VOLUME XXVI
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1925
NUMBER 114
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Student L “
Union
Drive
A HANDFUL OF “IF’S”
CONCERNING THE
STUDENT UNION
IF. WE HAD THE STUDENT
UNION ON THE CAMPUS TO»
DAY—the men would have a place
where they could smoke rain or
shine.
IF WE HAD THE STUDENT
UNION TODAY — Oregon would
have a fitting place to display tro
phies won from other Universities.
IF WE HAD THE STUDENT
UNION—the student body officers
would have suitable quarters for
their offices.
IF WE HAD THE STUDENT
UNION — the Women’s League
would have a center for their ac
tivities.
IF WE HAD THE UNION—
Obak’s pool- sharks would have a
chance for a free daily workout on
the campus.
IF WE HAD THE UNION—
the A. S. U. O. dances would be re
moved from the trapezv atmosphere
of the women’s gymnasium.
IF WE HAD THE UNION—<
the men Would have a corking good
place to give a smoker when the
women ran off to the April Frolic.
IF WE HAD THE UNION—
visiting student conventions would
have an excellent place to hold their
sessions.
Oregon’s rallies would have a
definite center to ferment, bubble,
and explode. •
At Homecoming, Oregon gradu
ates would have a central meeting
point to renew acquaintances.
Oregon would have a Hall of
Fame where the names of her great
men might he carved.
Committee rooms in plenty would
he provided where the Junior week
end and homecoming committees
would center their activities.
The graduate manager would
have permanent offices.
The Thespians would have a head
quarters to carry on their work.
“Old Oregon” would have an of
fice.
Athletic managers would have. a
center for their work.
Clubs could have a meeting point.
Students would have a place to
give vent to their feelings about
poetry without flooding the Emer
ald.
Campus politicians would have a
marvelous field in which to sow
their infamous doctrines.
A headquarters for more Student
Union drives would be provided.
Lunches, candies and soft drinks
would always be instantly acces
sible for the weary.
An excellent center for discus
sion groups, both serious and less
serious, would be available.
FIRST STUDENT UNION
CONTRIBUTION MADE
The first contribution to the
Student Union Drive this year
conies from F. H. Young, presi
dent of the University of Ore
gon alumni association. When
Mr. Young heard that the Un
ion drive is about to swing into
action he sent a message of
congratulation, printed on this
page, and also sent along a
check for five dollars.
Mr. Young, who is the son of
Dean F. G. Young of the school
of sociology in the University,
is one of the co-editors of the
“Oregon Voter,” a weekly mag
azine of citizenship published in
Portland.
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RAINY WEATHER
CHECKS OREGON
BULL PRACTICE
Ineligibility of Harrison Is
Further Blow to Team’s
Chances in Pennant Race
Pacific University Offers
First Competition Friday
For Lemon Yellow Squad
Conditions in the varsity baseball
camp have taken on the gloomy as
pect of the continued April
showers, which are preventing
workouts. The only let-up in the
rainy weather for more than a
week, came Monday, allowing the
squad to hold a short, but much
needed practice.
Further hard luck struck the Ore
gon ball quarters with the an
nouncement of the ineligibility <f£
Fred Harrison, twirler for the fresh
in 1923, and one of the mainstays
on the present varsity pitching
staff. Harrison’s work on the
mound during his freshman year,
was ample recommendation that he
would be a valuable cog on the Ore
gon nine. With Harrjpon dropped
from the hurling staff, only three
dependable veterans’ remain,—
Knudson, Brooks and Williams,
with Murray, Dutton and Adolph
from the freshman team last year
to share the pitching burden with
the three regulars.
Ball is Hit Hard
With the first game of the sea
son scheduled for Friday with the
Pacific university nine, ‘the var
sity is in a bad way, considering
the lack of time for practice. The
‘batting practice on Monday, how
ever, gave somewhat of an indica
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CONDITIONS IN BRITAIN
CLERGYMAN’S SUBJECT
Rev. Lawrence Redfern of the
Willet Unitarian church, Liverpool,
England, who is to speak on social
and political conditions in England
in relation to educational problems,
is prominent as a leader in the
“youth movement.” It was origin
ally planned for Rev. Redfern
to speak at the Thursday assembly,
but owing to a change in program,
he will appear today at 10 o’clock
in the journalism assembly room.
The meeting is open to all students
and others interested.
As a lecturer on many phases of
the “youth movement,” especially
the young people’s Christian work,
the speaker is well-known, Rev.
Frank Fay Eddy of the local Uni
tarian church, said yesterday. This
is an active movement in nrnglana,
more so than in America, he ex
plained and Mr. Redfern, who is
an excellent speaker, is in close j
touch with young people in his po- ^
sition as a member of the faculty j
at the University of Liverpool!
The lecturer is a graduate of the
University of Manchester, and hav
ing been awarded a scholarship to
Harvard university, is a post-grad
uate from the latter institution. He
has been giving addresses to the
student bodies of California col
leges and universities under the
auspices of his church, for which
he is the Pacific representative. ,
His purpose in appearing at this ;
time is to organize societies for the j
observance of the centenary of the
Unitarian church, in America and
England, for which speakers have
been exchanged between the two
nations.
Last night Mr. Redfern and Mr.
Will L. Bernard of Boston, execu
tive secretary of the Unitarian
Layman’s League, who is accom
panying him were honor guests at
a dinner given by the local Uni
tarian congregation at the Osburn
hotel. Mr. Redfern was one of the j
main speakers. He will be enter- :
taine'd at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Eddy at breakfast this morning
and he leaves immediately in the
afternoon for northern towns, stop
ping at Salem and Portland. The
lecture on the campus is under the
auspices of Sigma Delta Chi.
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PROPOSED STUDENT UNION BUILDING
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MESSAGE FROM ALUMNI PRESIDENT
“J’M mighty glad to hear that the men and women of the University are determined to
raise an additibnal amount which will make the student union building a certainty
on the campus. Such a building will be the student’s clearing house, the heart of the student
life, the core of campus activities. The task of securing funds is not an easy one, but
the need for such a building is so definite that no one can refuse some share bf responsi
bility in the undertaking.
“So I say, go to it, students of Oregon. When the results of your work today show to
morrow as a splendid center of student activity, there will be a pride of possession that
will be many times worth the sacrifice. ,
A Greater Oregon must have a student union!’’
F. H. Young,
President, University of Oregon Alumni.
TWO AUDIENCES
ATfEiUCERT
By Emily Houston
The home concert given by the
University orchestra at the music
auditorium last evening was the
last of the series under the auspices
of the student body this year. The
program, given twice during the
evening to accomodate the large
crowd which always attends the
home concert, was exceedingly good
and finished in effects of harmony,
modulation and control.
The program was interesting and
varied and extremely pleasing to
listen to. The numbers wer# short
and in finished style. Among the
most effective were the Slavonic
Dances which were brilliant with
beautiful effects as of the instru
ments interweaving with contin
ually changing harmony effects. In
contrast was the “Loves Dream”
waltz by Czibulka, which was
smooth, flowing and blended into
a single harmony with introduction
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SALE TO BE GIVEN FOR
WOMEN’S SCHOLARSHIP
’Tis ' said, on eminent authority,
that the department of interior of
the college student is notoriously
and painfully vacant at all hours.
Remedies to this distressing state
are being offered by Phi Chi Theta,
women’s commerce fraternity.
Doughnuts, sugary, fluffy, so big
that they have no holes, will be dis
tributed about the region of the Li
brary and the commerce building.
A meager tax of five cents is taken
for one of these huge sweetmeats.
The proceeds go to scholarship
fund, for the upperelass woman who
is judged the best all-around stu
dent. Scholarship, prominence in
activities and personality are quali
fications.
Remember what Napoleon said—
and bring your lead slugs. This
sale will be held today.
Heel Cracking
Bees Planned
By All Classes
Next Friday evening is to be the
time for class functions—no date,
as usual. On this evening there will
be no other affairs on the social cal
endar, so that these parties and
dances, or whatever they turn out
to be, should be, well attended.
Those on schedule for this Friday
will be no exception. Here is the
dope—Laraway hall will be the
scene of the first spring upperclass
dance ever given, and, in case it
turns out to be a huge success, it
will be established as an annual af
fair..
Music will be furnished by the
Pi-id Pipers, a band that needs no
talking up. There will be a feature
and refreshments. The juniors will
discuss the dance today at their
meeting from the standpoint of a
date or no-date dance, and we’ll let
you know tomorrow how it turns
out. In the meantime, better be
thinking about who you’d like to
take if it’s to be that kind of a
dance, and anyway, let’s get all en
thused over it so we can all go just
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SIGMA NU FRATERNITY
REPORTS $100 THEFT
Loss of more than $100 as the re
sult of a theft at the Sigma Nu
fraternity was reported to the
sheriff’s office Monday morning.
The money was in the manager’s
desk on the second floor and the
loss was discovered Monday morn
ing, according to the report of the
house manager.
As the house is usually open dur
ing the night the members coming
and going, it is believed that
someone slipped in and took the
money without arousing any sus
picion. Several good finger prints
were obtained by the sheriff which
may serve as a clue.
SPECIAL GIFT COMMITTEE
TO SOLICIT DONATIONS
A special gift committee, headed
by Harold Lundburg, has been ap
pointed by Bob Mautz, chairman of
the Student Union drive commit
tee. Lundburg will be assisted by
Mary Jane Hathaway, Ward Cook
and Maxine Edmunds. Bill Poul
son has been named chairman of
the stunts committee, and is al
ready at work on several features
for the three-dav drive.
Maude Schroeder will head the
banquet committee tonight. She
will be assisted by Clara Lamb,
Elizabeth Waara, Grace Dunbar,
Dorothy Jane Baxter, Margaret
Booth, Eula MacAtee, Nina Kitts,
Leah Ross, Eleanor Beckw/lth,
Helen Pollack, Annette Heckman,
Viona Pyritz, Neva Service, Sam
Lockwood, Bill Powell and Flenor
Douglas.
Wilhelmina Shields and Helen
Wolcott have been selected to dis
tribute ribbons to those who
pledged last year. They will be on
duty all during the drive at the
headquarters shack.
THAI G. HALE
TO SPEAK TODAY
This afternoon at 3 o’clock in
the auditorium of the Fine Arts
building, Frank Gardner Hale, mas
ter craftsman, will give a lecture on
the subject “Jewelry and Enam
els.” His talk will be illustrated
with examples of his own handi
craft.
Mr. Halo has had intensive study
in this line and his work in jewelry
and enamel has placed him among
the foremost American craftsmen.
His exhibition is carefully planned
and especially designed, and shows
thorough workmanship and a great
facility in the manipulation of ma
terials, according to members of
the faculty of the school of archi
tecture arid allied arts.
Jewels Carefully Selected
His jewelry is an interesting
combination of precious and semi
precious jewels in handwrought set
tings. He combines the jewels and
enamels so that the color of one
blends with that of the other, or
else offsets it by contrast. His
stones compose a rwre collection of
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LESS THAN WEEK LEFT
FOR PAYMENT OF FEES
Despite the extension of the fee
paying period to ten days, the re
sponse of the students has been very
unsatisfactory, according to E. P.
[Lyon, of the University business
office.
Two Saturdays were allowed in
the hope that those persons who are
unable to take the necessary time
to pay their fees during the rest of
the week might take advantage of
the two days. Last Saturday, how
ever, witnessed only 80 students
settling their accounts, and it is
likely that next year only one wteek
will be allowed for paying fees.
With only four days left, the win
dows close at noon next Saturday,
and the request has been issued that
students do not wait until the last
two or three days, because they will
have less chance of escaping the late
payment fee than if they pay now.
At the present rate, the usual crowd
is expected on Friday and Saturday,
and the warning has been issued
that the windows of the business
office will close at noon Saturday,
regardless of how many persons are
still in line.
The late payment foe is three dol
lars for the first day of late pay
ment, and 25 c*nts for each day
thereafter.
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JUNIORS ATTENTION
Class meeting in Villard hall
today at 5 o’clock. It is impera
tive that every junior attend
this last big business meeting
before Junior Week-end.
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STUDENT UNION
DIKE TO STURT
WITH ASSEMBLT
Outburst of Enthusiasm
Planned to Overshadow
Former Demonstration
President P. L. Campbells’1
Message to Students
Last Year Applicable
The big Student Union drive will
open officially on Thursday at as
sembly. An outburst of enthusiasm
is planned to rival last year’s
demonstration, and appeals will be
made to the students to give more
than lip service for the future of
their Alma Mater.
The recent return of President
P. L. Campbell to the campus,
vividly recalis his last public ap
pearance just a year ago when he
made the too great effort to insure
the success of the drive by his
presence.
President’8 Message Recalled
Students who saw him then will
not soon forget how, just out of a
Portland hospital and still under
the care of a doctor, President
Campbell entered the crowded as
sembly room. The crowd rose to
its feet and there awas complete
silence while the head of the Uni
versity took his place on the
platform algng with Claude Robin
son, last year’s student body
president, John MacGregor, “Dad
dy” Straub, and “Bob” Kuyken
dall.
The president delivered his mes
sage to the students from his chair.
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GUILD THEATRE PLAY
TO BE GIVEN TONIGHT
First nighters of the campus
theatre will have an opportunity of
viewing the opening performance
of “Miss Lulu Bett,” at Guild hall
tonight at 8:30. The play promises
to afford the opening audience of
this term with entertainment last
ing about two hours. During this
time will be displayed a story of
a real Middle Western, middle class
home, with its controversies, its
difficulties, and its realities of life
as it lies in the hands of the Bett
and Deacon families, joined by mar
riage vows and surely doomed to an
existence of disfiguring short
temperdness.
The play, typically American in
lines, spirit and situations, holds
the interest of the audience
throughout.
Helen Park is doing some very
good work in the title role. Her
work is constantly improving and j
there is to be found in her inter- j
pretations a persistent advance over
her former presentations.
Dwight Deacon is a man whose
god is himself under almost any
condition. He, the head of a fam
ily which is harmlessly but selfish
ly dumb, is the dumbest of the
whole company. The portrayal of
the head of the Bett and Deacon i
families is givon humorously and
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MISS BXNOUET
OF KLL WORKERS
tSET FOOTONIGHT
Maude Schroeder Selects
Freshman Committee As
Assistants for Affair
Plans for Intensive Three
Day Drive to Be Given
Out By Chairman Mautz
The wave of enthusiasm for the
Student Union drive, which rip
pled up Monday at the first gene
ral committee meeting, is welling
higher and higher. Tonight at the
banquet for all workers at the Wo
man’s building it is expected to
swell so high that nothing will be
able to hold it back when it bursts
with full force on the campus to
morrow.
The plans for the affair tonight,
are being worked out by Maude
Schroeder, who has selected a list
of efficient freshmen girls and
men to assist her. The decorations,
wlich are to be a pleasant surprise
to all, will be handled by Hazel
Borders.
Dinner Assistants Chosen
The committee to assist at the
dinner includes Clara Lamb, Eliza
beth Waara, Grace Dunbar, Doro
thy Jane Baxter, Margaret Booth,
Eula MacAtee, Nina Kitts, Leah
Ross, Eleanor Beckwith, Helen Pol
lack, Annette Heckman, Viona
Pyritz, Neva Service, Sam Lock
wood, Bill Powell, and Fleenor
Douglas.
All on the committee are re
quested to be at the Woman's
building at 5:30, so that the ban
quet may be started off promptly
at six o’clock. Music for the meal
will be furnished by the Pi-id Pi
pers, who have prepared a list of
snappy selections in keeping with
the spirit of the occasion.
In addition to the regular teams,
a special gift committee, with Har
old Lundburg as chairman, has
been organized. Mary Jane Hatha
way and WaTd Cook have been se
lected to assist Lundburg.
“It will be a groat event of food
and fire," declared Bob Mautz,
general chairman, speaking of the
banquet. “The food will be great,
lots of it, and the fire of enthus
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WOMEN’S H0N0RARIES
INITIATE SIX PLEDGES
Two national honorary societies
for women initiated members during
the last week. Zeta Kappa Psi,
honorary forensic society for woanea
held formal initiation for four
pledges Sunday in the Woman’s
builditt^. Later a banquet was held
at the Anchorage in honor of the
initiates. Cecil McKercher, Mar
garet Clarke, Dorothy Newman and
Helen Louise Crosby are the new
members.
Chi chapter of Kappa Beta Pi,
honorary professional law frater
nity, was reinstalled with the initia
tion of Fredereka Travis, and Mar
garet Woodson at Portland April 4.
For the last two years there have
been no women in the law school
and Chi chapter became extinct.
The initiating officers were Gladys
Everett, Josephine Howe and Mary
Etha Shelton.
FRESHMEN FIRE OPENING
BARRAGE AT $62,000 GOAL
Freshmen class members blew
off the student Union lid last night
at a special class meeting in Vil
lard hall at 7 p. m. Dean Straub
presided, while Virginia Lee Bieh
ardson and Emberson Wright,
freshmen leaders in the drive, ex
plained the ins and outs of the
drive to their classmates.
A message from the Central
Executive committee of the cam
paign was read to the students by
Wright, in which confidence in the
ability of the class of 1928 was ex
pressed by those in charge.
Wright explained the outline of
the campaign. The men and the
women are to work separately and
in competition, with special slogans
for both men and women. It was
decided to hold a cfontest for the
best men and women’s slogans,
with two $5 prizes. A box for the
slogans will be placed in the Co
op today until three o’clock.
Virginia Lee Richardson spoke to
the class, stressing the part of the
freshman women in the drive. She
appealed for cooperation on the
part of everyone, and reminded the
class members that they were ex
pected to go over the top.
A large enthusiastic audience at
tended the meeting.