OREGON TO 11
WITH CLUBMEN
Nine Men Will Compete in
Contest Tomorrow
MEET TO BE IN PORTLAND
Acquatic Schedule Includes
Match With 0. A. C.
The varsity swimmers have been
working nightly in preparation for
their coming meet with the Mult
nomah club swim to be held in Port
land tomorrow night.
This will be the first chance for
the varsity to show their strength
against strong and experienced com
petition. The outcome of this meet
will not count in the conference
raee but will give some idea of the
chances of Oregons winning the
coast conference title.
Entrants in Events Named
Coach Budolph Fahl and nine
men will leave for Portland some
time Saturday. The nine men
elated to go are Captain Bobert
McCabe, entrant in the 50-yard
dash and diving; Benjamin Lom
bard in the 50 and 100 yard sprints;
Lamont Stone in 50 yard and div
ing; Bobert Boggs, 220 yard; Ar
thur Erickson, backstroke; Hymen
Samuels, plunge; Albert Sinclair,
breast stroke; Horace Boyden, 220
yard dash; Bobert Gardner, back
stroke. McCabe, Lombard, Stone,
and Boggs will also form the relay
team.
Varsity to Enter State Meet
Coach Fahl has been holding var
sity and freshman meets for the
past two weeks in order to give the
men all possible experience in their
distances. These meets have af
forded plenty of excitement to the
spectators beside giving the men the
necessary confidence in their own
ability.
The schedule is still incomplete
but a return meet with Multnomah
club is promised along with swims
with O. A. C. The varsity will en
ter the state contest held at Corval
lis, and the coast meet held either
hero or in Portland.
D. Thomas Curtin, War
Correspondent, Speaks
At Regular Assembly
(Continued from pafje one)
that there seems to bo a halo hang
ing over Washington in compari
son,” the speaker humorously de
clared.
However, in Mr. Curtin’s opinion, |
there should be a chronicling of
truth on both sides. ‘‘There is an
immense amount of news from 'Rus
sia,” he suid, “and will bo for the
rest of your lives.”
Speaking of the present leaders
of Russia he said that if they used
to be Jews or Christians they are
not now. There is an article in
the present penal .code providing
for a year’s imprisonment for any
one teaching the existence of a God
to any child under eighteen years
of age.
The biggest lesson he had learned
from the war, the speaker declared,
■was that structure building, whether
of an individual or of a govern
ment, if it is t« be built to last,
must be put on a basis morally
sound.
Preceding the regular assembly
address, winners of the doifghnut
debntes were awarded the silver
cups. Alpha Beta Chi carrying off
the Tan Kappa Alpha cup for win
ner of the men’s league, and the
one awarded the campus champion.
Hendricks hall was awarded the
Zeta Kappa Psi cup for winning
the women’s league title.
The men’s glee club furnished
the assembly music.
Tn Penn Allen’s ten o’clock edit
ing class Mr. Curtin gave an in
formal talk on journalism in Eu
rope and America today, and he
addressed the history classes at 2:1
in Commerce, on the situation
in Europe after the war. In the
latter speech he explained in detail
the attitude of the different eoum
tries toward one another, the Ruhr
problem, a proposed government of
Germany and the future condition
of Europe. Ho related unusual ex
periences of his during the war,
and told of interviews with men
prominent in world affairs.
XiE rftytw TRANOAIS HOLDS
MEETING THURSDAY NIGHT
A regular meeting of T.e Foyer
Francois was held last night, in the
Y. W, C. A. bungalow. The sd
dress was given by Miss Henriette
Gouy, instructor In the romance
language department. The subject
of the discussion was “Marseilles.”
Miss Maizie Richards gave a piano
jjsolo, “The Rustle of Spring.”
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OLD OBSERVATORY TIME-PIECE
AROUSES STUDENT CURIOSITY
Relic of Early Days at the University Now Reposing on
Wall of Registrar’s Office
! “Say, is that a barometer of some
\ kind!”
! “Where did that grandfather
jclock come from?”
j “What is it for, anyhow? What
is it doing up here?”
These are examples of the ques
tions propounded by curious stu
dents concerning the old observa
tory clock which stands in the
southeastern corner of the regis
trar’s office.
Detailing the story of this his
toric timepiece, Professor E. H. Mc
jAlister, of the mechanics and as
'tronomy department, says that when
the University maintained an ob
servatory on Skinner’s butte in the
early ’80’s, one of the first pieces
of equipment obtained was an ob
servatory clock which came from
Philadelphia. The remote location
of this observatory made it a ren
dezvous for tramps and law-break
ers and was continually broken in
to and the valuable equipment de
stroyed or stolen. The Eugene city
government finally decided that the
building was too great a danger to
public safety, and ordered all the
equipment removed. *A charge of
dynamite was placed beneath the
observatory and thus completely
destroyed it.
A new observatory was finally
built where Hendricks hall now
stands, and the clock was placed
there, where it remained as the
astronomy department’s official
timepiece for many years until the
observatory was torn down to make
roem for Hendricks hall, whieh was
built in 1917. The clock was fin
ally placed in the Administration
building, where it has since re
mained, the object of curious eyes
and many questions.
This sturdy veteran of the clcek
maker’s art does not keep solar
time, but is a 24-hour type. It
runs by a system of weights as did
the older clocks at the time this one
was made. Several parts of the
mechanism are broken, and as soon
as possible they will be replaced.
MRS. HOOVER TELLS
Of STUDENTS OBI
French University Life Is
Presented at Meeting
Glimpses ol the student life in
Alsaee and France were given by
Mrs. Alta Cooney Hoover, a mem
ber of the faculty, in her talk on
“Student Life in Strassburg” %t
the regular meeting of the Y. W. C.
A. at the Bungalow yesterday at
4:30. The talk included a presen
tation of the activities of the younfj
people both in academic and re
creational fields.
The French university students
and those at Strassburg, Mrs.
noover states, are not requirod to
attend classes. They register in
their classes and sometimes even
leave the university towns and re
turn to their homes. It is neces
sary for them to return for their
examinations, which aro held in
June or July. They have two ex
aminations,” Mrs. Hoover explained,
“the written examination given the
first day and tlje oral the second,
so that the profossors. get a fairly
good idea of what the students
know of their subjects.
French students find it difficult
to organize meetings and they have
no fraternities or anything which
resembles them, Mrs. Hoover, said.
Instead of living in groups as is
done in the American universities,
the French students and those at
Strassburg, too, live in one large
building, one third being given over
to the women and the remainder to
the men. There aro no regulations
by which they must live. As long
as they do not disturb their neigh
bors unduely, they are left to live
much as they please.
There aro no athletics in these
schools, Mrs. Hoover went on to
tell of the activities of the French
and Alsatian students. There are
no schools of physical education.
“The theatre is the biggest inter
est,” she announced. Everyone
goes to the theatres. They are
under municipal ownership and are
supported by taxation. Sometimes
they do not pay, but the gallery
ticket is no more than fifteen eonts
and almost all of the student body
attends. The students are familiar
with the operas, especially the mu
sic and they attend a great num
ber of concerts. Another diversion
is the cafe. The French cafe is
not the' American idea of the cab
aret, she explained, but a kind of
restaurant, where light wines and
beers are sold. Students even bring
their books to the cafes and do
much of their reading there.
Mrs, Hoover says that in her
| talk she attempted to present to
the best of her ability, the average
student. She also gave a shorl
sketch of the primary and second
ary schools of these countries.
Esther Church presented n pianc
solo and Eloise Buck presided at tht
! meeting. There was an unusually
large attendance.
—
"TOM THUMB" FRESHMAN
AT TORONTO UNIVERSITY
University of Toronto.—The Uni
i versity of Toronto boasts of a rea
"Toni Thumb.” The unusual stu
■ dent is a freshman, three feet, sis
inches high.
FLEDGING ANNOUNCEMENT
Psi Kappa announces the pledg
ing of Thomas Swan of Albany,
DANCING ORGANIZATION
TO HOLD OPEN NIGHT
Program Planned for Next
Month Now Complete
An open night is planned for
February 25 by Orehesus, honorary
dancing organization on the campus
devoted to advanced dancing.
An attractive program of group
! dancing has been arranged. “Ren
jdevouz” is expected to be the feat
ure of the evening. This is com
posed of a series of dances inter
I
\
preting this French drama as it is
being sung. A garden in France
is the setting of the plot which is
centered around two statues who!
come to life:
Among the eight other numbers
planned, will appear a damce ver
sion of Joyce Kilmer’s poem called
“Trees,” which recently has been
set to music. Another is “Refu
gees,” an idealization, of the Bel
gian refugee in the late war, car
ried out by means, of music and a
series of dances.
A small admission of 15c will be
charged and the proceeds given
over to the Orehesus scholarship
fund. This scholarship, which is
granted once each year, finances a
summer course at the University of
Wisconsin. The successful candi
date last year was Nova Service.
The Bailee Drama, which includes
the best talent from the entire de
partment, wi>l take place some time
in the spring. Plans are already
being laid for the event.
5TRATHC0NA MEMORIAL
FLLLOWSHIPS OfURED
Awards Given for Research
Work in Sciences
Announcement has been made of
the Bishop Museum fellowships for
research, and the Strathcona Me
morial fellowships for advanced
work in transportation, by the Yale
University graduate school.
The four Bishop Museum fellow
ships are offered for study and re
search in anthropology, botany,
geology, and geography. All are
of $1,000 each. Two Seessel fel
lowships, involving special work in
medicine each pay $1,500.
The Bishop Museum fellowships
first mentioned are open to men
and women who have completed at
least one year graduate study at an
institution of high standing. Pref
erence will be given to those who
have already obtained the degree of
doctor of philosophy, or who have
otherwise demonstrated their fit
ness to promote scientific investi
gation within the Pacific ocean
region.
Application should be made to the
dean of the graduate school of Yale
university, or to the director of the
Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii,
before April 1. They should be ac
companied by reprints of scientific
publications by the applicant, let
ters of recommendation, and a
statement of the nature of the pro
posed investigation.
The Strathcona Memorial fellow
ships in transportation have special
reference to the construction, equip
ment, and operations of railroads,
and other engineering problems con
nected with the efficient transpor
tation of passengers and freight as
well as the financial and legisla
tive problems involved. Transpor
tation by water, highways, or air
ways, and the appropriate appar
atus involved will be included in the
list which the fellows may select
for investigation and study.
The holder of a fellowship must
be a man who has obtained his first
degree from an institution of high
standing. Preference will be given
according to the will of Lord
Strathcona, to such persons, or sons
of such persons, who have been con
nected in some way for a^ least two
years with the railways of the
Northwest. Applications should be
addressed to the dean of the grad
uate school, of Yale university be
fore May 1.
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Astronomical Observers
Have Chance as Poets
New Field fox Bards Opened
By Men of Science
Bain drops on star dust—
Pattering, pelting drops of water
have ever been eternal fountains of
ink for the poet’s pen.
Why has not some daring writer
of verse dipped well into astron-«
omy!
Close your eyes and imagine a
poem entitled “Bain drops on star
dust.”
Such a seeming poptte fancy
comes from a statement1 advanced
by Professor E. H. McAlister, of the
mechanics and astronomy depart
ment ihth'is way:
“It is a fact that, under correct
physical conditions, the vapor al
ways present in the' air attaches it
self in the form of globules to the
floating particles of dUst which
have been cast off by meteors or
stars, thus forming what we call
‘rain dtops’.'”
EH PIER AND BOXER
VICTIRJ ATI1TLAND
Davis Gets Fair; Irvin
Knocks Out Kayser
Oregon’s two representatives at
the Elks ’ smoker, held5 in Portland
Wednesday night, turned in a dou
ble victory fOr the Lemon-Yellow.
Perry Davis, a DUTpound wrest
ler, won over Emmett Mack of the
Multnomah club, by a fall in 2 min
utes and 40 seconds. This marks
Davis’ second victory over Mack
ivithin the past1 three weeks. ,
Tug Irvin, lightweight boxer,
knocked out John Kayser of the
Portland' gymnasium in the second
round. The Portlander had Irvin
iown in the first round and again
in the second but the Oregon fight
3r came back and put: Kayser away
with a hard: blow to She jaw. This
was the beat bout', on trhe card and
the 1200 fans were given as. run. for
their money.
Earl Widmer, vrrsity wrestling
mack, accompanied’ the Oregon ath
letes to Portlands
SMALL 101 SETTING
IN JUNIOR CLASS DANGF
Hayracks Will Convey Girlsr
To No-date Affair
A “Main Street” atmosphere will
be predominant at the junior class
party to be held at the Campa
Shoppe on Friday, January 30^ The
Campa Shoppe will be converted
into a setting resembling a small,
town grange hall.
The affair will not be a “hard
times” party, but an out-of-iate'
and out-of-style small town event.'
All members of the junior class will1
je realistically costumed in keeping
,vith the background.
The affair will be no-date, and
lay racks or other vehicles of sim
lar type will call at each of the
vomen’s living organizations to
ionvey the girls to the dance.
There will be a large-variety and;
juantity of food, according to the
itatement made; by Mknrice War
ujck, who is in' charge of the re
'rechments, 0 »
Several unique features will com
3rise only a few of thh* surprises of '
he evening, as there will also be
many prizes offered,! states Cylbert .
McClellan, who has , c&lurge of en-1 -
ertainment:
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