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Sigma Delta Chi Edition THE OREGON DAILY EMERALD . " —— i .. ' . i - ■ 1 . '.T. VOLUME XXII. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1920 NO. 23 Sigma Delta Chi Fraternity In Eighth Year On Campus; Alumni Are In Active Work Membership of Local Organization Has In creased from 10 to 52 Since 1913. Yesterday marked the eighth annual fall pre-initiation of Sigma Delta Chi, men’s national honorary Journalism fra ternity. Twice each year men are pledged at the beginning of the fall term, and near the end of the spring term. Each group is required to publish one issue of the Emerald, unless the number pledged is insufficient for the task. Oregon Chapter of Sigma Delta Chi was installed at the University on April 10, 10115. From the ten charter members the organization has grown until it now numbers six active, thirty-nine alumni, eleven honorary, and two inactive mem bers, who will return later to the cam pus, in addition to the five new pledges. Sigma Delta Chi was organized at De I’auw University, Greencastle, Indiana, April 17, 1000, and now has twenty-eight active and three inactive chapters, with a membership of 1800. Only two other chapters are on the coast, one at Stan ford, and oue at the University of Wash ington. * Upper Classmen Eligible. Pledges to the fraternity are made from men in the senior and junior classes, and from sophomores who are in the lat ter half of their sophomore year. These men must have given evidence of ability in the field of journalism, and have a def inite intention of following journalism as n profession. The insignia of Sigma Delta Chi is a shield with concave sides, displaying a scroll, pierced with a quill, inscribed with the Greek letters of the fraternity. To the left of the scroll is a Greek lamp, aud to the right is a five-pointed .star. The colors of the organization are black and white, symbolic of the profession. Alumni members of Oregon chapter are: Carlton E. Spencer, Donald U. Kico. Samuel F. Michael. Karl W. On thank. Harold Young. Henry Fowler. ^Feudal S. Waite, Franklin S. Allen. De land G. Hendricks, Jesup Strong, Thom as Bo.vlen, Earl Blackab.v. Andrew Col lier, Clarence Ash, Wallace Ash. Lamar Tooze, Harry Kuck. Merlin l-latley, Les lie Tooze (deceased), Max Sommer, Man dell Weiss, Harold Hamstreet, Kenneth Moores, Milton Stoddard, Floyd Wcster field, Walter Dimm, James Sheeliy. Mau rice Hyde. DeWitt Gilbert. Harold Say. Karl Murphy, Hubert MoXary. William Ilazletine, Harry Crain, Levant Pease, Harold Newton, Douglas Mullarky, Earle llicbardson, Hubert Case, arid Percy Boatman. Honorary members of the local cliap 1i r arc President P. L. Campbell, of the University of Oregon; George Palmer Tutnam, who is doing novel and short story work in the East; Dean Collins, Northwest publicity manager for a mov ing picture corporation; Frank Jenkins, editor of the Eugene Register; \V. A. Pill, of the University of Kansas; Her bert Campbell, assistant managing editor ol the Portland Telegram; E. N. Blythe, head of the copy desk of the Oregon Journal; Colin Dyment, dean of the col lege of literature, science and the arts, i niversit.v of Oregon; Erie W. Allen, dean of the school of journalism. Univer sity of Oregon; Harold limit, Northwest editor of the Oregon Journal; Robert Cronin, sporting editor of the Seattle Times. Six Members Now on Campus. Active members of the local chapter, not on the campus this term, are Ecith | Abbott, now with Harry Kuek. who is owner of the Pendleton Tribune; and Tool Farrington, who is working with Pal'ry Crain on the Salem Capital Jour nal. Members active in the work of the or ganization now on the campus are Hurry A. Smith, editor of the Oregon Daily Em erald; Alexander G. Brown, Harris Ells worth, former manager of Emerald and Oregana; Stanley Eisman, night editor of tile Emerald; Warren Kays, manager of tlie Oregana. and" former manager of •he Emerald, and Raymond Lawrence, Dregonian correspondent. The new mem bers are Raymond Vestel". Carlton Lo gan. John Dierdorff. Gene Kelty. and Harry Ellis. All of the new members are on the Oregon Daily Emerald staff. George Turnbull, an alumnus of I lie University of Washington, is an instruc tor in the school of journalism on the Oregon campus. Alumni Widely Scattered. Many of the alumni members are en gaged in newspaper work in the state or in the Northwest. Earl Murphy and Harold Say are spending their time read ing copy beneath the shaded lights of the Evening Telegram, while Harold Ilam street is doing the same kind of work on the Oregonian. Robert Case is now rail road and financial editor, while Earle Richardson is doing general assignment work, both men on the Oregonian. James Slieehy has been forced to leave the Port land Journal for some time on account of poor health. Home stay at home, while others wan der afar. Floyd Westerfield is advertis ing'manager of the Eugene Daily.Guard, while Harold Newton has been connected for some time with a newspaper pub lished in Japan. Maurice Hyde, formerly advertising man for Hampton’s, is now on the copy desk of the San Francisco Bulletin. Harry Crain is presiding over a desk on the Salem Capital Journal, and Doug Mullarky is editing the Redmond Spokes man. DeWitt Gilbert attended Columbia University for a while, and later was on the* Stars and Stripes, official paper of tin* A. E. F. He is now telegraph editor on the Astoria Budget. ROOMS SOUGHT FOR Tomorrow morning 1(10 girls from the University will canvass the city in search >.f rooms in order tiiat Homecoming guests may be assured of pleasant quar tersduriug their week-end on the campus, ters during their week-end on the cam pus. Sleeping rooms for at least 250 are needed. It is planned to divide the city into ten districts, with a girl in charge of each section. The chairman of each of the sections will, in turn, appoint ten girls to ’assist her. The girls ask that rooms be reserved for two days at least. The committee in charge consists of Norton Winard, Lucile Hranstetter and Alice Hamm. Chairmen for the different sections are Esther Pike. Esther Fell, Margaret Carter, Jean McKenzie. .Madge Calkins, Marion Linn. Eunice Zimmer man, Ruth Sanborn. Velma Rupert and Marie Ridings. Class Hockey Tournament May Be Held in November If the present condition of weather continues, Miss Waterman, hockey coach, has promised to have teams ready for a class tournament the first week in No vember. under (he auspices of the Wom en’s Athletic association. Carolyn Can non, head of hockey in the association, has appointed Florence dagger and Georgia Benson, heads of the sport in the sophomore and freshman classes. Miss Cannon will lead the uppcrclass team. These girls will work up interest in their respective classes for the sport. “We are going to use every available pretty day to get. our teams in shape.” says Miss Waterman, and she requests that the girls respond to the call of their leaders and come out for practice. Much promising material has already turned out, especially from the freshman class, she says, but there is,still a good chance to make the class teams. Any girl in terested is asked to report in gymnasium costume any afternoon of the week at 4:13. VACCINATION I-AW UPHELD Dr. Chester L. Carlisle, of the V. S. Public Health Service, and director of the Oregon state survey, made an ad dress before the annual meeting of the Lane county chapter of the American Ked Cross at the Chamber of Commerce Wednesday evening. Dr. Carlisle spoke in favor of keeping the present vaccina tion laws on the statute books, and urged that the people make every effort to pro tect the public health. BIGlEf CONDEMNS WE EDUCATION PLAN AT ASSEMBLY Au appeal to University students to consider educational work seriously as a profession was made b.V Dr. William Chandler Bagley, of Teachers College, Columbia University, at assembly yes terday morning. I)r. Bagley, who is an eminent educationalist and noted author as well, spoke of the utter inefficiency of the rural school educational system. "Before the war,” said Dr. Bagley, “the people looked upon illiteracy as a misfortune that should be pitied, but since the war a mighty problem has pre sented itself and it must be solved in or- j dor that every one may take up the re sponsibilities that are presenting them selves.” Dr. Bagley gave a great many startling statistics concerning the prob lem of our rural schools. One-Fourth Cannot Read. More than 25 per cent of the popula tion of the United States is unable to read a newspaper intelligently or write an intelligent letter, said the speaker. Of these native-born adult illiterates, six out of seven come from the rural dis tricts. The fact that in many of the larger cities whole alien colonies exist in which no English is spoken, was also pointed out. In these colonies the chil dren are educated in the language and custims of a foreign country, and it is ab solutely impossible for them to become true American citizens. “So long as we allow these alien islands to be perpetu ated in the United States, we cannot pro gress in the education of the people,” said Dr. Bagley. Rural Districts Educate Half. Still another point was made in the fact that about one-half of the* popula tion of the United States receive its edu cation in the rural districts. In these districts 1500,000 teachers are employed, the average age of the teacher being 10 years. A great per cent of these teach ers are quite incompetent of taking the responsibilities that are expected, but they are required to have experience be fore being taken on the faculty of a city school, so they flock to the rural districts to get their experience by teaching pupils that, are entitled to the same opportuni ties as those in the cities. “In the near future a responsibility will rest upon the people of the United States that not only involves our people, but the whole world,” concluded I >r. Bagiev. Anti-Vaccination Bill Rapped. Dean Bovurd gave a short talk on the so-called anti-vaccination bill that is to he on the ballots at the election next Tuesday, lie appealed to every Univer sity student to vote to kill the hill. I)r. Bovard stated that the hill if passed would mean anti-medication as well as anti-vaccination in Oregon and that dis ease and sickness would he allowed to spread with no measures taken for pre vention. Genevieve Clancy sang two solos, “Ua Serenntn,” by Tosei, and “Smilin’ Through,” by Bonn. NORWEGIAN STUDENTS INTEREST OREGON MAN Melvin Solve, instructor in the rhetoric department of the University of Oregon lust year and a former Oregon graduate, who is now in the Koueglige Fredericks University • of Norway, writes back of many interesting features regarding the university. As things go in Europe, the university itself in young, being only twice as old as the University of Oregon. Student life is we understand it is un known over there. There are neither so cial organizations nor intercollegiate sports. All social life is found in the cafes and boulevards. The student there is as easily spotted as here in Eugene, for although he docs not wear corduroy trousers or decorate his waistcoat with campus jewelry, he goes in for hirsute adornments. Side burns are cultivated by ull and among those not so serious are little mustaches, waxed and curled just to suit. At his very smartest he wears spats, carries his gloves .and swings a stick attached to his wrist by a silk cord. ! "I have often thought how much a me morial of this nature would mean to the coming generations of Oregon students.” wrote Lamar Tooze, of the class of ’10. now of Cambridge, Massachusetts, in a letter to Carlton E. Spencer concerning the proposed campus memorial for alum ni and students who lost their lives in the world war. “There must he some thing real and concrete to bring home to them the valorous part that the men and women of Oregon played in the war. It is the college stage of a person’s life, I believe, when ideals arc loftiest and the opportunities to make them so. best.” This letter is one of ”(> that Carlton Spencer has received from alumni, all but one of whom are enthusiastic about the memorial. Sometime ago a committee consisting of representatives of the board of re gents, the faculty .the alumni, and the students, met and plans for securing the memorial talked over. As a result of the meeting it was decided that a central committee, consisting of two members from each of the bodies mentioned and an advisory hoard made up of one member of each class from 1878 (the first class) •down to 1924, should be formed. Use of “Old Oregon” Asked. A long letter was written to each of the members of the advisory board, with the exception of the 1924 representative, explaining the purpose of the memorial, asking for advice, and requesting that they allow their names to be used in a special number of "Old Oregon.” the alumni quarterly, to be published soon telling all about the memorial. The letter said that 42 of the 2050 University men and women that enlisted, did not return, and it was for them that the memorial was to be erected. (Money was not to be the first consid eration. the letter continued. The first thing was to reach the alumni and the appeal was to be made through “Old Oregon.” Out of the 20 answers, one was a little pessimistic. The writer was a little afraid to start a drive for money, for such a tiling now because the people were tired of giving, he said. Many Alumni Write. For the most part they were brief, merely giving hearty support of the prop osition. The others were enthusiastic, many of them offering suggestions. “I am minded of the scripture. ‘What thou docst, do quickly,’ as the remainder of my years are not so many,” said J. N. Fearey, ’70, of Portland. Jerry 15. Bronough, ’02. of Portland, told of the example set by Canada. "1 have just returned from Montreal, and I particularly noted how the English peo ple commemorate every little net. by a beautiful monument, and these add his toric atmosphere to Hie country.” G. II. Billings, ’00, of Ashland, went so far as to offer suggestions as to the sort of monument to he erected. "My first choice runs to something living, an avenue of trees (Oregon maples, m choicc), one for each man, or a fountain where men may drink aiul think. My second choice is an altar built square of rough stones, one for ouch boy, with the inscription on a block of Oregon granite, (Continued on Page I!) Portland Alumni to Hold ; Homecoming1 Day Banquet _ I A banquet to arouse enthusiasm for Homecoming among the Portland alumni, former students and friends of the Uni versity is scheduled for tomorrow noon at the Benson hotel. Graduate Manager Marion McClain is to speak on the football prospects for the game with, the University of Washington on November 1.’!. Earl A. Kilpatrick will be another after dinner speaker, talking on the work of the alumni association re garding Homecoming. The welcoming address is to be given by Dean John Straub. Special music for the lunch will be given by a quartet from the men's glee leluh. It is expected that the University will be represented by nearly fifteen per sons, many being called to Portland on business at this time. California Will Place Strong Team in Field Against O.A C. at Corvallis Saturday, 2:45 S NEOPHYTES DEFT “The pen is mightier than the sword.” There can be no doubt of that. So said Eureka, or was Archimedes his first, name? So argued lvolty and Logan from the library steps yesterday morning. Hadn’t each of them tried to dig out of. the w. k. Salem institution with a knife and found thar the pen was mightier? (Move right foot here.) No sooner had these two neophytes of Sigma Dkdta Chi clinched their point than along came Hay Vest or, who pas sionately claimed that the ad. was far greater than any pen or butcher knife could ever hope to be. “Fill up the pa per with ads.,” he said, “and he done with crime and scandal. Prify the press. Advance the ads. The management needs the money to pay its income tax.” “Fats for Editors,” was the central idea of Dicrdorff’s declaration to the anticipating auditors. lie recommended that they be given caviar instead of criticism, and that if the public must use newspapers for everything from blankets to fly swatters, they should at least lend the newspaper men their full support and any spare cash they might have. Harry Ellis closed the program by re minding the crowd that la name, Japalac, and sundry other famous beverages could never have reached their present stage of development had it not been for the -tes timonials 'carried for them in the news papers. “They made them what they are today,” he told the assemblage. A shower, not of eggs nor of blessings, but of Oregon ruin, made every one hurry for shelter just as the last: speech was over, and dress suits anil tall hats were quickly lost to view under some friendly umbrella that was headed for Vjllard hall. “Two yours ago, the majority oJ! girls wishing work asked for house work, while this year the greater number wuut stenographic positions or office work.” Miss Tirssa Dinsdale, of the Y. W. 0. A. thus analyzed the employment situation. "Most of these girls,” continued Miss Dinsdale, "have had from one to two and a half years of experience in office work. Home, unable to obtain the kind of work they desired have been placed in different lines of employment, espec ially housework, in which line are most positions available.” Ho far this year forty girls have, been placed in all-year positions. Twenty stenographic, five are office work and clerking, and two are regularly caring for children. This does not include those girls who hud positions already spoken for llust spring. These are all new girls in the University. The greatest work done by the Y. W. ('. A. employment bureau is in placing girls in temporary positions. Although there arc fewer girls living in homes, and working, this year than formerly, there are more who wish temporary work. Kvery day, two or three temporary po sitions are filled, the largest number for one day being ten. This work includes office work, typing, stenography, cure for children and various forms of housework. It is interesting to compare the prices paid for such work this year and two years ago. Now stenographers and typ ists receive from thirty-five to sixty cents an hour. Two years ago they re ceived from twenty-five to thirty cents. Housework pays from thirty-five to fifty cents now against twenty-five to thirty Cents then. Girls then received from ten to fifteen cents for curing for children, while now they receive twenty and twenty-five. About one hundred girls are listed for part-time work, and the positions open are very nearly equal to this number. Game May Deckle the Elimination of Either Team in Pacific Coast Conference Race. By MILES F. YORK. (Athletic Editor of the Daily Californian) UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berkeley, Cal.—(Special to the Emerald. -—The battle to he staged at Corvallis this Saturday between California and the Agricultural college will practically de lude elimination of one of these two teams from, the running in the Pacific Coast conference series. O. A. C. has played one conference game. She de feated the University of Washington at Seattle last week by a score of I? to 0. California has played no conference games, but has won decisive victories from strong teams, such as the Olympic Club, Utah and Nevada. She is really the favorite in the game Saturday, but the contest should be a good one. California started the 11)20 football season with thirteen letter men back in college, while there remained also trans fers and the members of the 1023 victo rious squad from which to develop, a rep resentative eleven. The team was also favored with an improved coaching staff, the best that has ever coached a Bide and Gold eleven, in Head Coach Andy Smith and assistants, Dr. Boles Rosen thal, former Minnesota center and All American selection for this position, and “Nibs” Price, mentor of last year’s fresh man team. California Has Good Season. From the outset the Bears have been very successful and their condition has been of the best. In the backfield the return of Sprott to his old li>18 stride when he was all coast back has been the cause of much enthusiasm amongst the followers of the game. lie runs the open field in his old time form and is consistent, making yards on practically every occasion. Toomey is another man who lias developed into a high class, open field running type of backfield man. Ilis work has been itho sensation of the season. In Krb at quar terback, Smith has an excellent field gen eral and a mnn who can run prefect in terference. The fullback position has been filled by both Morrison and Nesbit. Morrison is a. transfer from Oklahoma, while Nesbit is a sophomore. Both do the kicking for the squad. The substi tutes are Van Sant, Eells, Deeds, Mur ray, and Bell. Deeds is a capable quar terback of two years’ varsity experience and is a good halfback. Linemen Strong Combination. On the line there are Hall, Mullpr and Berkey at ends—the strongest combina tion seen here on a Blue and Gold team since the return to the American, game. McMillan, a transfer from U. S. C., and Dean, lust year’s freshman tackle, are holding down the tackle positions, while at guard there are Captain Majors and Cruuiuer, two veterans who always play a consistent game. Latham, a former varsity man, will have little trbuble of taking cure of center, and he also has a capable substitute in Gallagher. S. D. C. Neophytes Say Glorious! Glorious! One day’s work for the five of ns. Oil, how proud we are of us. For we have doue it all alone.