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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 8, 1923)
Reminiscences of Elections In Old Days Are Recounted; Debating Clubs Disappear Back in the eaTly days of tht Univer sity when Deady hall was the only building on the campus, when a large white fence encircled the entire grounds with an old fashioned stile at its entrance on 12th street, and a large, stately windmill stood where Vil lard now stands, envious jealously was not known in student body elections, says Prof. F. 8. Dunn, head of the Latin department, who was a student at the University in 1901. At that time the University did not have an associated student body, the only officers ever elected were corporation officers who formed the combining of two local lit erary societies, the Euxtacian, woman’s honorary society, which now exists on the campus, and the Laurean, men’s society, which dissolved membership several years ago. Both of these organ izations were debating societies; ora tory playing one of the most important parts in campus activities. “The election of officers for the cor poration was very quiet and meager in comparison to the interest taken in elections of the student body officers today,” said Professor Dunn. “Officers were elected every term and it was not unusual for a girl to be elected president of the corporation.” Professor Dunn tells of one time he ran for president of the corporation in his junior year against a sophomore man, Charles Henderson, who is now a Judge in Bloomington, Indiana. “The party I was running for thought we were old line conservatives and Charlie and the youngsters felt like they were bolting the machine, guess that is the way you’d put it,” smiled Professor Dunn. “I was elected and gave my little speech of thanks the same as you do now and I told them the same things that I realized I wasn’t equal to the office, etc., etc.” Here Professor Dunn got to remin OLD CAMPUS PROGRAMS ARE BEING CLASSIFIED Thespians Collect Data on Former Events, Some of Which Occurred as Early as 1878 The Thespians, an organization of Freshmen girls, is devoting its services to the University library by classify ing according to years all the pro grams of University events of the past; and by making a scrap book of news paper clippings on the Pasadena game of 1916 in which Oregon played the Un iversity of Pennsylvania. Programs announcing various events taking place on the campus as early as 1878 are in the possession of the lib rary, but have never been kept in a classified form, so that they have been of little value for reference. By means of the present classifica tion it, will be possible to know, for example, who spoke on “The Love of Fcllowinen,” in the junior orations of 1909. In looking through these old programs interesting bits of knowledge about campus evonts in by gone days are brought to light. Junior orations was the name of an annual event, at which members of the junior class ap peared in public and spoke on such subjects as the “Awakening of China,” “The Higher Law,” “A Great Teach er,” and so on, until some nine wor thy juniors and sometimes more, had expressed themselves on weighty and important mattters. Commencement programs giving the names of the graduates, written in quaint old print on papers embellished by flowers or otherwise decorated; pro grams telling of mighty battles between Oregon and O. A. C.; early programs outlining the events of Junior week ends, and others are to be found among the material being classified. DR. BOWMAN WILL VISIT Thursday Afternoon Set Aside for Conferences With Women l)r. 11. L. Bowman, of Portland, who will be visiting the University this week, will meet with the cabinet, coun cil and advisory board of the W. C. A., at a luncheon to be held at the Anchorage Thursday noon, according to announcement by Miss Dorthy t oi lier of the V. W. C. A. Thursday afternoon has been re served for University women who would like to have conferences with Dr. Bow man. Those who plan on making ap pointments with him should see either Ivina l,argent at the Alpha Xi Delta house or Miss Collier at the V, W. buu galrw. Either individual or group meet ings may be scheduled with Dr. Bow man. CLASSIFIED ADS j Minimum charge, 1 time, 2Sc; * ( 4Sc; 5 times, *1- Must be limited to 5 | line*, over this limit. Sc per line. I’hone SSI or leave copy with Business office of , Ewsald, in University Press. Payment j Is advance. Office hours. 1 to 4 p. m. Gowns and Remodeling. ..Reasonable prices. Holly Moore Linbarger, 875 K. 13th St. Phone 1367-J. 286-M8-tf. j WANTED—Four under-graduates this summer for fascinating sales work to tour Oregon and Washington with a Curtis Publishing Company Field Man ager. Pay, sales experieuee, a glorious trip. Magazine experience desirable, but not essential. Inquire at 1. M. C. a w 284-M6-8 iscing about the olden days. “We didn’t have athletic contests then,” continued the professor as he looked out on the tennis courts where students were bat ting the balls back and forth. “I re member we used to play tennis in our barn yard where we had a tennis net stretched across the back yard—and we used to take the net down or the cows would tear it with their horns. One time I remember, however, we ne glected to take it down and the cows sure enough wrecked it and we then had the raouble of patching it” laughed the professor as he again lived the in stance over. “Another thing we did to take place of athletics was for all the fellows to meet at the stile on 12th street at the entrance to the campus and play leap frog and long jump; yes, our athletics were much different than your’s today. You young people of this generation cannot even picture or con ceive the growth in the University and its development since then.” Dancing, according to Professor Dunn was prohibited by the faculty in his days at the University. He smiled and said, “and now the faculty have their dancing clubs in the University.” It was customary at commencement time for each member of the graduating class to give an oration and there was not anyone to deliver the commence ment address other than the orations of the students. Each student in the class had a chance of winning the Fail ig-Beckman prize, which had been given about three times before. Now, how ever, since the University has grown so large six members after trying out before a committee are chosen to com pete for the prize. “There were only about 200 or 300 students in the University at this time,” said Professor Dunn, in conclu sion, ’’there were only eight men in my class. ” $5,000 PLEDGED BY FOUR CAMPUS ORGANIZATIONS (Continued from page one) ces Heyburn, Anna Hill, Ruth Holmes, Eleanor Huok, Harriet Hudson, Flor ence Huntress, Ethel Johnson, Grace Johnson, Mable Johnson, Yera Johnson, Inez King, Katherine Kressmon, Mar garet Kressman, Daise Leffler, Pearl Lewis, Sigrid Martinson, Helen Mayer, Clara Meador, Muriel Moyers, Constance Miller, Hazel Mills, La Yera Moe, Aud rey Montague, Dorothy Moody, Grace Murfin, Ellen McClellan, Margaret Mc Cullough, Florence MacDonald, Ida Nielson, Nellie Nygron, Mildred On slow, Florine Packard, DeLoris Pear son, Irene Perkins, Lucile Perozzi, Katherine Powell, Ruth Powell, Mad eline Rinehart, Thelma Riley, Chloe Roberts, Theresa Robinette, Frances Rose, Froda Runes, Margaret Sagaberd, Dorothy Scliupp, Margaret Scott, Cleona Smith, Yvonne Smith, Alice Sorsby, Ruby Speer, Alice Stockman, Esther Strieker, Eugenia Strickland, Mildred Strong, Mario Strube, Grace Sullivan, Norma Sutherland, Avefy Shackleford, Gladys Taylor, Nellio Thompson, Viola Thompson, Evelyn Underwood, Emily Veazie, Harriet Veazie, Lillian Wilson. Delts Give $1000 Members of Delta Tau Delta sharing in the gift to the University and stu dent body aro: Mason Dillard, Ned Twining, Harold Simpson, Ole Larson, Harold Evans, Ernest Haycox, Douglas Parell, Russ Gowans, Frank Wright, Marvin Lucas, .Tack Boyd, Elmer Har denburg, Ralph Spearow, Prince Calli son, James Scripture, Horace Vincent, Bill Collins, Wade Rutherford, Alvin Hills, Sherman Guttridge, Rilling Schu erman, Robert Dodson, Herman Bleas ing, Henry Heerdt, Charles Jost. The list of Friendly hall men who have subscribed to the Student Union policy is as follows: Alva Adkinson, Paul Ager, James Bagan, Lyle Baird, Oscar Beatie, Jack Beck, Virl Benne hoff, Hally Berry, Joe Bond, Ray Boy er, Phil Brogan, Herschel Brown, El mer Calef, Lester Chaffee, Elmer Clark, Fred Clayson, Earle Coburn, Lawrence Cook, Eyoff Corneliussen, Eby Mar vin Eby, Rolland Eby, Stanley Goddell, Edd Haney, Francis Hayworth, Lee Hoskins, Earle Hughes, Harry Hulac, Jack Hunt, Everett Jones, Harold Judge, Fred Junker, Randolph Kuhn, Ralp Livenspire, John Lowe, Ralph McClaffin, Harold McConnell, Hesden Metcalf, Bill Nettelship, Leonard Nie ini, Lester Norman, Everett Ogel, Joe Olsen, Bill Owsley, Ben Pollack, Frank Post, Arleigh Read, Ed Robbins, George Robbins, Claude Robinson, Jack Rogers, Hymen Samuels, John Sass, Tim Saus ser, Paul Sayre, Ernest Scholl, Truman Sethers, Harry Sherman, Alex Shipe, Sylvester Stevens, Willard Stone, Bob Tapp,®Orville Tunnin , Alfred Veazie, Don Wilkinson, Steel Winterer, Lee Withrow, Tom Woods, Truman Yates, Jack Rankin, Ray Porter and Joe Ben son. PROGRAM FOR PIANO RECITAL TO BE VARIED Bernice Yeo Will Be Assisted by Joanna James in Modern and Classical Compositions Bernice Yeo, pianist, is to be presented in recital this evening at 8:15 o’clock in the Woman’s building, by John Stark Evans, of the school of music. Miss Yeo is an especially talented mus ician and her playing is marked with precision and sympathetic interpretation. Her program will consist of compositions of the modern and romantic schools of music, and she will be assisted by Joanna James, soprano, instead of Aubrey Furry, as previously announced. The program will be opened with two Liszt Etudes. Miss James will give two groups of songs, The Dark King’s Daughter,” Crist, “Ah, My Beloved,” Dichmont. Miss Yeo will give as her second group, “Romance,” Sibelius, and ’’Yalse de Conecrt,” Mosowski. She will complete the program with three Chopin numbers, “Nocturne in F major,” “Butterfly Etude,” and “Ballade in A flat.” MATH TEACHER WRITES ARTICLE An evidence of the interest caused by an article written by P. L. Spencer instructor in mathematics in the Uni versity high school, which was printed in the April “School Review,” is the fact that a large number of inquiries have been received by the author from mathematics teachers asking for fur ther details of the plan outlined in the article. The topic considered was “The Use of Informed Diagnostic Tests for Remedial Work in High School Alge bra” and the material for it was ob tained through methods of instruction in Professor Spencer’s algebra classes in the University high school. PI LAMDA THETA ELECTS Pi Lamda Theta, honorary education fraternity for women, announces the election of the following officers: pres ident, Crystal West; vice-president, Ethel Wakefield; secretary, Shannon Pettinger; keeper of records, Helen Ad dison. Read the Classified Ad column. "Towering Masses” © O. E. CO. The Garment Center Buildings New York City WALTER M. MASON, Architect Drawn by Hugh Ferriss the new architecture expresses itself in great vig 1 A orous masses which climb upward into the sky with a pyramidal protile—gigantic, irregular, arresting. An earlier, conventional building on the near corner is overshadowed, engulfed in towering masses ot the newer building which are prophetic of an architecture ot the future which is vividly stimulating to the imagination. Certainly modern invention—modern engineering skill and organization, will prove more than equal to the de mands of the architecture of the future. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY Offices in till Principal Cities of the World j FROSH BATTERS CLASH WITH SALEM HIGH NEXT Both Games with O. A. C. Books End in Disaster for Yearling Tossers; Practice Is Resumed The frosh tossers resumed practice on Cemetary Ridge yesterday afternoon after their disastrous week-end invas ion of Corvallis where the Aggie rooks handed them two straight trimmings, Salem high will be their opponents this week end. The result of the Frosh-Rook games at Corvallis was a distinct surprise to the frosh as well as the majority of their supporters. Whereas the Oregon babes were doped to have the odds over their rivals before the games, ac cording to reports the Aggie yearlings outplayed them in both tilts. The frosh showed very little of the class that they had displayed in prac tice, but booted the ball in the field and were weak at the bat. Coleman, mound ace of the rooks, was an enigma to the yearling hitters during the great er part of the first game while in the second fracas the pitching of Pullman did not grant them many safe bingles. On the other hand the rooks slammed the pellet to all corners and had things their own way most of the time. The second game was lost in the ninth inning when a made-to-order double play which would have retired the side was “bungled” by the first year men and the winning runs came in. How ever, it is likely that the first year men will make a much better showing when the last two games of the series with the rooks are played at Eugene May 26 and 27 and there is a good chance of their reversing the results of the first two games. WHITESIDE AT HEILIG TONIGHT Tonight, Walker Whiteside, noted for his portrayals of Hamlet and Rich ard III, and great successes such as “The Melting Pot, “The Typhoon” and “Mr. Wu,” will come to the Heilig in “The Hindu,” a melodrama of the Far East today, throbbing with Orien tal passion and occidental love. He will be seen in another portrayal as Prince Tamar, in which he triumphed last year in both New York and Chicago, and he will have in his support Miss Sydney Shields, the distinguished emo tional actress. What Begins “Where the Pavement Ends?” % It’s a Real Treat! MRS. BAYH’S DANCE STUDIO Private dancing lessons Every afternoon and evening Classes Wednesday evening. Appointments by Phone 166 East 9th Phone 1341-J What Begins “Where the Pavement Ends?” Just JWait and See! The STRADIVARA “Known for Tone” Just the phonograph for the house. Beautiful models in all sizes. Let us demonstrate. F. A. RANKIN 6th Ave., between Wil. and Oak Lovely Dimity Blouses Very Specially Priced $2.48 All crisp and new. Several smart styles to choose from. Collars and suffs especially designed for wear with sweaters. 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