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VOLUME XXII.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 1921.
NO. 103.
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WE SERIES TO
OPEN Oil APRIL 19
Half of Teams To Drop ,Out
After Second Contest;
13 Will Enter.
TAU KAPPA ALPHA CUP
WILL GO TO WINNERS
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Speeches 8 Minutes, Rebuttal
4 Minutes; Panama Tolls
Exemption Topic.
The first two debates of the inter
sorority series will be held on April 19
and 21, under the decision made at a
mooting of the intersorority debate
council held Thursday. At the end of
these debates, the half of the teams
having the lowest score will be dropped,
while those having the highest score will
continue in a series of elimination de
bates by which the final victors will be
determined.
Thirteen houses are working hard,
hoping to wrest from Hendricks hall
the Tau Kappa Alpha cup, which it has
held for the last two years.
With the exception of two, the houses
now have both teams and coaches se
lected.
Hiss Julia Burgess of the English de
partment is the Chi Omega coach. Helen
Strauser, Marion Lay, Beatrice Snell
and Mildred Lauderdale have been se
lected as the Cbi Omega team.
Cox to Coach Tri Delt.
The Delta Delta Delta team will be
composed of Lacy Leonard, Betty Pride.
Gertrude Golding and Iantlie Smith.
Ilcmey Cox will be the Tri Delt coach.
Kosclia Keber, Vera Houston, Marie
Hidings, and Josephine Croxall will con
stitute the Alpha Delta Pi team. This
team will be coached by Professor Wal
ter C. Barnes of the history depart
ment.
Vivian Kellems, member of Zeta Kap
pa Psi, will coach the Alpha Phi team,
which will be composed of Helen Car
son, Marion Gillis, Kittie May Stockton
and Clyde Schuebel.
The Gamma Phi team will consist of
Frances McGill, LeLaine West, Frances
MacMillan and Georgia Shipley, and will
be coached by Elmer Pendell.
Mabel Green, Helen Hooper, Ina Mc
Coy and Thelma Lyons have been se
lected to represent the Delta Gammas,
and will be coached by Professor Eldon
Griffin.
The Zeta llho team will consist of
Edna Largent, Elsie Hildebrand, Ruby
Baugh and Beatrice Holbrook. This
team will be coached by Miss Ethel
Wakefield, a University high school
teacher, former varsity debater.
Thacher To Help.
Xancy Wilson, Elizabeth Trowbridge,
-Marjorie Alexander and Gail Acton will I
constitute the Kappa Kappa Gamma
team, which will be coached by Profes
sor \V. F. G. Thacher.
The Hendricks hall team will consist
of Gladys Johnson, Emily Veazie, Eliza
beth Melis. and Elizabeth Stevenson,
and will be coached by Professor Harl
It. Douglass.
The Delta Zola team will be coached
by Professor Sam Bass Warner, • and
"ili consist of Belle Chatham, Helen
t'fliith, Gladys Everett, and Alys Sut
;ton.
Glen Frank, Adelaide White, Dorothy
Dickey, and Bertha Atkinson will dep
resent the Oregon Club. This team will
be coached bv Professor George Turn
bull.
No Conchas for Two.
Pi Beta Phi and Sigma Delta Phi have
not yet been able to obtain coaches, but
bate their teams selected; Virginia Pear
ton. Marjorie Kruse, Maybelle Leavitt,
and Estelle Campbell will represent Pi
Beta Phi. and the Sigma Delta Phi
b'am will consist of Beatrice Hensley.
Hilda Hensley, Alice Curtis and Alice
Hamm.
Hath Griffin has been appointed chair
man of tlie committee to select judges
for these debates.
Speeches for all debates will be eight
minutes in length with four minutes for
rebuttal. The question is that previous
ly announced, but has been restated by
Dr. Gilbert. It now reads: ‘'Resolved.
I hat the exemption from Panama canal
tolls originally extended to American
coast-wise vessels should be restored. ’
PLEDGING ANNOUNCED.
Raehelordon announces the pledging of
Lee Weber, of Ridgefield, Washington.
GAME WITH EASTERN
COLLEGE IS PROBABLE
Varsity May Play Thanksgiving Day In
Portland; Hawaiian Trip May
Yet Be Arranged.
Graduate Manager McClain stated yes
terday that it was entirely probable that
the athletic council would agree on the
advisibility of sending the football team
to Honolulu for the game next Christ
mas day. The definite settlement of
the plans will be handled at the next
meeting of the council which it is ex
pected will take place the early part of
next week.
Two games would be played, the first
one with the University of Hawaii at
Honolulu on Christmas day and the
second with an all-star aggregation in
the same city on New Year’s day. The
\arsity will leave here on or about
December 10 and will return about the
10th of January. Two weeks of the
time required to make the journey will
thus be consumed out of the Christmas
vacation period next year.
That there is also a strong possibility
of a game with some big eastern school
the Saturday following Thanksgiving
day, next year to be played in Portland
was made known yesterday by McClain.
'Negotiations with a number of eastern
schools are now going on and a definite
settlement rpay be expected soon. It is
understood that a number of strong
contenders in the East have been con
sidering the Oregon proposition although
Manager McClain is not inclined to give
out any information as to who may
furnish- the opposition for the varsity
eleven.
(SHIM Jit ASKS
OREGON CODPERATIDN
Earnest Hindu Teacher Pleads
For Data On Courses.
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, Miss Mozelle Hair, secretary of the
'extension division, is the recipient of a
letter from an Indian instructor, who
signs himself, “Hoping to be favoured
with your early reply, Yours very truly,
Ashutosli .Tana.” The return address on
the inclosed stamped envelop, is Bengal.
India.
The letter of Mr. Jana best explains
itself, the first paragraph of which is
quoted below in all Oriental queerness:
“In 1915 I have established ‘The Ben
gal Institute of Arts and Science’ with a
view to the culture and advancement of
scientific and technical education among
the people (a) who are wage-earners
and dependent upon wages only for their
livehood but missed opportunities early
in life for acquiring knowledge, the ne
cessity for which they now realize; (b)
who feel the need of instruction but to
whom the habit of studying is a for
gotten one for having been out of school
for a number of years. This institute
supplies in every detail just what the
people require and offers them a solu
tion of the problem as well as supplies
(the aided preparation for students
through the course of instruction by
correspondence.”
It will be noticed by Oregonians that
itlie man in Bengal has a different Stand
ard of punctuation than that insisted
upon by university professors; and the
arrangement of his sentences, too. is
1 somewhat out of the ordinary, according
; to these same authorities.
J lie letrer m us '
says: “I humbly draw your notice thai
you will kindly encourage me by co
operating with this adequately equip
pod institution for extending the scopi
of its work. Please send full particu
lars regarding correspondence-stud;
.courses and university extensior
courses.”
Miss Hair, who finds this messagt
from far off India one of the most in
teresting .she has had this term, if
sending Mr. .Tana all the particulars de
sired. And it may even result that Ore
igon will number students in India amonf
its correspondence students. Along this
same line Miss Hair is sending letters
of inquiry to Australia to find out aboul
the work being done there in the mat
ter of correspondence study.
From the replies, she said that thei
appeared to be developing very mucl
the same system now being used by th<
University of Oregon.
SCHROFF DESIGNS TABLES.
Professor A. H. Sehroff is designin'
tables for his classroom in the archi
tecture building. This room has beei
painted in a green-grey, and at tin
[present time is hung with handsonn
German posters.
FOR SHORT COURSE
School of Commerce Will Give
Lecture Series Dur
ing1 Vacation.
NORMAN F. COLEMAN
IS ONE OF SPEAKERS
City Planning Is Feature
Offered By Dean
Lawrence.
The program for the short course to
be given on the campus for commercial
chib secretaries of the state, is partly
completed. Among the speakers are
some of the most prominent authorities
on commercial subjects in the North
west. The course, given under the aus
pices of the school of commerce, is sche
duled to rim during the vacation week
March 28 to April 2.
President Campbell will make the
opening address of welcome to the vis
iting secretaries on Monday morning.
T. E. McCroskey, president of the state
association of secretaries, will respond
for the visitors. Byron Garrett, head
of the student chamber of commerce, will
make the address of welcome in behalf
of that organization. v
Coleman Will Speak.
Norman F. Coleman, president of the
Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumber
men, will make one of the principal
talks to secretaries Monday on, “Indus
trial Relations from the Secretaries’
point of View.” Arthur S. Dudley will
.make a talk on the same day to the sec
retaries and also the Eugene business
men. He is president of the California
Association of Secretaries. This meet
ing will be at the city chamber of com
merce club rooms. A tour of inspec
tion of the campus will also be held
Monday after the registration for the
course is completed.
An illustrated lecture on “City Plan
ning,” will be a feature of the Tuesday
activities. Dean Lawrence of the arch
itecture department will conduct this
feature. “The Relation of the Secre
tary to the Board of Directors,” is to
be the subject of another talk Tues
day, to be given by T. L. Stanley, man
ager of the Klamath cduntv chamber of
commerce. W. H. Reid of the Marsh
field chamber will speak that day on
“The Relation of the Secretary to the
Board of Directors.” George Quayle.
secretary of the Oregon Association of
Secretaries, will also speak.
Editor of Journal Coming.
“Community Life.” is to be the subject
of an address by B. F. Irvine, editor
of the Oregon Journal. G. A. Mans
field. president of the State Farm Bu
reau. will speak on “The Place of the
Farmer in the Business World.” C. D.
Rorer, president of the Eugene Bank
of Commerce will make a similar talk on
the business relations of the farmer. H.
L. Frobach of the Medford chamber of
commerce, is to speak on “The Annual
Report of the Secretary to his Board.”
Other activities to be carried on in
connection with the meetings will be
numerous. Dean John Bovard, of the
school of physical education, will su
pervise a daily gymnasium and recrea
tion class from 4:30 to 5:30. The Dean
will also speak to the secretaries on the
subject of public health. Special classes
in letter writing, newswriting, and pub
lic speaking, are to form part of the
course offered. A forum luncheon
every noon will serve as a discussion
place for the various problems or ques
tions of any of those registered.
Social entertainments have been plan
ned for the secretaries by the Eugene
chamber of commerce and also by the
Fniversity. these probably in the form of
banquets.
LAST PROGRAM SUNDAY
Selections Which Have Been Requested
Will Be Played.
A “request program” next Sunday
evening. March 20. in the Methodist
church, will complete the series of Len
ten organ recitals given by John Stark
: Evans, professor of organ in the Uni
versity school of musie. Glen Morrow,
i who carried the heaviest part of the solo
• work in the cantata given last Sunday
, evening in the Methodist church, will
sing “The Living God” by O’Hara.
Only 3 Students Pronounce
“Oleomargarine” Correctly
Dictionary May be Right, But
Every one who has lived in Seattle
knows about Main 300, the number that
everyone calls when he wishes to know
anything from how to make a cake to
what dnte Caesar was born. Main 300
is the Seattle Times office, and a group
of women are hired to answer the nu
merous questions that come in. To a
certain extent the University extension
division is a Main 300. From all over
.the state questions are sent to the ex
tension division to be answered. These
question are always either answered or
irefered to some' member of the Univer
sity faculty or to some other institu
tion.
Many and varied have been the ques
tions that have been answered. The ex
tension division has told farmers how
to figure out the amount of hay in a
stack, told young dramatic aspirants
wliAc to get and how to use grease
paint. The employes of the extension
division have even suggested good books
for responsive Bible readings and given
instructions to one who wanted to start
a fur farm and raise skunks, but when
one school teacher wrote in and asked
why oleomargarine was always mispro
nounced the extension division admitted
that it was “stumped.”
Kilpatrick Gets Task.
Earl Kilpatrick, director of the di
vision, at once set out to find out why
everyone, including dealers, professors
I and students fcrbnounced (fleomargar1
ine with a soft “g” when all dictionaries
and rules on pronunciation give the “g”
a hard sound. The first thing that he
found out was that all but three persons
out of 50 asked, pronounced the word
wrong, including one Greek professor,
not Dean Straub. The ones who pro
nounced the word correctly were Miss
Mary Perkins, of the English depart
ment, a young printer, and a Hendricks
hall girl, who had been taught by her
domestic science teacher in high school
to pronounce the word correctly.
All American dictionaries give the
“g” a hard sound and say nothing about
the word being mispronounced. One
English dictionary, Murry, also gave the
“g” a hard sound, but said that the word
was often mispronounced. At first it
was thought that the persons who mis
pronounced the word had a wrong men
tal picture of it and thought that it was
spelt with an “e” instead of an “a,” but
it was found that only a few misspelled
the word. When those who mispro
nounced it were asked why they did so
one girl said she thought that the man
who invented this substitute for butter
mispronounced it himself and it has been
handed down that way ever since.
"B” Should Be Hard.
There is no doubt but it ought to have
a hard “g” for the word evidently came
from the word margarin, thought to be
one of the constituents in oleomargar
ine which contains margatic acid. But
there is an error in the Word itself be
cause there is no margaric acid in oleo
margarine. Margaric, margarin and
Margarite come from the same stem and
every one admits that Margaret would
never be pronounced with a soft “g.”
But in the mean time the school
teacher had to have a reply to her let
ter and Mr. Kilpatrick had to admit, to
use his own words, that the “large and
intelligent faculty of the extension di
vision and the students of the Univer
sity whose experiences arc so varied
that usually some one can answer any
question, can not, as yet give an answer,
but still have hopes.”
So Mr. Kilpatrick, in his answer, re
grets that the University has no depart
ment of philology to refer to and ad
mits that there is no real reason other
than warm weather for the “g” to be soft
in that oleomargarine and in the mean
time tile extension division will pro
nounce the word ns every one else does.
Teams Will Contest at 2:30 for
Cup Held By Sophs.
The women’s interelass swimming
meet will be held this afternoon in the
women’s building at 2:110. Teams and
officials have been chosen and every
thing is in readiness for tlio awarding
of the swimming cup to the class mak
ing the highest score. The cup was won
last year by the class of 1923, and the
sophomores are determined to hold it for
another year.
1 The events in which the class teams
'will compete will be free style, one and
two lengths of the pool; back stroke and
breast stroke races; plunge for dis
tance; strokes for form; dives; and i
the relay race. The members of the
teams have been praetiring on the dif
ferent events in the advanced classes
under Miss Catharine Winslow, in
structor in swimming.
Eva Kelly, Maud Largent and Ethel
Murray will represent the senior class
in the medt. Ollie Stoltenberg was to
have been a member of the team, but is
in the East attending a convention of
women’s athletic associations. Winifred
Hopson, Helen Nelson, both varsity
swimmers, Margaret Russell, Carolyn
Cannon and Wanda McKinney will swim
for the juniors.
The sophomores also have two varsity
swimmers. Frances Moore and Valiere
Coffey. Frances Moore was high point
winner in the interclass and varsit*’
meets last spring. The other sophomore
representatives are Marian Nicolai, Em
ily Veazie. Wenona Dyer and Frances
McGill. The freshman swimmers are
Star Norton. Muriel Myers, Agnes
Schultz, Harriet Veazie, Delia Ptack,
and Grace Caviness.
The officials for the meet will be Miss
Emma Waterman and Joe Hedges,
judges: Bill Hayward, starter, and
Naomi Robbins, scorer. Spectators will
be admitted only upon special invitation
since the seating capacity is limited.
GIRLS OFFERED POSITIONS.
Students who are planning to stay in
Eugene during the spring vacation and
desire employment are asked to go to
the Y. W. C. A. bungalow and confer
with Louise Davis.
COMMITTEE NAMED
FOR GREATER OREGON
Meeting Set for Monday By
Eddie Durno, Chairman.
The Greater Oregon committee was
appointed today by Eddie Durno, chair
man. end all the members arc urged to
be present at the meeting in Dean
Straub’s office, Monday afternoon at
3:30 o’clock., As this is the only meet
ing of the committee before vacation it
is absolutely necessary, says Durno, that
every member be present to get in touch
with the plans of the committee.
The committee is made up on a rep
resentative from each county in Oregon,
who will have charge of the Greater
Oregon work in his county. The obliga
tions, tbo chairman points out, dp not lie
only with the members of the com
mittee, but with all the students, who
are requested to get in touch with the
high schools in their various towns and
work for Oregon. Following are thj
members of the committee' with the
county each represents:
Bakei, John Paimcr; Benton, Earl
Conrad; Clucknmas Naomi Robbins;
Clatsop, Dorothy AVootton: Columbia,
Marjorie Holaday; Coos, Ray McKeoun.
Crook, Norris Bixby, Deschutes, Mil
dred Smith; Douglas, Alice Thurston;
Grant, Arthur Hicks; Hood River, Hel
en Carson; Jackson, William McMillan;
Josephine, Dora Birchard; Klamath,
John Houston, Lane, Norton Winnard;
Lincoln, Jim Ross; Linn, Mae Ballack.
Malheur, Gladys Emison, Marion,
Carlton Savage; Multnomah. Remey Cox;
Polk, Pauline Coad; Sherman, Wayne
Akers; Tillamook. Charles Lamb; Uma
tilla, Helen Nelson: Union, Lorna Cool
idge; Wallawa, Ralph Couch; Wasco,
Ivan Roberts, Washington, Barney Gar
.gett. Yamhill, Floyd Wright.
FRESHMAN GIRLS WIN.
The frosli won the women’s interclass
championship from the junior team in
the final game of the season by a 36 to
27 score in the men’s gymnasium last
night. The frosh took the lead in the
first half, but did not win an easy vic
tory. The score tied several times
throughout the game. Oletta Pedersen
made most of the junior score, and the
Quinlan twins played up to their usual
form, backed by the co-operation of their
entire team.
RALPH HOEBER WINS
60LO MEDAL AWARD
ON NEW DESPOTISM1
John Carter, of E. B. U. Takes
Third Place; 0. A.
C. Second.
FOURTH CONSECUTIVE
VICTORY FOR OREGON
Fourth Place Is Taken By
Albany; Lectures at
Christian Church.
Ralph Hocber, representing the Uni
versity of Oregon, wen the gold medal
award for first place in Old Line Orator
ical contest held under the- auspices of
the Eugene Bible University last night
in the First Christian church. His sub
ject was “The New Despotism." Thia
is the fourth successive time that the
Oregon contestant has won this con
test.
Second place was given to W. B.
Black, of O. A. C., third to John Carter,
the Eugene Bible University representa
tive, and fourth place was taken by
Ruth Irwin Kubin, of Albany College
Judges of delivery were Hugh Herdman,
of Portland, Rev. A. M. Spangler, of
Eugene, and Bruce Hiffen, Presbyterian
student pastor in Eugene.
Nine Oregon colleges were represent
ed by student orators. The institutions
represented were University of Oregon,
Oregon Agricultural College, Pacific
University, Pacific College, State Normal
School at Monmouth, Albany College,
McMinnville College, Willamette Univer
sity. and the Eugene Bible University.
This is the second time that this con
test has been held in Eugene, the Uni
versitw of Oregon having entertained
the visitors in 1919. Last year the con
test was held in Forest Grove. This
contest is held every year in each of
the nipe colleges in rotation.
I Rules for the contest followed closely
those of former years. No time limit
was set, but each contestant limited his
themes to 1500 words. Two sets of
judges were provided for, one to judge
on delivery, and the other on,the
(merits of the composition. The latter
|sot of judges, consisting of the heads
of English departments of several East
ern universities, had copies of the ora
tions for some time before the contest.
The University of Oregon has Won
nearly hnlf the contests held during the
twenty years they have been held. Among
the winners for Oregon are: Carlton
Spencer in 1911; Walter L. Myers in
1910, Abe Roscube.rg in 1918, and Fred
Coley in 1920.
The following are the names of those
who contested this year and the insti
tutions they represented: Ralph Hoe
(ber, University of Oregon; W. B. Black,
O .A. C.; Francis E. Taylor, Pacific Uni
versity; Chisung Pil, Pacific College:
Jennie Carrall, State Normal School at
Monmouth; Ruth Irwin Kubin, Albany
(College; Jessie Manley, McMinnville Col
lege; Pete Wapato, Willamette Univer
sity; and John Carter, Eugene Bible
(University.
MU PHI EPSILON GIRLS
TO APPEAR IN CONCERT
University Musicians Will Give Con
cert Sunday At Central
Church.
Music by talented artists will mark
the sacred concert to be given by the
Phi Epsilon at the Central Presbyterian
church at 5 o’clock, on Sunday, March
20. The program will include a trio,
“The Psalms”- by Aurora Potter. Alberta
Potter and Beulah Clark. Genevieve
Clancy will sing “The Living God,” by
O'Hara. Mendelssohn’s “I Waited for
Hie Lord” will be sung by a trio of Mrs.
Lnrremore, Mrs. Case and Mrs. Whit
ten.
A violin solo by Alberta Potter and
duet by Genevieve Clancy and Mrs. Lar
remove are other numbers of the pro
gram. One of the features will be a
(horns, “How lovely are the Messen
gers.” by Mendelssohn. The chorus is
composed of Miss Clancy, Mrs. Larre
more, Floranee Garrett, Alice Gohlke.
Dorothy Dixon, Mrs. Case, Margaret
Kern, Leona Gregory and Mrs. Whitten.
NEW COURSE OFFERED.
Dr. W. P. Boynton, head of the dg
Ipartment of physics, has announced a
'course in photography for the spring
term.