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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1920)
THETA SIGMA PHI EDITION Official student body paper of the University of Oregon, published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of the college year by the Associat ed Students. Entered in the postofficc at Eugene, Oregon, as second class matter. A Theta Sigma Phi issue of the Emerald is printed each year on Sat urday of Junior Week-end. The purpose of the custom is to give the women of this journalistic fraternity .the opportunity of putting out one issue of the publication with only the assistance of women. Through this medium the pledges for the year are announced. EDITORIAL STAFF ADELAIDE LAKE . DOROTHY DUN1WAY . HELEN MANNING . LYLE BRYSON . VICTORIA CASE . LOUISE DAVIS . FRANCES BLUROCK .. ANNA L. BECK, EMMA W. HALL .Editor .Associate Editor .News Editor .Managing Editor .Features .Sports Society Editor and Proof Reader . Contributors Assistants Nell Warwick, head of the copy desk; Frances Habersham, artist; Mrs. Amy Larremore, Velma Rupert, Eleanor Spall, Annamae Bronaugh, Wanna McKinney, Elva Bagley, Mary Lou Burton, Doris Sykes, Mauna Loa Fallis, Frances Quisenberry, Pauline Coad, Eunice Zimmerman, Ariel Dunn, Inez King, Mildred Weeks, Mary Truax, Maybelle Leavitt, Esther Fell, Margaret Carter. * . BUSINESS STAFF MARY ELLEN BAILEY . Manager Assistants Clem Cameron, Doris Parker, Friederike Schilke. THETA SIGMA PHI Theta chapter of Theta Sigma Phi, women’s national jour nalistic fraternity, was installed on the campus of the University of Oregon in 1915 and now has on its chapter roll 19 active mem bers and 38 alumnae. Theta chapter as well as the other chap ters of the fraternity claims among her members many women who have the promise of brilliant literary careers. Active par ticipation in the profession of writing is the anticipation of every Theta Sigma Phi whether she is interested in newspaper work, advertising, poetry or short story. Theta chapter received recognition at national convention held the last of April in Madison, Wisconsin, as being one of the best chapters of the fraternity. Lyle Bryson, a junior, was the delegate to the convention. Here she met such women as Zona Gale, famous author, who recognize the merits of Theta Sigma Phi and have offered their good will and co-operation for the pursuits of these women. Theta Sigma Phi is a great inspiration to its members. It brings the student in journalism in c.ontact with other women who have gone out into this work and are bringing honor to the national fraternity. POT AND QUILL We have endeavored to indicate our interest in literary as well as journalistic writing. The page devoted to features is proof of this interest and is under the official sanction of Theta Sigma Phi. But the actual work for the page was done largely by a small circle of literary enthusiasts not very old on the cam pus, called the Pot and Quill. These girls are interested in lit erary writing and reading, not in journalism, but for the sake of the women’s edition of the Emerald, were willing to give their time, and their work to be criticized and used or rejected as the editors should decide. This was done in a spirit of unselfishness and good sportsmanship. Many of the articles are not signed even with initials. There was no personal advertisement or praise give nor received. The editors of the Theta Sigma Phi Emerald extend their hearty thanks for this service and good spirit. DO YOU LIKE US ? The University of Oregon takes great pleasure in welcoming to the campus for Junior Week-end the hundreds of students and friends from all parts of the state who have come to be the guests of the University for these few days. We feel honored to think that so many of you have come; we hope that you are enjoying being here as much as we are enjoying having you here. First of all, we want you to have a good time. It is for that reason primarily, probably, that you have come. But with that good time, we want you to realize in a small measure, what the University means to the Oregon student. We hope that you wil feel the love and loyalty which we have in our hearts for oui Alma Mater, that you will respond to it. and we hope that some day you will be feeling with us that thrill and that joy that comes to us at the mention of the University of Oregon. Wt hope that you too will be moved by that powerful force. Oregoi Spirit, the force which cannot be adequately defined, but tin force, we know, which welds together all the various element of our student life. Again we welcome you, trusting that we may see you in the fall and welcome you then with us as Oregon students. THE LAME DUCKS The spirit of good sportsmanship on the University is find ing its expression in the organization of the “Lame Ducks” o the campus. The feeling that prompted the movement is char acteristic of the University of Oregon and is worthy of praise Any student who has ever been defeated in a race for a eampu> office should ally himself at once with the new society which promises to be one of the largest and most influential here. An interesting tact about the organization is that many students now holding prominent offices on the campus have been made eligible for membership by former defeats. The purpose of the club isto promote the feeling of good-fellowship among those defeated at election and to bind them in this common bond of sympathy. . MULTNOMAH CLUB WINS PTIC MEET EISIL1 III FRIDAY RACES ALL FIRST PLACES LOST Little Interest Taken In Canoe Races; Sophomores Only Class to Enter; Juniors Win Tilt. The Multnomah Amateur Athletic club carried off all the first l’,ces i;i the aquatic meet held on the mill race Friday afternoon between rep resentatives from that organization and the University of Oregon. Wis ley, Pobockanka, Alonen, Webster and Hosford came in first in the 50 yard dash, 100 yards backstroke, 100 yard dash, 100 yards breaststroke and Marathon, respectively. r Preceding the swimming contests, interclass canoeing contests which had been scheduled were pulled off, but little competition was aroused due to the fact that there were so few entries. Hunt and Johnson, so phomores scheduled to race senior men, had the race to themselves, as no senior representatives appeared. Durno and Chapman, juniors, came over the finishing line before the frosh men. Benefiel and Chapman, juniors, and Darby and King, fresh men, were the only ones to enter the canoe tilting contest. The juniors won, tipping over the freshmen be fore they had scarcely a chance to start. Dorothy Reed and Helen Clarke were the only women to enter the canoeing contests. Both are sopho mores and because no other class representatives appeared, they were given first place with much applause. Following the swimming contests, Douglas and Webster, Multnomah club men, and Moers and Capps, for Oregon, gave some diving exhibitions, each doing three kinds of dives. Places held by entrees in the swim ming contests were: 50 yard dash—Wisley, Multnomah, first; Douglas, Multnomah, second; Hazzard, Oregon, third. 100 yard dash—Alonen, Multnomah, first; Enegreen, Multnomah, second; Howard, Oregon, third. 100 yard backstroke—Poboekanka, Multnomah, first; Hazzard, Oregon, second; Kureshigi, Oregon, third. 100 yards breaststroke—Webster, Multnomah, first; Enegreene, Multno mah, second; Kureshigi, Oregon, third. Marathon — Hosford, Multnomah, first; Merchie, Oregon, second; Hedges, Oregon, third. LYLE BRYSON HOME FROM CONVENTION Journalism Fraternity Delegate Tells Of^Meeting Notables At Madison Wisconsin Rubbing elbows with the most prom-1 inent newspaper and magazine writers in the United States lias been the lot of Lyle Bryson, who returned to the campus Wednesday after a two-weeks trip to Madison, Wisconsin, and way points. Miss Bryson was delegate to the national convention of Theta Sig ma Phi. women’s journalistic frater nity, held at the University of Wiscon sin, April L’9 to May-1, and thus had tlie opportunity of personally meet ing several of the nation’s most con spicuous literary stars. At each convention session talks on the various phases of journalism were given by such men as Lee A. White, Editor of the Detroit News, and Wil lard Bleyer, author of the popular text book on journalistic writing and head of the department at Wisconsin. Zona Gale, well known short story writer, gave the delegates much interesting "inside dope" on editors and their de mands. Her talks were supplemented by other magazine and news writers who added their personal experiences to the list. Mis Grace Edgington. former Uni ersit.v of Oregon student, who is now ssistant instructor in the department <f journalism at the University of Washington, was elected to the office if fraternity organizer at the conven tion. Miss Bryson spent four days in Chicago on her return trip and visited Northwestern and Chicago universi ties. From Chicago, Miss Bryson came back via the Canadian Pacific, stopping at Lake Louise, ietoria. B. C.. Banff and Seattle for a short time where she was the guest of her aunt and uncle, Dean and Mrs. Irving M. Glen. COMMENCEMENT PLAY Production To Be Given June 17 And 18, Cast Has Been Selected “The Butterfly was a gentleman, Which nobody can refute; He left his lady-love at home, And roamed in a velvet suit.” Prefessor Fergus Reddie has the part of the butterfly in Beau Brummel, the Commencement play which is to be given by the University play Jers, at the Eugene theatre, June 17 and 18. The plot of this comedy, written by Clyde Fitch for Richard Mansfield, centers around the experiences of “The celebrated Mr. Brummel,” whose personal adornment was imitated by every man in England during the middle of the 19th century. His ap pearance in a drawfng room set the hearts of both matrons and maidens in a flutter. Rising from obscurity, unaided by wealth, family, or in fluence, it was strange the narrow gates guarding the “first society” should have swung open so readily to receive him. This all goes to show what auda city coupled with a fine coat can achieve. 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