THESIS PUT OUT
BY UNIVERSITY
Professor Writes History
Of Mathematics
TREATISE IS EXHAUSTIVE
Dr. L. L. Smail Receives
Degree for Subject
“A History and Synopsis of the
Theory of Summable Infinite Pro
cesses,” by Dr. Lloyd L. Smail, has
just been published by the Univer
sity of Oregon, and the first copies
have just reached the campus from
the Lancaster Press of Lancaster,
Pa., where the printing was done.
The work gives in chronological
order, a summary of all important
results obtained in this important
new branch of mathematics from
its earliest beginnings to the pres
ent time. Even though the subject
dates back only to 1896, so much
research has been carried on in this
field that it required this volume
of 175 pages to present merely a
very condensed summary of results.
Mathematics Field Wide
Until very recently (mathemati
cians have attempted to write the
complete history of mathematics as
a whole, but it is now realized that
the field is so large that no satis
factory history can bo attempted
until detailed histories of each sep
arate branch of mathematics has
been written. So far, the only pub
lished results in this direction have
been the histories of the theory of
determinants by Muir, of linear as
sociative algebras by Shaw, and of
the theory of numbers by Dickson.
The work of Dr. Smail does the
same thing for the subject of sum
mable infinite processes.
Dr. Smail began work on the sub
ject 12 years ago, in liis M. A.
thesis at the University of Wash
ington. He elaborated on tho
thesis and in one year he received
a Ph. D. from Columbia university.
Material Basis of Book
This material was the basis for a
book, “Elements of the Theory of
Infinite Processes,” published last
year by McGraw-Hill Co. This
book, the only one in print in Eng
lish on tho subject, is for advanced
undergraduate and graduate stu
dents.
After further work, including tho
reading of everything written on
the subject, Dr. Smail wroto the
book on “History and Synopsis of
the Theory of Summablo Infinite
Processes.” This volume is accepted
ns authoratative in its discussion
of the subject by research workers.
T. HAWLEY TAPPING
TO BE CAMPUS GUEST
T. Hawley Tapping, former na
tional president of Sigma Delta
Chi, who is making a trip West in
the interest of the University of
Michigan alumni association and
visiting various campuses to meet
members of the local Sigma Delta
Chi, will arrive in Eugene early
tomorrow afternoon.
Mr. Tapping is to be the guest
at a University of Michigan alumni
luncheon at Corvallis before leav
ing for Eugene. Tomorrow after
noon the members of the local chap
ter of Sigma Delta Chi will show
Mr. Tapping about the campus. The!
University of Michigan club of Eu
gene is having a dinner in the
Michigan man's honor in the eve
ning. Friday morning Mr. Tapping
will visit the school of journalism
and make the acquaintance of vari
ous members of the staff. He will
leavo Friday noon on the Shasta
for San Francisco.
Agitators Would Ban
Wearing of Traditional
Sombreros By Seniors
(Continual from page one)
grace by the majority of the class
instead of just a few individuals.
The tradition should bo observed
ju it- fullest degree.”
Tod Gillenwaters, senior class
oresi lent, made a statement yester
day to the effect that it should be
the- senior’s privilege to wear
whichever hat he so desires.
“Seniors on this rumpus have
hern seen wearing both styles of
hats. T think either is correct, and
should be worn according to the in
dividual's taste. Romo wear dark
“cords” and some wear the light
ones. At this time, 1 cannot make
any formal statement of preference
concerning the sombrero and the
so called “Stetson," but would lik.
to see the entire class adopt one
of the two,” Gillenwaters concluded
LIGHTER TYPE OP BOOKS
READ BY MOST STUDENT!
, Ohio State University—Amon;
the magazines: the lightest am
.shortest stories are most popula
,with students. Movie magazines
CO-OPERATIVE COTTAGES GIVE
STUDENTS ECONOMIC LODGING
Minnesota University Aids Co-eds to Live on Half Usual Cost;
College Farm Supplies Provisions
The University of Minnesota
maintains a system of “co-operative
cottages,” which supplies a means
of remaining in college to many
who are willing and able to derive
benefit from an education and who
otherwise might not have the
chance.
At present there are just five of
these cottages. They were not
built by the university, but were
acquired when property adjoining
the campus was bought. They at
tracted the attention of the stu
dents ’ section of the Faculty Wom
en's Club, who asked why some of
the dwellings should not be set
aside, as had been done at other
institutions, for co-operative ven
tures in housekeeping that would
reduce the living costs of a group
of women students.
Elizabeth Northrop cottage, now
sot aside for women students in the
medical school, was first estab
lished in the fall of 1914. A house
keeper who could cook was em
ployed, a member of the university
staff was invited to live there as
chaperone, and nine girls, recom
mended by the dean of women,
were invited to start the experiment,
which was a success from the start.
The only major change that has
been made in administration since
then is that the girls no longer do
their own marketing, but delegate
it. The housekeeper who first
started with the project is still on
the job.
Now, as then, the girls make peri
odic divisions of the duties, so that
variety and not monotony is the
rule. A member of the group is
washing dishes this week, waiting
on table next, serving as menu
clerk or helping in the kitchen after
that.
Each student pays $22.50 per
quarter of approximately three
months to the university for rental,
heat and upkeep, and $20 a month
into the cottage treasury, from
which fund are paid food bills, the
necessary help, gas, light, and the
house laundry. Reductions granted
for the vacation periods bring the
whole cost below $30 a month, the
“dollar a day” mark. The average
cost per student for a college year
is but $237.50. Annual cost per stu
dent in rooming houses for the same
services range from $360 to $425.
Besides renting the dwellings tc
the student groups at a low figure
and selecting, through its dean of
women, the girls who shall live in
the cottages, the university is able
to render them other services. The
fact that a considerable number
have been brought together as s
workable unit makes this so much
the easier. For example, the uni
versity sells meat and eggs to the
cottages from its storage plant at
University Farm, charging whole
sale prices plus five per cent for
handling. Groceries are obtained
from the university storehouse on
similar terms.
The property on which these
cottages stand was purchased by
the university because it was needed
in the building program, so the re
moval was inevitable sooner or later
As it happens, every one of them
stands in the way of projects soon
to be started. They have justified
themselves so thoroughly that very
real concern over the prospect of
losing them is felt by the president
of the university, the dean of women
and by all who have the best inter
ests of the students much at heart.
Not only have they been of real
service to a great many young
women who might otherwise have
found the grind of self-support too
hard, but they have been a credit to
the institution in the excellent
standards and scholarship of the
young women who have been brought
together in them.
One solution which has been sug
gested, is the establishment of a
cottage quadrangle. This would be a
corner of the campus, accessible to
the university heating system and
suitably convenient to classrooms
and laboratories, on which a series
of these cottages could be erected
If a type of building were estab
lished by the architects and the cot
tages were to be built in an artistic
arrangement about a green court
yard, those contemplating the pro
ject believe the effect would be
pleasing and the purposes would all
be served.
humorous publications, and fashion
papers liavo good snlo. Among tho
books: readers of Gene Stratton
Porter, Rex Beach and Zano Grey
are dwindling. Students are now
asking for Percy Marks, author of
“Tho Plastic Age,” and Homer
Croy’s “West of the Water Tower.”
Two booksellers report that two
thirds of the mystery stories sold
are bought by professors.
STUDENT WITHDRAWS
DUE TO SERIOUS BURNS
Boulnh Smith has withdrawn
'rom the University because of
rums received in a recent accident.
I'he accident occurred last week at
i supper meeting of the discussion
jjroup of which she was leader. The
meeting was held at the Bungalow.
As Miss Smith was about to reach
to the back of the stove to stir some
thing, the lid of a can of chocolate
which was being heated on the front
of the stoye was forced off bv the
pressure of the steam, the contents
scalding her about the face and
nock. I' ' l!''*"-1
Miss Smith is a sophomore in the
school of journalism and is a mem
ber of Alpha Uelta Pi. Mrs. Klsie
Bolt, who has acted as assistant to
Miss Smith in the leadership of the
group studying Poland, will con- |
duct the next meeting of the group. .
SPANISH CLUB TO HEAR
MISS CUEVAS TONIGHT
Miss Rosalia Cuevas, instructor
in the romance language depart
ment, will give an address based
on her travels in South America,
Mexico, and Spain, before a meet
ing of Kl Circulo Castellano, to
night. Several talks and recita
tions by students in Spanish classes
are also on the program.
Musical selections are to be given
by the Burton players. After the
l program, Spanish songs for group
singing will be introduced. The
meeting will be held ill the A. \\ .
bungalow, beginning at 7:lo.
UNIVERSITY GAINS FAME
AS MATRIMONIAL BUREAU
Brigham Young University The
! class of 11>2" of the Brigham Young
University, building on the founda
tion already established, has gone
still farther in making the univer
sity famous as a matrimonial bu
; ream They prepared an exposition
of the joys and sorrows of a young
1 couple in their first year of married
life. This was shown in College
jllall for the entertainment of the
‘ married and edification of the un
, married.
BIG ENROLLMENT EXPECTED
TOR OHIO STATE SCHOOI
Ohio State University—It is pre
dieted that within five years
15,000 students will be enrolled al
Ohio State University.
DEAN LAWRENCE ILL
AT HOME IN PORTLAND
Dean Ellis F. Lawrence of the
art school will not 'be able to return
to the campus today as was ex
pected. He has been ill for over a
week at his home in Portland and |
signs of recovery have not been
shown so far. His illness is neu-j
ritia brought on by a cold.
Dean Lawrence travels between!
here and Portland conducting
classes in the city over the week- \
end, and returning to the archi- j
tecture department of the Univer
stiy on Wednesdays.
EDUCATION COSTS TOTAL
20 PEE CENT ANNUALLY
University of Indiana—Despite
opinion that the cost of education
represents from 40 to 50 per cent
of total government expenditures, it
in reality costs but about 20 per
cent annually, Harold F. Clark, of
the school of education, disclosed in
an address before Indianapolis
alumni of the university.
NORTHERN UNIVERSITIES
PROMOTE WINTER SPORTS
I
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University of Wisconsin—Many
colleges and universities of the
'northern section of the United
.States and throughout Canada have
ski clubs and tournaments. The
University of Wisconsin and the
University of Minnesota are two
schools which are foremost in mak
ing skiing a part of the athletic |
program.
PRESS BODY BARS USE
OF “X” IN CHRISTMAS
University of Oklahoma—Con-!
vinced that since “X” is an un- j
known quantity, it should not be
used in spelling “Christmas,” mem
bers of the Oklahoma Press Associa
tion recently passed a resolution at
their annual convention, tabooing
its use among members of the
^association.
PENNSYLVANIA EXPECTS
ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP
University of Pennsylvania—The
Eastern intercollegiate basketball
season is on, and Pennsylvania
hopes for another championship
team. In the last 14 years Penn
sylvania has won five of the cham
pionships, four of these being
successive.
STANFORD VETERANS MAY
FINANCE MEMORIAL HALL
Stanford University—Two thou
sand of the Stanford University
| alumni, who are veterans of the
‘World War, may pool their bonus
policies for the construction of a
I memorial hall at the university.
DANCE AT i
] I
Ijc ($ampa S’huppc grille
SATURDAY, FEB. 7TH I
Grill closed Friday, Feb. 6th, be
caus of Oregon Knights Dance
POPULAR
STUDENT
LUNCHES
35c 40c 50c
ORIENTAL GRILLE DANCE
Eve”y Wednesday Night
8:00 to 10:00 P. M.
Couples Only No Cover Charge
A Student Lamp
Puts the Light Just Where You Want It
We Have Many Models
All reasonably priced
Drop in and Let Us Demonstrate
Bailey Electric Co.
Phone 234 640 Willamette
Mrs. Bruce Bogart Has
Many Antique Pieces
Home of Collector Furnished
In Early American Style
Mrs. Bruce Bogart, of Eugene,
has been asked to take charge of
the collection of old American fur
niture for the new art building dur
ing the campaign which is being
launched throughout the state. Her
home on Pearl street is a silent but
eloquent witness to the fact that
for many years she has been a lover
of antiques, especially interested in
the collection of early American
furniture.
Many of the pieces in her collec
tion have been in the family for
years. “The reason I have so many
things, is that my family never
moved,” she said in speaking of her
heirlooms. A ‘grandfather’s clock,’
which was really the clock of her
grandfather, sits in a nook on the
stairway, still keeping time, as it
has for the last 90 years. The
wheels are all of wood. A dresser
of a beautiful golden hue, which
she stated was 100 years old, is of
curly maple, made from the trees
cleared off of her grandfather’s
farm in northern Ohio, where her
family still lives.
Among Mrs. Bogart’s treasures
are mahogany tip-top tables, round
tables, a rosewood melodian, fiddle
backed chairs, secretaries, cande
labras, clocks, mirrors, and some
stands of solid cherry. Places of
interest in Europe as well as in this
continent are represented by her
purchases of both modern and old
art. A fan—an exquisite creation
WRIGLEYS
After Every Meal
IPs the longest-lasting
confection yon can buy
—and ft's a help to di
gestion and a cleanser
lur int iuwu.ua
and teeth.
W rig ley’s
benefit as well
pleasure.
of real shell, gold leaf and parch
ment, she bought at the Theives
Market in Madrid. From the same
city came a unique piece of tiling,
used as a paper weight, which sets
beside an inkwell of real Dresden
china, decorated with graceful, tiny
figures. This was made for use
before blotting paper was invented,
and one compartment holds a shak
er for the sand which was then used
to dry the ink.
An impressive set of hand-carved
walnut dining chairs came from
Italy, where they formerly graced
the Stautzzi Palace. In the din
ing room there is also a reproduc
tion of a distinctive wrought-iron
Strautzzi lamp.
In the cupboard one can see a
large collection of English copper
lustre ware pitchers. A set of!
Quimper china from France, al
though not old, is very interesting.
The decorations of a Quimper set
are scenes including a miniature
man and woman, and no two pieces
of the set are decorated exactly
alike. In France, the people hang
this china ware on the wall, after
using it at a meal, and for this
purpose, two small holes are made
j in the back, where a string can be
put through.
Other things of interest are, an
elaborate gilded French clock, a
gayly decorated china basket of
Hungarian make, which came from
the World's Fair in Chicago, and an
Lemon “O” Barber
Shop
Up-to-date Hair Cutting
Bert Vincent, Prop.
old picture, “Boy Studying Cicero,”
i copy of the original which now
hangs in the Wallace Collection in
London.
RETAILER’S CONVENTION
WILL MEET ON CAMPUS
The twenty-first annual conven
tion of the Oregon Betail Merchants
association will be held here on Feb
ruary 16, 17, and 18. While the
official headquarters will be at Idle
Osborn hotel, the convention itself
will be held on the campus.
The convention is held annually
to create a contact between mer
chants throughout the state by vari
ous types of discussions. It is not
limited to retailers only, but will
include wholesalers, credit men and
others interested in merchandising.
The convention will be divided
into groups of various types of busi
ness which will meet individually.
Several will be addressed by pro
fessors of the scheol of business ad
ministration.
PATRONIZE
EMERALD ADVERTISERS
TERMINAL
HOTEL
One of Oregon’s
Best Hotels
RICHARD SHEPARD
Manager
—an extra touch
Cottage cheese. A pineaple, sliced, with white
cheese piled in its heart,, a dash of mayonnaise and
a cherry oh top; a slice of pork roast with a spoon
ful of cheese and a spoon of jelly served beside
it. Such things make your table attractive and
are most inviting to fork into.
The cottage cheese will taste as good as it looks
and make your guests ask for more if it is a Blue
Bell product. Order Blue Bell cottage cheese for
your dinners and see what an addition it makes.
EUGENE FARMER’S CREAMERY
Free! Free! Free!
The Eugene Bowling Alley
ANNOUNCES ITS OPENING
BUT TODAY IT’S ABSOLUTELY FREE
Try your luck at the favorite
pastime. The best of equip
ment makes the Eugene
Bowling Alley a desirable
place to spend your evening.
Free for Women
From 2 to 5 p. m. the alley is re
served for the use of the women.
Come and try our alleys.
To the Public
Wednesday evening is reserved for the
public. It’s a wonderful alley and we
invite you to spend the evening with us
LET US ENTERTAIN YOU ON WEDNESDAY
Alfred Walker
■j r'l r» i j_ proprietors
and Elmer Koberts
OPPOSITE MINER BUILDING
9TH STREET