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QUICKSILVER MINES W. B. DENNIS’ TOPIC BEFORE GEOLOGISTS Engineer Tells of Location of Ore And Methods of Obtain ing Mercury Quicksilver mines and mining in general were the topics upon which Mr. W. B. Dennis, chairman of the State Mines and Geology commission amf chairman of the Mines and High way commission, spoke to the mem bers of Dr. Warren D. Smith’s geolo gy class and majors in that depart ment Friday morning. Mr. Dennis is also a member of the board of engi neering examiners of the statp. The greatest quicksilver mines in the Western hemisphere are found ^along the western coast of the Amer icas from Chile to Alaska, he said, their presence not being due to the influence of the inclosing rocks but to a source from below “In fact,” he said, “it is an easy way of saying they (geologists) don’t know where the origin is.” These mines are classed in the four greatest mines in the world, the larg est and most extensive being in the Almadan mines in Spain. They date hack to 4000 B. C. and are inexhaust ible as far as scientists know. The grade of ore runs as high as 7 and S per cent mercury. Next to these mines rank the Idria mines in Aus tria followed by the New Almadan and New Idria mines of California with an ore grade of 1 per cent mer cury. A tariff on foreign shipments is the only protection the western mines have in opposition to the aged mines of Austria and Spain, he said. Their competition is the greatest obstacle. The beds in these old mines have been worked for, thousands of years and the bedded veins are inexhaustible so far as known. The cost of produc tion there is low as the mines are owned by the government and work ed by convicts. A description of the Dennis furnace used in the Black Butte mines about 15 miles south of Cottage Grove was given. One furnace costs about $40, 000, he said. Mr. Dennis explained ,the process of extracting the metal from the sulphide and its conversion into gas RHODES SCHOLARSHIP CANDIDATES wanted Applications Must Be Handed In to Professor E. S. Bates by June 5 Applications for the Rhodes schol arship t<5 be awarded a student in one of the schools of Oregon must be in to Prof. E. S. Bates, of the philosophy department, by June 5, according to a statement made by him yesterday. Prof. Bates, who is chairman of the committee which decides on the Uni versity candidates for this honor, an nounced that the written entrance ex aminations had been done away with. The method of choice of candidates is on an examination of their grades, a recommendation by their professors, and by an oral examination before the' scholarship committee, he said. This ■ t method was first used last year, when two students, both Reed college men, t were awarded the scholarship. Two were available last year because of > the fact that during the war none were awarded. t Every three years two scholarships are awarded t to students from the » state of Oregon. Each college or uni versity sends candidates to the State , Committee of Selection, which makes the final choice. Two men from the * University of Oregon are sent before this committee. To qualify for this * honor the student must have complet ed at least two years of undergradu / ate work. The scholarship, which be years. The committee in the University, 4 of which Prof. Bates is chairman, con sists of Professors P. S. Dunn, E. S. * Conklin, H. D. Sheldon, T. A, Larre , more, and W. C. Barnes. * KISSING OTHER WOMEN JUST IFIES JILTING DECIDES JURY * -- Continued from page 1. i ___——— laid open to suspicion when Marie 4 Lenau, a lingerie model from New York, who said ‘.hat Mike had brought * her over from France with the prom > ise of marrying her. Gladys Everest, « and Helen Case, all testified that he had been engaged to each of tjiem at * some time in the past, and for that ^ matter was still supposed to be en gaged to them. » On? of the strong pleas pf the plain < t tiff was that in all probability Harris would never have another chance to get, married. “Mike never did get by with women,” “Slim” Crandall told the court, “I dunno whether it's his form or his face, but anyway he can hardly get a date. So when he man aged to get engaged to Lucille and thought his future was all provided for he was the happiest man in the Sigma Chi house. Now it's all off and I don’t suppose he'll ever get another chance like that.” Dorothy Wootton and i Marian Gillis also testified that the ! plaintiff was not possessed of a visage ■that was attractive to women. “We have more trouble with Mike than any other man in the house,” Bob Cosgriff told the jury. He's a reg ular drunkard and we have to keep all the extracts locked up to save them. That man would drink anything that came in a bottle.” , | Other witnesses were Kenneth Arm-' strong, Avon Babb, Sprague Carter, i Lyle McCroskey, and Gordon Wells, j The lawyers for the defendant were Alys Sutton and James Pfouts and for the plaintiff were Norris McKay and Don Newbury. District Attorney L. L. Ray acted as judge. 2000 STUDENTS NEX1 TEH IS PREDICTION DEAN STRAUB BASES ESTIMATE ON TRIPS; MAY RAISE PRESENT FIGURES At least 2000 students in the Uni versity of Oregon by next Thanksgiv-1 ing, is the prediction of Dean Straub whose estimates on attendance dur ing the last ten years have been sur prisingly accurate. The dean explain ed that he had not covered the state sufficiently close as yet for a positive estimate and may raise his figures to 2500 before commencement. This latter figure he admits is entirely pos sible from present indications. Dean Straub makes his estimates after carefully sizing up the situation on his trips throughout the state as speaker at commencement and other high school functions. Last year he predicted an enrollment of 1800 for the University after making his spring observations, and the registrar’s rec ords show that 1745 students have registered this year. Although the dean has practically hit the enroll ment figures in his predictions for the last eight or ten consecutive years, he does not lay claim to a sixth sense in that line, but rather credits it to long experience and observation. This year Dean Straub has visited Burns, Baker, LaGrande and Pendle ton in eastern Oregon, and Grants Pass and Junction in western Oregon. He is also scheduled to address com mencement exercises at The Dalles and Gresham high schools yet this spring. He has promised to deliver the commencement address at Cald well, Idaho, early In June. POT AND QUILL ELECTS Margaret Fell Is New President; : Laura Moates Retires At the annual election dt officers in the Pot and Quill, the women’s liter-• ary organization, Miss Margaret Pell | was elected president; Miss Laura Blood, vice-president, and Miss Ro-1 berta Sanborn was re-elected secre tary and treasurer. Miss Laura Moates, former Edison Marshall prize winner, is the retiring president. The organization passed a resolu-1 tion barring faculty and graduate members from holding office, the aim being to make the club strictly a stu dent organization, witft gnuMM mem bers invited for their own enjoyment • and profit. The club is planning for; next year to require at least one re jection slip a term from each mem ber, and to make steady contributions to a feature column in the Emerald. Many Come from Other States Columbia University now draws 43% of its student enrollemnt from other states than New York. Eggiman’s SOLICITS YOUR TRADE FOR THE COMING COLLEGE YEAR. Eggiman’s SPRINGFIELD, ORE. OREGON SENDS FIRST DELEGATES TO PACIFIC ATRLETIC CONFERENCE Four Representatives Leave For Seattle Convention To Discuss Problems The first conference of college wom en’s athletic association on the Pa cific^ Coast was held at the Univer sity of Washington, in Seattle, yes terday and to'day. For some time women’s athletic associations of the East have met and talked over mutual problems, and conferences have been held in the mid-west for the last 3, years. Although the University of! Oregon has been asked to send dele gates to the conferences in the mid west, she has never been able to do so, but this year four delegates were sent to the Pacific Coast convention. Miss Catherine Winslow, represent ing the faculty left for Seattle, Thurs day with Jeannette Moss, as the pres ident of the association here, and two others who were chosen to represent Oregon. Ollie Stoltenberg and Mar garet Itussell. 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