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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1921)
GRID SEASON OPEN TOD A Y 1 Enrollment Is 2034 EUGENE CAMPUS IN FIRST FIVE DAYS 150 In Medical School Many Take Work In Extension Division Classes INCREASE IS 20 PER CENT Estimated Year Total For All Departments Is 5457; Growth Rapid At five o’clock yesterday afternoon 2034 students had completed registration in the University and late enrollments next week are expected to swell the total to at ceast 2100. This includes the 150 students in the medical school at Port land, which is a part of the University proper. On tne Eugene campus alone 1884 students have registered. This is an increase of 384 over the number who had registered by this time last year, according to Canton Spencer, registrar. The final enrollment will be 20 per cent greater than that of last year, he stated yesterday. The total en rollment for the year, including summer sessions, extension classes, correspondence work and music specials will be 5457, ac cording ot a careiul estimate made b Mr. Spencer. 2200 Are Expected The total enrollments on tne campus for the year will be close to 2200, in the opinion of the registrar. Last year more than 200 students enrolled at tin beginning of the fall and .winter terms and even more are expected this year. The total number of students who regis tered on the campus last year was 1891. Sue a a large increase in the student body comes somewhat as a surprise t<> those connected with the University. Al though it has been known fur some time that the freshman class would in all probability be considerably larger than that of last year it was feared that fi nancial conditions would prevent many old students from returning to the cam pus. Between 75 and SO per cent of last j year’s students, not -counting the gradu-, ates, have returned, according to Dean 1 Colin V. Dyment, who has made careful 1 observations along this line. Freshmen Number 700 ' No figures are as yet available on the number in the various classes but Eng lish registrations indicate that there are at least 700 freshmen on the campus. It is estimated that 300 first year men took part in the freshman parade Thurs day afternoon and more than 50 were out for frosh football. (Continued on Page 2) NEW FILMS EXPECTED BY EXTENSION DIVISION Dutch Government Lends 12 Films of Holland Industrial and Scenic Views The extension division is awaiting the arrival, within the next few days, of 60 new reels of motion picture films from Washington, D. C. These will be ready for circulation next week and to gether with the films which were in use last year there will be over 130 reels. Among the new reels there will be 12 loaned to the University by the Dutch Government, mainly industrial and scenic films on picturesque Holland and the Dutch East Indias. Another film which was new last spring and which, it is thought, will prove very popular is the Olympic Games of last year. With these new films the extension division is planning to do a much great er work along this line than ever before. The films are loaned. to the various schools in the state free of charge and as nearly as possible their preference as the nature of the pictures is followed. 8cenie films have proved most popular iu the past. 25’S HAVE PRESIDENT But He Can’t be Ducked ANOTHER TRADITION? Ralph Bailey, new president of the Frosh class is not going to be ducked, if Dean Straub and the Frosh class can establish a new tradition. “A Frosh president is no fool” said Dean Straub in commenting upon the usual pro ceedure of millracing the newly elected leader of the first year men, and the Frosh shook their heads in approval. At the conclusion of the counting of the votes at Villard hall last night, Bailey, who is from Salem, Oregon, was [ escorted home by a body guard of some fifty members of the Class of 1925. ‘‘I do not know how I am especially qualified to hold down the position of president,” orated Bailey after the election “But if the pee-rade is any qualification whatsoever, I know how to stand in line.” Bailey has been on the state championship debating team for the last three years, and has made an instant hit with his constituants. Burt Havues of Portland was elected vice president of the class, while Geral dine Root and Albert Sargeant, both of Portland, will fill the offices of secre tary and treasurer. Joe Kllis, member of the Froph foot ball squad, was also nominated to hold the job as leader of the yearlings but did not appear at the assembly, stay ing out on Kincaid field with the foot ball squad, and consequently lost out in the election. Dean Straub opened the affair with that one about his having piled up Mount Hood and dug the cellar for Deady hall back in ’78 or thereabouts, and it was received very enthusias tically. However, the tenor of all the Dean’s statements reverted back to the that every Frosh president has been ducked in the mill race, and that it was about time a new tradition was estab lished. OPEN HOUSE TO BE TONIGHT VISITS FIXED AT 18 MINUTES BY COMMITTEE IN CHARGE Oregon Club to use Woman’s Building Visit Schedules Made For Men’s Organizations The annual custom of “open house” is to be observed this year as in pre vious years, in spite of the rumors to the contrary. The advent of the bigger-than-ever crop of “bigger and better” and the in creasing. number of organizations to visit and to be visited, make it neces sary for each men’s organization to follow a definite schedule and observe the time limit carefully. Open houie will begin Saturday even ing at seven o’clock and will be over by eleven-thirty. Every men’s organi zation is to be allowed ten minutes at the liou.se of every girl’s organization, and eight minutes in which to collect, overcoats and hats and reach the next house. Hie allotted ten minutes may be j devoted to dancing, if dancing is1 desired. Girl’s organizations will entertain in their respective houses, and the women of the Oregon Club will use the Wo man’s Building. Plans for open house and tie schedules which are to be given to each men’s organization to follow were made by a committee on student affairs, com posed of members of the faculty and student representatives. Careful obser vance of the schedule should prevent to a large extent the congestion on front steps, prevalent in former years. D. G.'S CALM IN FIRE Eat Dinner While Men Fight Flames On Roof of Building Chaos, smoke, fire engines, Phi Delts S. A. E. ’s and a miscellany of Sigma Chis failed to disturb the Delta Gammas at a peaceful dinner a few evenings ago, according to a rumor verified by a telephone interview with a prominent member of that organization. Sparks from a chimney blaze set several shingles afire on the Delta Gamma roof and the conflagration was discovered by the Phi Delts who turned in an alarm and put out the incipient disaster with wet towels while wait ing for the E. F. D. During this inter val, said the party interviewed, the girls kept their places at the table and not until the fire fighters arrived in their red automobile did they believe the excitement anything but a joke. After the fire department and the University of Oregon student body had dispersed the D. G. ’s issued forth to view the charred remains but thanks to the prompt application of cold, wet towels the building was still intact. So many hoaxes have been perpetr ated on th* Delta Gammas in previous years, including a well staged robbery, that they have evidently become ac climated to trivial disturbances. EQUIPMENT TO BE AMONG BEST WEST OE ILLINOIS Mui' Pill Epsilon and Hammer and Coffin to Have Rooms in New Structure The new music building, although not vet complete, is already one of the artistic features of the Oregon campus. On the lower floor are the general of fice, the office of Dean Landsbury, the studios of Mrs. Beck and Professor Evans, and the main lecture room. The latter is most attractive as it is on the south side of the building, and almost the entire south wall is made up of large windows, At the north side, next to the main auditorium, is the lounge for both students and faculty. It is a large room and French doors opening onto the west balcony. It attractively furnished* in tones of old blue and brown. The auditorium, when completed, will have a seatfcig capacity of odd. The balcony is so arranged as not; to extend over any port of the main auditorium. When this auditorium is completed the University of Oregon will have one of the best equipped music biddings west of Illinois. The second bloor contains studios for the instructors in voice, piano, ami violin, as well as practice rooms. Mu Phi Epsilon, national honorary music fraternity for women, will have an at tractive home here. Lemon Puncch, chapter of Hammer and Coffin, the society whicch lias charge of the publi cation of the University comic maga zine, will also have a room on the second floor of the musice building. The soundproof walls are one of the most valuable features of the new building. FROSH’S SOCKS CAUSE RIOT White Hosiery, Oxfords, With R. O. T. O. Uniform Arouses Soph’s Ire Bebe Daniels walking down the main “drag” of Zion City in a one piece bathing suit would not cause as much of i riot as did an aspiring frosh from the Oregon fish metropolis when he ap peared on the campus all dressed up in hi3 R. O. T. C. uniform, a pair of brand new oxfords and pretty white socks. Before he could reach the protecting walls of the so-called soldier factory several vicious sophomores piped the white foot covering and the Frosh fashion plate came to grief. When the green capper emerged from the melee a decided change had taken place in his attire for the pretty white socks had disappeared and his puttees were all awry. Although still grieving over the rude interruption of his Lady Duff Gordon act the victim has decided to wear more conventional foot-gear next time. Annual Campaign for Funds Has For Its Goal Strong Association Leader 24 SOLICITORS TO WORK Teams Headed by Von der Ahe And Veatch to Vie in Chase for Cash Spurred by the prospect of bringing here one of the strongest Y. M. C. A. workers in the United States as secre tary, the University Y. M. C. A. will begin its annual financial campaign Monday noon. On whether sufficient money can be raised rests the question of whether the man in view, L. P. Putnam, now religious work director | of the Chicago Y. M. C. A., can be brought to Oregon. The campaign will be continued un til Wednesday. The pledges made by students last spring will be collected during the campaign, and all freshmen ami those of the older students not here last term will be solicited for ■ funds. The campus responded last year so well that Hal Donnelly was persuaded to stay. However, this summer he re ceived a fine offer as head of boys . work for the Presbyterian churches of the United States, and although deeply regretting to leave the University, de cided to accept. He is now with the head offices, n Philadelphia, having left hero about six weeks ago. Strong Man Available Shortly after, the committe in charge had the great fortune of getting a chance at Mr. Putnam, reputed from many sources to be the strongest, man on the staff of the central “ Y” at ; Chicago, where he is religious work director. Before the war he was met ropolitan student secretary for Chicago,, with fifteen or twenty institutions' under him. The opportunity of the . University to secure him for the cam pus -‘V" arose from his desire to get back into student work and to get, lo cated on the coast. Faculty and townsmen are making a tremendous effort to meet Putnam's proposition, but the outcome hinge almost entirely on the response of the st udents. SI,000 More Needed The backing given to the organiza tion was good last year, but more money must come, and the men who arc planning the present campaign desire not only to collect ail the money pledged last spring, but also to raise $1000 more among the new men and those not reached last year. This will mean an average of three dollars a ] man, the amount which was raised last year. The “Y” is a student organization entirely directed by student officers and responsible to no one else. Employ inent is furnished on a large scale, the stag mix and other social events are j planned and financed by it, the “Y" | school is conducted, the handbook is j printed annually, and much campus and community service is carried on. The j best speakers who come to the campus j are brought by “Y” money. To do ; these things a considerable fund is i required. Two Teams Forming The campaign is to be run on a corn ! petative plan, and two teams are being organized under the leadership of Karl Von der Ahe and Boy Veatch. Each team will consist of twelve men, and ! these twenty-four solicitors will include one man from each fraternity house, two from Friendly hall, and eight on the campus at large, luncheon at the “Y” hut Monday noon, The teams will get together at a at which time the campaign will be I launched. Another meal will be served Wednesday noon, when a final check will be made on the results of the drive. OREGON FACES BEARCATS ON SALEM FIELD First Test of Huntington’s Team to Show What Is Needed; Two Men or More to Be Tried in Each Position GROUP OF FRESHMEN ASKED TO REPORT ON KINCAID FIELD TODAY The following freshmen are asked by Football Manager Syd Hayslip to re port on Kineaid field at 9 o’clock this morning: Preston Gross, J. T. Bidwell, F. M. Chapman, Edward Britts, Arthur Erick son, Frank Chapman, Claude Hollister, B. Keller, George White, Ronald Reid, Roy Bryson. The following report at Hayward field: John Riesaeker, T. F. Crosthwait, Donald Hrielsy Brace Curry, Lars R. Bergsvick, Fred Baird, R. Carouthers, Henry Hoordt, Foyl Dahl, Max Pierce, Leo. White, Harold Hill, Maurice John son, F. Handling, E. Erwin, F. Nelson, L. Isenborger, R. Hildebrand, Paul Cray, Don Johnson. ATMOSPHERE OF HOMECOMTNG KEYNOTE EMPHASIZED Two Grandstand Tickets For Big Game With O. A. C. to be Given Winning Contestant _ Two grandstand tickets for the Ore gon-O, A. . . game Nov. 19 are to be i given to 1 he person submitting the1 best homecoming slogan. The contest opens today and will continue until October 19, according to announce ; meat made vcsti rduv by .lark Beueficl, gra<hi;it«‘ iimnng:i\ Slogans n ust. In* written on :i loose j piece of* paper, a-eompa nied with ft! opy of tin1 slogan and tin? content- 1 ants name, whieeh are to lx* placed in ) a scaled envelope and given to Lois \ I'ixley at the Alumni office in tin* Ad- ! niinistrn 1 ion building. “You (’an’t Beat Oregon Fight” was the slogan i ■<■-! last year, “Win Again Oregon’7 and u Altogether, Oregon7’ arc | sug’.;' • ‘ ionAll students arc urged to, turn in sunn* snappy slogan which will earn the atmosphere of Homecoming. The judges are Norton Winnard, Jack Beueficl, Karl Onthank and Jean net to Oalkins. iienefied has applied for special rail road rates for those attending the Homecoming program, but is not as .aired of getting them. Letters arc being sent to all graduates urging them to be present. CLASSROOM OF STUDENT NEAR FLOCK OF SHEEP Pre Medic Studies as a Thousand Woolies Make Noise Comparable to Whoop of Wildcat Frosh If you have ever listened to the ba ba of a thousand sheep for only a few moments perhaps you can stretch your imagination and conceive to a slight do gree just what it would be like to listen to that incessant blatting day in and day out, year in and year out. Now eompare that soothing racket to : the occasional whoop of your wildest Frosh aud you will thank your lucky stars that you are studying in vour i own little room and not seated upon a boulder sowewhere in eastern Oregon 1 surrounded by these thousand sheep. ! Such however is the study room of Mr. (i. K. Wilshire who has been en-1 rolled with the extension division for J over a year. Seated on the hillside in all i kinds of weather or in his little shack at night he is preparing himself to make the jump from sheepherder to physician and surgeon. He plans to enter the pre medical school at the University next fall and eventually to attend the medical school in Portland. Oregon’s sturdy band of gridiron warriors, accompanied by coaches and trainer 24 strong will leave this morn ing at 7:25 on the Oregon Electric for their journey to Salem to take on the Willamette University Bearcats, in the Varsity's initial contest. The team will arrive in Salem at 9:40 and the game is scheduled to start promptly at 3. The tentative lineup given out by Head Coach Huntington late yesterday follows: Loft end, Capt. Howard, Vic Risley; left tackle, “Spike” Leslie, K. King; left guard, Rudd Brown, Reed; center, Bill Johnson, Burk Laughlin; right guard, Floyd Shields, Hugh Florin; right tackle, “Scotty” Strachan, MeCoown; right end, “Hunk” Latham, Neil Morfitt; (|uarterluick, Bill Rein hart, llal Chapman; left half, “Chuck” Parsons, Jordan, Ed Kirtloy; fullback, “Tiny” Shields, George King, Ward Johnson; right half, DeArmnnd, George King, “Dutch” Gram. Lineup of Willamette The approximate lineup of the Bear cats was obtained yesterday afternoon by Graduate Manager lieuefie) from Coach Roy Bolder of the Salem col legians. Willamette will face the var sity with Bain at center. White and Itorcr in the guard positions, Larson and Nichols in Ihe tackle berths, the ends "ill be picked from Barnes, Radclift'e and Richardson and the backs will be chosen from, Irvine, Edwards, Soco lossky, oiler, Patton, Kramer, and Oliv e r. Oregon's team, built as it is from inexperienced material around a skele ton of varsity veterans, will be watched closely by tin1 football fans of the Pacific Northwest. After this game coaches and critics alike will have a ha is of comparison upon which to build an op.aiou of Lemon Yellow strength, The game with the collegians is (-speci ally important in that it will give Hunfinglon and his staff a chance to see the team’s weak spots. Varsity Strong in Kicking III the kb-king end of the game the varsity should more than hold its own, ns Tiny is getting some nice boots away and Spike Leslie, who may be called back from the |ine to do the punting has been averaging around fifty yards with his kicks. In placement kicks also, Shy's men should look good, as Bill Reinhard, Hal Chapman, Chuck Parsons and Ward Johnson have all been successfully educating their' tons during the long afternoons of oraetice. There will probably not be a great many forward passes attempted, as it is expected that Shy will holy on lino bucks and straight football in general to bring home the bacon, but should (Continued on page four) THREE ARE CONFINED IN INFIRMARY FIRST WEEK Trained Nurses from Philadelphia to bo on Duty Day and Night; Doctor to be on Call. The University infirmary, the interior of which has been newly painted and arranged, closes its first week with three patients under its care. None of the three is seriously ill. The infirmary opened on September 23. Tt can take care of fourteen pa tients; the women's ward, upstairs, ac commodates eight, and the men’s ward, on the lower floor, accommodates six. Dr. William Kuykendall, who holds office hours in the clinic across the stree from the infirmary, will be under call, and two trained nurses are on duty all the time. The nurses, Miss Mattis Kimbrough and Miss Ethel Cost, came originally from Philadelphia, and were last year at the Warren Hunt hospital at Klamath Falls.