cleaning up,
Jobs for about fifteen men have al
| ready been phoned in and he ex
; pects to find work for more men
(than are free to take them, on
j Saturday, this week-end- Last week
I fifteen men were sent out in re
• sponse to calls for assistance for
work of all kinds.
At rresent the truck farmers are
asking for men to help them week
ends until the rush of spring plant
ing is over. Many calls are for men
to spade gardens or clean lawns
around Eugene, while wood piles in
the street or exposed to the weather
are a never failing source of such
orders.
I
Neophytes Lecture
<DID YOU HEAR
Socialism Is Upheld
Four Chesterfields held forth
on the library steps this morn
ing before a large and apprecia
tive audience. They were
neophytes of Sigma Delta Chi.
In full dress, silk hats, canes,
and all, they mesmerized the as
sembled students with a flow of
rhetoric that has seldom been
surpased.
Loud applause, interspersed
with mud and ancient eggs,
greeted their remarks. Warren
Kays spoke on advertising in a
very convincing manner, encour
aged by remarks from various
parts of the crowd. Raymond
(Curly) Lawrence and Earle
Richardson, upholding the ideals
of Labor and Socialist respective
ly, were the next speakers. After
holding the audience spellbound
for a- few minutes, they retired,
bowing before a barrage of good
natured sarcasm and question
able hen-fruit.
I Capital alias Stanley Eis
man, made the farewell speech.
His remarks were appreciated,
if not convinving, though it is
doubtful that many converts
were won to the cause.
! House Grades Next
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A new basis for computing house
grades for the winter term has been
adopted at the registrar’s office, ac
cording to Mrs. Fitch. Under this
plan the golf score idea is utilized,
and honors are listed as O with an
ncreasing penalty of 1 added for
each class or group below that.
The house whose grades average
lowest according to this 'scale is
rated as having the best record.
; Mrs. Fitch expects to have the house
grades ready for publication early
next week.
i The new grade scale is as fel
lows: honors—O; class 1*1; class
! II—2; class III—3; class IV—4;
: class V—5; withdrawals—5;, condi
! tioned—6; failure—7. In the case
| of withdrawals where the student
| took up an equivalent number of
j hours in another subject the with
drawal is not courlted against him.
Aid Offered Tourist
The American University Union
in Europe, of which the University
of Oregon is a member, asks in a
letter to President Campbell that
faculty members, students and al
umni expecting to visit England
during the summer communicate
with the headquarters of the Union
in London so assistance may be
given in arranging hotel accommo
dations. Other favors will also be
extended by the Union such as ar
ranging for the reception of visitors
at the English institutions of learn
ing.
Crowded conditions in London, ac
cording to the letter received, make
it necesary to arrange details of
travel in advance.
Fellowships Offered
Two graduate fellowships of $300,
each are announced in a letter re
ceived by President Campbell from
the Board of Temperance and Mor
al Welfare of the Presbyterian
Church. The conditions provide that
the fellowships, which are open to
graduate students who wish to con
tinue their studies in sociology along
the lines of Moral Welfare, may ap
ply to work done in any graudate
school in the United States.
Prize to Be Awarded
A $1000 fellowship which pro
vides for one year study of mod
ern health education in elementary
schools at Teacher’s College, Colum
bia University, has been announced
to the University by the Child’s
Health Organization of America.
The fellowship is to be awarded for
the best graded plan and outline for
| establishing health habits for inter
esting children. The organization
j will furnish details on application.
Forty Years
of Publishing
Topic of Talk
Webster W. Ellsworth
Tells Assembly of His
Work; Waiting is Aim
Journalists Present
Speaker Makes Special Address
to Newspaper Students; Gives
Recollections of Authors
With his characteristic wit and
enthusiasm, ‘Webster W. Ellsworth,
prominent eastern publisher,
lecturer on American history, and
literary topics, addressed the Uni
versity of Oregon students in Vil
lard hall Thursday noon upon his
tipic, “Forty Years of Publishing.”
“I would rather be a writer of
good books than anything else I
know of.” Mr. Ellsworth announced.
He then proceeded to sketch a brief
outline of the best authors and their
work, beginning with the period of
1850-60 to the present period of lit
erature. He traced briefly the
works of Clemens, Bret Harte,
James Russell "Lowell, to the works
of later writers such as Booth Tark
ington, Rudyard Kipling, O. Henry,
and the late Jack London, pausing
to recite some humorous anecdote
or memory he still retained of the
particular author. Mr. Ellsworth
attended school with Samuel
Clemens, the two at one time being
in the same dramatic class togeth
er. “Clemens always had a vivid
imagination,” Mr. Ellsworth said,
“and always believed that he could
tell a story better than it originally
was.”
Journalists Hear Address
Mr. Ellsworth gave valuable words
of advice to the journalism students
when he addressed them for a short
time Thursday morning. He spoke'
upon the opportunity in the short
story and its connection with a
college education. He pointed out
that such writers as Fannie Hurst,
Mary Raymond, Shipmand Andrews, i
Irvin Cobb, had never had the ad-;
vantages of a real college educa-!
tion. Experience, rather than a full
knowledge of language and the
(Continued on page 3)
Mothers To
Visit Oregon
On May 8-9
Student Council Plans
Warm Welcome And
Votes for Annual Day
Dance Date Sought
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Faculty Asked Permission To
Hold Contemplated Armenian
Relief and Building Benefits
Plans tor making Mother’s Day
an annual campus day at the Uni
versity to which mothers of all
students will be invited were com
pleted in student council meeting
Wednesday night and a committee
selected to carry out the program
for May 9 this year. Personal in
vitations and cards will he sent by
every student on the campus urging
his mother to visit Oregon on May
8 and 9. The mothers will bo
guests of the student body and Uni
versity during their two-day stay in
Eugene, and a special program has
been worked out for the week end.
Vesper services in Villard Hall on
Sunday, May 9 will close the ob
servance of the day.
Calais are to be distributed at
the halls of residence, and may al
so be secured at Dean Straub’s of
fice in the Administration building.
Flowers will be worn by all stu
dents honoring their mothers, and
everyone is expected to be hosts to
the visitors whether their own moth
er is present or not
Dance to Aid Armenians.
P’ans for raising money for the
Armenian relief fund were consid
ered and a matinee dance recomj
mended for Friday, April 30, by the
council if the date can be secured.
John Houston was appointed chair
man of the committee to arrange
the program. A jitney adnee was
suggested as a means of raising
more money for the women’s build
ing. Tentative plans for this dance,
which also awaits premission of the
faculty, are that the wimen’s orga
nizations furnish the music and
hold the dances in each house. Tick
ets will sell at. 5 cents a dance and
will b,e good at all houses. The
men are expected to visit the houses
(Continued on page 2.)
Sigma Delta Chi Roster Imposing
NEOPHYTES FORTUNATE
Prominent 'ournalists On List
( By Alexander G. Brown)
“What’s it all about?”
That is the question which
was foremost on the campul
this morning when the four
neophytes of Sigma Delta Chi
appeared upon the campus for
their 8 o’clock classes attired in 1
the conventional evening dress.
Sigma Delta Chi is the honor
ary fraternity for men journal
ism students. It was founded
at DePauw University oh April
17, 1909. The three chapters
on the Pacific coast are at the
University of Wasliingtin, Uni
versity of Oregon and Stanford
University. The Oregon chapter
was installed on April 10, 1913
The alumni members of the
Oregon chapter are Carlton E.
Spencer, Donald B. Rice, Sam
uel F. Michael, Karl W. On
thank, Harold Young, Henry
Fowler, Fendal S. Waite, Frank
lin S. Allen, Leland G. Hen
ricks, Jesup Stng. Thomas Boy
len, Earl Blackaby, Andrew Col
lier, Clarence Ash, Wallace Ash,
Lamar Tooze Harry Kuck, Mer
lin Batley, Leslie Tooze (deceas
ed) Max Sommer. Mandell Weiss,
Harold Hamstreet, Kenneth
Moores, Milton Stoddard, Floyd
Westerfield, Walter Dimm,
James Sheehy, Maurice, Hyde,
DeWitt Gilbert, Harold Say, Earl
Murphy, Robert McNary, Wil
liam Haseltine, Harry Crain,
Levant Pease, Harold Newton
Douglas Mullarky.
The honorary members of
the local chapter are: President
P. L. Campbell, of the Univer
sity of Oregon; <Georgd Palmer
Putman, who is doing novel and
short story work in the east;
Dean Collins, who is Northwest
publicity manager for a moving
picture corporation; Frank Jen
kins, president of the Eugene
Register, W. A. Dill, of the Uni
versity of Kansas; Herbert
Campbell, assistant managing
editor of the Portland Telegram;
E. N. Blythe, head of the copy
desk of the Oregin Journal; Col
vin Dyment, head of the public
ity work being done in the in
terest of the Higher Education
Tax act by the associated alum
ni asociations of the three state
institutions, Eric W. Allen,
dean of the School of Journal
ism at the Uniyeristy; Harold
Hunt, northwest editor of the
Oregon Journal, and Robert
Crcnin, sporting editor of the
Seattle Times.
The active members of the
chapter are Leith Abbott, Harry
A, Smith, Alexander G. Brown,
Robert Case, Paul Farrington
(Continued on page 4)
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Wanted: Athletes
IVA TCH OUT
Bill Is After You
—
“Wait till I get through with
these fireplace athletes. They
won’t be sitting around the
fireplace instead of being out
for track very long.” This di
j direct frtrni Bill Hayward was
delivered in a menacing manner.
SomethinS is coming and all
loafers are warned that they
are in danger—And—So are the
track prospects. Bill Hayward
wants the men who are not out
for any spring athletics to turn
out for track. Bill used to al
most guarantee a track letter to
a man who would turn out for
track every year while he was
in college, and Bill is still with
Oregon.
It is rumored that potent and
far reaching edits will be issued
from the athletic department
unless the men respond to the
track call. Hayward’s time
honored saying is that the best
| track men are often those who
have not before proven their
worth.
A word to the Wise and Un
crippled! Get out for track!
“Vodeville” Under Way
Plans for “Junior" Vodeville”
w hieh is to bo staged the last of
May are already biing whipped into
shape and the people who are to
he in the stunts are practicing, ac
cording to John Houston, who is In
charge of the affair. The vaude
ville is to be given by the third
year people to help finance Junior
week-end.
The committee in charge of all ar
rangements are John Houston, chair
man, Robert Cosgriff, Thelma Stan
ton, and Marion Gilstrap. The pro
gram will consist of selections by
both the girl’s and men’s glee clubs,
clever skits by dramatic students,
Patty French will play, and jazz
music will be featured. Each class
will also put on a stunt. The Eu
gene theatre will be the scene of
the stunts.
Film of Game Coming
The first pictures of the Oregon
Harvarl game, at Pasadena on New
Year’s day, ever shown In Eugene
will be exhibited at the glee club
concert Friday night at the Ar
mory. The pictures are added to
the glee club program. They are
•eery plain, and the Oregon players
are easy to pick out, according to
Curtiss Peterson, glee club mana
ger.
“The students and townspeople
are urged to attend the noncert, and
see these pictures, next Friday at
the Armory,” says Mr. Peterson.
Many Queries Come
People who anticipate registering
in the University of Oregon for the
next college year are. beginning
early, according to Mrs. George
Fitch of the registrar's office. About
50 inquiries have been received al
ready from prospective students who
are asking about board and room
and erquirements for admission.
A number of application cards
have been mailed out to people who
have signifed their intention to reg
ister in the University next Septem
ber, said Mrs. Fitch.
Class Writes Real Ads
Every member of the class in
the writing of advertising, directed
by Prof. W. P. G. Thacher, lias es
tablished a connection with some
of the Eugene merchants and is
either handling' or advising as to
the handling of the merchant’s ad
vertising in tiie local newspapers.
The class contains forty members,
thirty of whom are men.
This practical experience, in Mr
Thacher’s opibnion, i^ most helpful
In connection with the class work.
The newspapers from time to time
contain advertisements written by
members of the class.
8 Track Men
Selected For
Seattle Trip
Two Relay TeamsTo Be
In Contest With Fast
Runners of Northwest
Condition Held Bad
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Hayward Expects Mile Relay to
i Make Good Showing—3 Of
LastYears’ChampionstoRun
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Eight track men were selected at
tryouts held last night by Coach
Bill Hayward to represent Oregon
at the relay carnival to be held in
Seattle Saturday. The men left for
the Sound City with the baseball
squad this evening.
Coach Hayward will enter two
relay teams In the meet. He se
lected a team for the the two mile
; events at the tryouts held on Kin
caid field last night. The two mile
| team members who will each run
a half mile are, Glen Walkley, Emer
| aid Sloan, Wayne, Akers and Floyd
Woodson. The mile team, each man of
which will run a quarter mile is
made up of Captain Henry Foster,
Leith Abbott, Stanford Anderson
and Dick Sunderleaf.
Hayward expects the mile relay
to make a good showing at the Wash
ington meet as it is composed of vets.
Captain Foster, Abbott and Ander
son were members of Oregon’s
northwest championship relay team
last spring, which established the
best mile relay time of 3:28, made
on the coast last spring at the
I Northwest Conference held in Pull
man. Sunderleaf is a new member
of the quartet this year but his
showing made on the frosh team
last spring and his performances so
far this year make him loom as a
splendid runner to complete the
quartet.
The two mile team ought to make
a good record at Seattle also. All
of the men this spring are dis
tance men of long training. Akers,
Walley and Sloan were members
of the frosh team last year and
members of Oregon’s cross coun
try team which defeated O. A. C.
last fall. Woodings has been
showing consistency in spring train
ing.
Tho relay carnival at Washington
promises to be a great fest for
Western track men. This meet is‘*
the initial of its kind to be held on
the coast and is being sponsored
Continued on page 4.
Rabbi J. B. Wise
Will Speak Here
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i Noted Educator to Give Address
Thursday At Assembly; Was
j to Lecture Last Winter Term
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Rabbi Jonah B, Wise of Portland
will speak in assembly on Thurs
day, April 29, according to Karl
Onthank, secretary of President
Campbell. Rabbi Wise was sched
uled as an assembly speaker during
the witner term, but the date was
postponed beacuse of the influenza
epidemic on the campus at that time.
He is a noted educator and a
public speaker of repute. Those
who have beard him during his
former, visiis to the campus de
clare he is a strong speaker
and his address has always been
considered as one of the best on
the year’s program.
Rabbi Wise was born in Cincinna
ti, Ohio, and was educated in both
America and Europe- He came to
Portland in 1910- For several years
lie has served on the board of high
er curricula of Oregon. He has tak
en an active interest in educational
work and has been a staunch friend
of the University during the entire
time he has lived in Oregon.