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Ohak’s Kollege Krier OBAK Wallace, Publisher W. R. L., Editor i Volume 4 SATURDAY, A. M. Number 12 (Dtegon laily Jmecalii Member of Pacific Intercollegiate Press Association Official publication of the Associated Students of the University of Oregon, issued daily except Sunday and Monday, during the college year. DONALD L. WOODWARD .-. EDITOR EDITORIAL BOARD T~ Associate Editor . Margaret Skavlan Managing Editor . Harold A. Kirk Associate Managing Editor . Anna Jerzyk Sports Editor .... George H. Godfrey Daily News Editor Mary Clerin Emily Houston James Case Jalmar Johnson Gertrude Houk Lillian Baker Night Editors Pete Laure Ray N'aah Webster Jones Claude Reavis Tom Graham Walter A. Cushman Lylah McMurphy . Society Editor Sports Staff Wilbur Wester .... Assistant Sports Editor Richard Syring, Richard Godfrey .. .Sports Writers Upper News Staff Edward Robbins Mildred Oarr Elizabeth Cady Geneva Foss Sol Abramson Eugenia Strickland Mary West Josephine Ulrich . Exchange Editor News Staff: Helen Reynolds, Margaret Vincent, Ksther Davis, Jack Hempstead, Georgia Stone, Glen Burch, Lawrence Armand, Ruth De Lap, Dorothy Blyberg, Clayton Meredith, Margaret Kressman, Philippa Sherman, Ruth Gregg, Mary Baker, Alice Kraeft, Geneva Drum, Helen Schuppel, Ruby Lister, Barbara Blythe, Mary Conn, Ronald Sellers, Paul Krausse, Bill Klien. BUSINESS STAFF JAMES W. LEAKE..-.. MANAGER Associate Manager . Frank Loggan Advertising Managers . Si Slocum, Wayne Leland, Wm. Jones Assistants.Milton George, Bill Prudhomme, Bert Randall, Calvin Horn Circulation Manager .-_ James Manning Assistant Circulation Manager . Burton Nelson Foreign Advertising Manager .,. Claude Reavis Assistants .'Wait O’Brien, Hilton Rose, Neil Chinnock Specialty Advertising ... Mildred Dunlap, Geneva Foss Adminstration . Margaret Hyatt, Marion Phy, Fred Wilcox, Bonner Whitson, Bob Warner. Day Editor This Issue Sol Abrainson Assistant ....Mary Katharine Baker Night Editor This Issue Bay Nash Assistant .Bonald Sellers Entered a« Hecond class, matter at the post office at Eugene, Oregon, under act Of Congress of March 3, 1879. Mother and F ather i ' UTOMOBILES are spinning along the roads leading to Eu gene and the University today. In many of them, eagerly leaning a little further forward as the machine nears the cam pus, and with eyes just a little brighter than is usual, are Mother and Father. Down the tracks the engine whistles and slackens speed as it rolls into the Eugene station, clanking past a crowd of ex pectant faces, who peer up through the dusty windows in a vain attempt to identify the occupants. The long line of cars grinds to a stop, and slowly, one by one, the passengers descend the steep flight of steps. “Mother, Father, here I am! Come right out this way. Here, let me take your grips.” “The University,” but a generalized name and hitherto con juring only a hazy picture, becomes a reality. Often, when Mother lias discussed Her Roy or Her Girl with the neighbors, she lias glibly spoken of “The University,” telling of some of the exciting incidents related to her through the “letter home;” —how the dark waters of the mill-race chill both heart and body of the imaginative freshman, of hikes to Spencer’s, of the initi ate’s spooky thrill as lie carries out some momentous “mission” in the ghostly graveyard, of the moonlight shimmering down the rippling, winding race, of the colorful house “formal,” of glorious, sunshiny picnics up the dashing McKenzie. What a thrill Mother has now when she sees these with her own eyes! “There's the campus; Mother! Set1, where the tower is. That’s Deady hall, the first building.” Fat her wants to see the athletic grounds. “Look, Dad, there is the football field. Right over there, at that end, is where Oregon held Washington on the goal line al Homecom ing last fall. Gee. that was a battle! You’ll have to come down next year and see one of those games! Will you?” And Father suddenly feels the years fade away and he real izes that he has a "lot of boy” in him vet and 1Lis Son has “lot of man” in him already. Why they aren't so far apart after all, 11 is Son and he. “You bet I'll come! When will the big game be?” What a laugh they get at the .Junior Yod-vil! It is surpris ing what a good show those kids can put on. It was as good as any professional performance! And they chuckle again, “Yes, it was good, wasn't it ?” Dinner at the house is thrilling. “Do 1 have to meet all those boys? shivers Mother, shrinking hack a 1 ittIt', and having a queer, panicky feeling almost like that time she went with Dad to her first dance back in her teens. But the boys are so nice, and she soon forgets her first misgivings. They are so clean and manly, and boyish, too, she thinks, as the cheery flames crackle and snap in the big fireplace. 1 lie dinner gong, and the doors roll back, displaying the long, narrow table, lined with silverware and bright glasses, with a profusion of deep-colored carnations blanketing the een ter of a snowy tablecloth. Between courses the animated con versation is interrupted now and again by rollicking college “songs bringing forth applause and laughter. It is fun! Tomorrow the little groups. Mother and Father. Their Boy ami 1 heir («irf. wander slowly about, visiting the campus and the buildings. \s the sun falls lower, they gather at the station, friends are greeted, tarcwolls are made, the coaches steam out and grow smaller and smaller as the engine, puffing forth great white clouds, swings around the curve and disappears. Automobiles whirr away down the nrbored streets, and pick up speed as they gain the open highway, joining the long stream of others also homeward bound. Mother and Father look at one another, and their eyes mist a trifle, and then shine glow ingly. “Their Son! Isn’t he splendid! And everyone seemed to like him so. Did you notice how friendly they all wore to us. 1 am so glad lie was able to go to ‘The University’.” And the moon, a little past full and just a bit lop-sided, smiled down kindly and spread his white light mellowing before them, as they smiled and talked, following the winding tybbon which stretched on and on before them into the indefinite, shadowy distance. Campus Bulletin Notices will be printed in this column 1 for two issues only. Copy must be 1 in this office by 5 :30 on the day before i it is to be published, r must be i limited to 20 words. ! fCOMING EVENTS* <S>—i-<5 Today, May 9 2:30 p. m.—Junior Vodvil, ; Heilig theatre. 4:00 p. m.—Mothers’ tea, Wo j man’s building. 2:30 p. m.—Baseball, new diamond, Washington-Oregon. 8:15 p. m.—Junior Vodvil, i Heilig theatre. I Sunday, May 10 4:00 to 5:00 p. m.—Univer sity Vespers, University music hail. FUMBLE COMMENT GIVEN R.O.T.C, PARADE Lieutenant Sioan, ’22, Says Battalion Shows Form The University of Oregon B. O. T. C. unit is rapidly becoming one of tin' most creditable among the colleges on the Pacific coast, ac cording to those who witnessed the battalion parade'of the local unit on the drill grounds south of the barracks, Thursday afternoon. The parade and ceremonial drill, j participated in by six companies and the B. O. T. C. band, showed a marked improvement since the weekly drills were instituted throe weeks ago, and was satisfactory in every respect, according Vto offi cers of the B. O. T. 0. department. The battalion parade was re ceived by Cadet Major Earl Hughes, with Cadet Captain Walter Bnekstrom acting as adjutant. F •company was chosen as the cam pony making the best showing while passing the reviewing of ficers. Among those who witnessed the ceremonies was Lieutenant Emerald E. Sloan, graduate of the Univer sity of Oregon in 1922, who is vis jiting a few days in Eugene, prior j to his departure for the Hawai I ian Islands, where he has been or dered to report for military duty. | “There has been a vast improve i incut in the University of Oregon ill, O. T. C. unit, over what it was | in 1922, and it would be a pleas ure for me to work with this body of men,” said Lieutenant Sloan, when asked for his opinion of the Work of the local unit. “If we staged a ceremony in those days we were fortunate to have an at tendance of 40 per cent among the cadets. “Although I have come here di rectly from regular troops, the showing made by this unit is cred itable indeed, and, I believe, would compare favorably with the mili tary unit of any institution on the coast,” he said. Lieutenant Sloan was a Cadet Major in the University R. O. T. C. unit while on this campus. Upon graduation he entered the military service, receiving an appointment as Second Lieutenant in the in fantry on January 5, 1923. He was. until recently, stationed at Fort Missoula, Montana. The next weekly battalion parade iwill be held at the regular hour, Thursday afternoon, and addition al phases of ceremonial drill may be presented at that time. APPOINTMENT SYSTEM CHANGED AT CALIFORNIA \ change from the point system to the personnel system of govern ing activities of the women stu dents has been installed at the Uni versitv of California. Under the point system definite numbers of points were given each office or activity, and women were allowed to carry only a limited number. This system was not ef fective and when the question of reinstating it was raised recently it was decided that the present handling of activities under the personnel committee is more ef fective. The personnel committee aims to place studepts who are not already working on committees. At the be ginning of each semester women are told about the system and asked to fill out cards if they wish to be put on committees. Ttecords are kept on the cards, telling of the committees to which each is ap pointed and the grade of her work. Chairmen are required to submit their appointments to the person nel committee for approval and wo men who have never been asked to serve are added before publish ing the list. In addition to adding such names to committees and so distributing the activities over a larger group, the personnel commit tees will, in the future, see that seniors who nre carrying a great deal of responsibility report to the I , infirmary for examination. Thus women who are not in good physi cal condition will he asked to drop some of their activities. LAW STUDENTS HEAR SPEAKER IN PORTLAND - j All law classes were dismissed yesterday and today in order to give the students and faculty of the law school an opportunity to hear the lecture by John H. Wig more, nationally known jurist, which was delivered in the Port land Central library hall last night, and to attend the meetings of the Judicial Council of the State Bar association yesterday and today. The entire faculty and about 35 students of the law school left for Portland yesterday to attend the lecture and meetings. John H. Wigmore, is dean of the law school of Northwestern univer sity. and the author of one of the outstanding treatises on the law of evidence and of several much-used books on law. lie is recognized as one of the most progressive and practical men in the legal profes sion. His lectures are based on his ' extensive travels through Europe ! and on numerous photographs tak j on during that time. His lectures are unique in that they probably represent the first attempt to apply to the legal field the practice of | lecturing with colored lantern j slides. — SPEAKER TO BE CHOSEN FOR ANNUAL BANQUET j The committee of Phi Beta Kap 1 pa, appointed for the purpose of | choosing a speaker for the talk to be given after the joint annual ban quet of Sigma Xi and Phi Beta Kappa, met yesterday. This talk is given after the bjfnquet each year, and is open to the public. Last year’s speaker was Hr. Tvo foid of the University of Califor nia. » The speaker is selected by each organization, for alternate years. This year the choice falls to Phi Beta Kappa. The committee con sists of Professor Walter Barnes, chairman; Mrs. Alice E. Ernst, and (Professor Prederie Dunn. Miss ] Mary Perkins, president of the Ore gon chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, and Professor O. P. Stafford, presi dent of the local chapter of Sigma iXi, are meeting with the members of the committee, ex officio. The [next meeting, at which a final choice is expected to be made, will be held at the call of the chair man, Professor Barnes. o At the Theatres o--—--o REX—Last day: Jackie Coogan in Ms latest success, “Little Robinson Crusoe,” g tale of ad venture, romance and big thrills, with the kid of kids at his lovable best; Cartoon comic, “Alice in Dutch;” Ore gon’s own Webfoot Weekly; 1 ,eRoy DeVanev in atmospher ic accompaniment to the pic tures on the big organ. Coming: Dorothy Mackaill 1 and George O’Brien in “The Painted Lady;” “Welcome Stranger,” with star cast; Buck .Tones in “The Trail Rider.” o--o A GOOD SIGN TO GO BUY UNEEDA PRESSING CLUB OREGON SUMMER SCHOOL DRAWS DISTANT INQUIRIES Eequegts have come from 3i states for information about th< summer sessions at Eugene and ii Portland, from the District of Col umbia, from the Hawaiian Islands j from British Columbia, Saskatche wan, and Peking, China. Th( states represented include Neu York, Massachusetts, West Virgin ia, and New Hampshire on the eas: j and Georgia and Texas in the south Many requests have come from Montana, Idaho, Washington anc j California, while nearly all th( states west of the Mississippi are represented by one or more inquir ' ers. Washington leads the list wit! a total of fi2 requests for informa tion. The requests come in thf main from those who are connectec with the public schools, particular ly high school teachers and admin I istrators. Many express a desire to combine summer school study with a vacation trip. Several in quiries about graduate work have been received. — HANDKERCHIEFS ORDERED THROUGH Y. W. C. A. ARRIVE The order of handkerchiefs ar ranged in folders appropriate for j Mother’s day gifts has arrived at the Y. W. Bungalow, Miss Florence j Magowan, secretary of the Y. W. j C. A. announces. -Orders were tak ; on by representatives from a num j ber of the houses on the campus during April but owing to a delay ■ of the shipment many were not ! filled. Miss Magowan urges that j those desiring any of these hand ' CLASSIFIED ADS ! i.. —- - •, FOR SALE—Full dress suit, ; practically new, size 36. Price $20. Prone 177-R. 3 LOST—A candy sample tease of Rosin Candy Co. Was left on Kin ! raid field about a week ago. Please I notify Fred Joy. Phone 550. 9-12 !'__ I miil!nilimil!Iini!!mil!IHI!!ligilli!H:i;!!W!l:,1S!li:ii8i!Ma BELL THEATRE Springfield Sunday A great story bf last days of Cattle Kings ''"ia8::'iw,iiiiig,:iimi!|i;iai|l!'3BIII!WIII[WIWIIIIW!!IIIBililW [ milHilliiinyli,IiwiiIIIMIHII—MlMli Iimilll MMl»lliMllllMIWl j Jones & Dillingham ■iiiiHiiniimiiiiniiiiHiniaiiiiiBiiiiiHiiBSii,; PREPARED PAINTS ARE GOOD PAINTS See Oxner’s About Them ai!iiii!i!iiaiii!Hi!iiniiiiiEi;!ii»;!i!Uiiiini!i!i33>;:!iaiiii OXNERS Paint Store Phone 348 8th & Olive Sts. NEW SHOES FROM OLD ONES Com4 in mdlttaM you «>h*t Ibn mm. Wn do not cobbWUm**, w« iHmM tmn. Wn wm fhn (umt Goody** W*fc Syrtmh. Jim The Shoe Doctor 5i'3JSJSn3ISf3rSJ3]3ISIBJSISJSEJ3I3I3MSISMSEISIBfSE!3JSI3IB1313Ef Sunday Night i:;« a a a a s a ■:» a From 6-9 o’clock Sam Soble and his "Bozo" Orchestra ■ a a aa.a aaai C|c pollute ^liiuij.ie kerchiefs procure them at once. They sell for one dollar apiece and the proceeds go to the aid of the Armenian mothers. ENGLISH PROFESSOR STILL ILL, REMAINS AT HIS HOME Professor H. 0. HoVve, of the English department, rvho lias been ill for a number of days, is not expected to meet his classes again until some time next week, it was learned at his home yesterday. His classes are being taken care of by Mrs. Mary Watson Barnes. HIGH SCHOOL LATIN TOPIC FOR COLLEGIUM AUGUSTALE The problem of teaching Latin in the high schools was the topic taken up at the Tuesday night meeting of Collegium Augustale, held at the Y. M. hut.' SOCIETY ENJOYS FOOLISH FROLIC One of the most brilliant affairs of the social season took place on Obak Kollege Kampus Tuesday eve ning following the arrival of the Greenwich Village Follies. Some of the boys in the houses had the show girls up to dinner and a good time was enjoyed by all. Madamaselle Fi Fi (pronounced fee-fee) tried her 1 best to get Bob Mautz, our 6 7-8 balkline champion, to sing Mar eheta, but failed . . . she sang She kago and the fellows certainly ad mired her slippers and klever kut drss. The A. T. O. ’s entertained a southern Miss who danced at the table. The cook resigned because non of the food was eaten. At the Sigma Nu house several songs aud dances were enjoyed. Freshmen under 75 years old were not ad mitted ■without parent’s consent. The Phi Delt’s had both show and kollege girls for dinner, but a fairly good time was had. Obak’s tables were almost deserted Wednesday but Lady Rumor had it that every one is back in school now. Fellows all "express the wish that kollege girls would learn to dance a la Noo Yawk. WHERERTHEHELLAREWE GOINGTO It’s a cinch that Obak’s won’t be able to tnke care of all the athletic tournaments in the University, even i with the new pool parlor I guess \ the only thing to do is to pass the $5 tax amendment. Personally, I’d! hate to think that £he cow-boys up j the line think more of their stables that we think of our place. They don't seem to mind the tax they have, which coupled with their pledged amount to more than this tax would provide for. Seems to me that if we don't get off the dime we ’ll lose uot around this state. i Picture of Waiter Hevens Kidd . Obak’s Newly Elected Poet Laureate (Note: This little poem was found over the stage door of file Ileilig theater after the Greenwich Village Follies had left town.) Six dashing, gallant A. T. O.’s, In brand new clothes, And silver-plated ear Waited for the dancing stars. Six dashing, gallant A. T. O.’s, Iu brand new clothes, And silver-plated car, Waited and waited and vtaited. . . . W. A. C. JUNIOR V od-vil Matinee THIS AFTERNOON AT 2:30 50c * SEATS SOLD OUT FOR TONIGHT The Demand for seats has been so great that we will offer this added performance for the benefit of those who were unable to get seats. Big Surprise Act You Will Never Forget It Come early and get a good seat. A few Gallery and Box Seats left for tonigh't—$1.00 and 75c.