FtlEHTTO PRR1S
FROM HUNS TOLD
French Student Reviews
Fall of St. Quentin
WAR HAVOC RECALLED
Destruction of Old Home
Tragic Memory
By Eva Neslon
Drivon by the German army
from St. Quentin with her father,
mother, ami aged grandmother in
1916, Mademoiselle Lydie Coqblin
of Nevers, France, holder of the
Women’s League scholarship and
enrolled as a graduate student at
the University of Oregon, saw at
first hand the havoc of war and
experienced its bitterness and sor
row. Three of her brothers were in
the French army and two never re
turned from the battlefield.
“The most impressive day of the
war to me,” said Mile. Coqblin,
“was when war was declared. The
people were not thinking of war;
we were dancing and enjoying life.
Then at noon the bells began to
toll. At first we thought some na
tional officer had died. We sus
pected some groat calamity had
occurred. Soon we knew and what
we learned was the worst possible
nows. Afterwards we became accus
tomed to anything, but that first
day—” Mile. Coqblin paused and
clasped her hands tightly, “I will
never forget the tolling of those
bells.”
People Forced to Leave Homes
Mile. Coqblin told how reluctantly
the French people departed from
their homes when the battle line
drew near the St. Quentin. “We
waited and waited until the last
minute. Every day we hoped for
news of a victory. At last the
mayor ordered the people to leave.
Wo departed at night, taking with
us only a few clothes, somo family
papers and an old shawl which had
belonged to my grandmother’s
grandmother in the days of Napol
eon. For somo reason, I don’t
know why, my mother threw this
over her shoulders. It is all we
have today of that old home. Wo
buried our silver' in the garden, but
when my brother returned to So.
Quentin soon after the war ho could
not find it. St. Quentin was half
destroyed in the battle of the
Marne. *
Brother Captain, in Army
From St. Quentin the French fam
ily moved to Paris. The grand
•m'other could not stand the shock
of leaving her home. She lost her
mind and died soon after the fam
ily arrived in Paris.
“My Mother was a captain in
the battle of tho Mnrno,” sai'd
Mile. Coqblin, “he had attended the
national military school in Fon
tainebleau. When I came to Cor
nell University after tho war,” she
smiled nnd lifted her hands ex
citedly-1—“I found a student wbo
had lived in the same room with
m y brother a t Fontanebleau.
Wasn’t that nice?”
student At cornel!
Mile. Coqblin spent two years in
the United States before coining
to Eugene, one ns a student at Cor
nell University, tho other as a
French teacher at Byrn Mawr. She
4s a rather short girl and slender,
with dark brown hair that curls
around her face and large brown
eyes which change their, expression
continuously as she talks.
‘‘We lived in Paris six months,”
she continued. “Much of the time
we could hear the noise of the bat
tle, and we could noo tho eastern
sky lighted as if by a great fire.
I remember the night of July 13,
1917. We could not sleep that night.
It was all so terrible.” She gave the
French pronunciation of the last
word and dropped her hands des
pairingly. “Finally the winter
came and we had no coal and not
enough to eat. For two months we
lived on potatoes. For two years
1 ate no sugar. We >••!•• ■’ nr'no
w' !•", v . 1 '
' • he • T,<: ' Or: • Worl.cr
“ of
the French lted Cross. iSlie was a
manager in a hospital and there
she met an American officer who
later came to our homo to linvo
supper with us every Saturday
night. When I came to the United]
States 1 visited him and his family j
in Cleveland: tliev were lovely to
me.”
“You know,” Mile. Coqblin's eyes
became misty for the first time,
“I had two brothers who were lost
in tho war. My mother is Btill wait-1
ing for them to come home.” She
paused; then added, “I do not
speak of it. I am young now
again, hut *1 grew old, during those
four years, waiting for news.”
Home A* Hevers Depicted
After living in Paris six mouths
Mile. Coqblin and her family were
obliged to move south again. They
went this time to Nevers to the
home of her ancestors. “Certainly
the comfortable and charming Am
erican houses are much different
I from that old home of ours at
i Nevers with its large room, its vast
chimneys and its Gothic windows,”
! said the French girl. “In the win
j ter time it is rather cold in spite
I of half a tree burning on the fire
place. It is very charming once a
(year, however, when my brother
I and I gather our friends, asking
: them to come dressed in some med
ieval costume.” ,
Armistice Brings Joy
Mile. Coqblin’s father is a pro
■ fessor at Nevers college. The fam
J iiy was living there when the news
j of the Armistice reached them.
“Oh that day!” exclaimed the
I French girl. “I never saw a day
j like that day. The boy and girl
1 students ran down the streets hand
in hand singing songs. We do not
j do that often in France. The firing
; ceased at 11 or 12 o’clock and the
news reached us about 3 o’clock.
They could not hold us in the
j school room.”
AMPHIBIAN, NEWHUB
FOR GIRL SWIMMERS
Difficult Tests To Promote
High Standards
The name of the women’s swim
ming club of last year has been
changed to the Amphibian club
with Charlotte Winnard as presi
dent. Any woman passing the Bed
Cross life saving tests last year was
entitled to membership in the group.
The passing of these tests will be
only one of the requirements this
year. Miss E. Troemel, swimming
coach, is arranging a very difficult
test which must be passed before
an applicant can gain admittance.
The purpose of the club as stated
by Miss Winnard is to establish a
high standard for swimming on the
campus. All those interested in
the organization are asked to see
Miss Winnard or Miss Troemel to
arrange for the passing of the en
trance tests.
CLASSES IN BOY SCOUT
LEADERSHIP TO BEGIN
l -
Course Lasts Eight Weeks;
Starting Monday 26th
A course for the training of lead
ers of Boy Scout wjbrk will be
given at the University, beginning
Monday evening, October 26, and
continuing for eight weeks, accord
ing to Ur. John F. Bovard, dean
of physical education. It is open
to all University students and if
a man finishes the necessary work
in the course, he can obtain a Class
B or Master’s certificate from
headquarters that will qualify him
as a Boy Scout leader.
“•'The' instructors an the courses
aro going to be men who have had
experience on both the theoretical
and practical side, said Dr. Bovard.
The work is to be conducted just
like a regular Boy Scout troop and
the class will be carried on with
troops divided into groups with
patrol leaders.”
“There is « large number ||vf
people,’’said Dean Bovard, “who
is interested in boys and Boy
Scout work who have never had
any experience. Tn this course we
expect to give it to them. It will
answer what leaders should know
in order to learn the various steps
of organization of a Boy Scout
I roop.
DATES FOR FORMALS
ARE BEIMG SET EARLY
—
Many houses and honorary or- ,
ganizntions have already decided j
on winter term dates for their for- i
'oats, and have filed their requests ,
P- :n Estorly’s office. Accord-j
1 > information received there, ;
lendar is filling up un- :
his year. Some of the
- a tvs 1 ; . obably temporary Jiut ,
most of them will be permanent.
Kappa Sigma, January tilth. To !
Ko l,o, February Oth, Sigma Alpha ;
Kpsilon, February 13th, ,'Chi Psi, j
February 13th, Delta Tau Delta, I
February 20th, Alpha Tau Omega,
February 20th, Sigma Chi, Febru
ary 27th, Sigma Pi Tau, February
27th, Sigma Xu, February 27th are
some of the organizations that are
already registered on the dean’s1
office list.
Girl’s organizations seem to be j
slower in deciding on dates for ;
none have yet signed up for for
mula or house dances.
Almost every possible date for
fall quarter has already been taken,
and many affairs are cdmlng on
the same night, A few of the less ]
desirable nights are still open, how- j
ever.
DUKE SWANSON CAST
IN NEW TAYLOR PLAY
Dave Swanson, who will be re
membered on the campus as one of
the leading dramatists in the Com
pany under Fergus Reddie two
years ago, is now playing with the
Forrest Taylor company of Port
land, and is cast in some of the
most important roles in the produc
tions offered by this group.
The Forrest Taylor company is
to present Avery Hopwaod’s great
comedy, “The Best People,” at the
Heilig theater Monday evening.
Swanson has one of the leading
characterizations in this, and his
work has been highly praised by
Portland critics. The play was pre
sented for two weeks in the Heilig
in Portland, and is to play a re
turn engagement there next week.
Oregon’s Chances Good
Says Cardinal Scout;
Other Teams Reviewed
(Continued from page one)
ing Washington and Washington
State.
Idaho Defense Held Strong
Of the northwest teams, at the
present time, Warner picks Idahlo
as the strongest aggregation with
O. A. C. as a close second.
“Idaho has a splendid little team
with a varied and clever attack and
a strong defense,” Warner declared
here yesterday. “O. A. C. has the
most powerful passing attack that
I have seen uncovered as yet and
any team that beats the Oregon
Aggies will have to stop the Cor
vallis overhead play. Oregon look
ed terrible in the first two games
of the season, but there are indi
cations that the “sleeping giant”
is #bout to awaken.
Varsity Coach Praised
“The Webfooters have the best
kicker on the coast in Vic Wetzel
who gets them away consistently
for a 45-yard average and a pow
erful line smasher in Lynn Jones.
Oregon should give California a
good tussle on Saturday. Dick
Smith knows football and it is in
conceivable to me that a team
coached by him won’t come through
before the season ends.”
We have taken temporary
quarters In the New Eugene
Hotel across the street from
our new home, which, When
finished, will be one of the
most modern of any on the
Pacific coast.
MARX’S
EUGENE CLEANING AND
DYEING WORKS
245 E. NINTH STREET
TELEPHONES 75 AND 122
Bring on the Golden
Bear!
-Give ’Em Hell
Oregon!
MANERUD-HUNTINGTON FUEL CO.
Room 24 First National Bank Bldg. — Phone 651
“Down the Bears” j
TheOregana
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Ruth McCallum Carter
BIG REDUCTION ON ALL
WINTER HATS
SPECIALTY OF HATS
IN BALCONY—$5.00
IMPERIAL LUNCH
Let’s EAT Here
Chinese Noodles, Tamales and Waffles
m
At All Hours
$12.90 DRESS $12-90
SALE
New High Grade Dresses From Our
Regular Stock—See Them
PONGEE— 12 nonie, government inspect
ed pongee—extra special—
56c the Yard
CARTER’S RAYON SILK VEST—Spe
cially priced at—
98c Each
BEARD’S
A McDonald
SCOOP!
Complete Motion
Pictures of the
Oregon-California
. FOOTBALL GAME TODAY
Will Be Shown
on Our Screen
FILMS'
SHOT
TODAY
WE SHOW
THEM
TOHIQHT
The Webfoot Weekly Motorcyele Messenger
arrives with the films at
,.v 10 O’CLOCK TONIGHT
And—
THE FEATURE
PICTURE IS—
As a Special Feature
of the second show
starting at 8:30
GLORIA
SWANSON
more goregous than ever
in
“The Coast
of Folly”
An effervescent romance of Palm Beach
COMING
MONDAY—
Corinne Griffith
“THE MARRIAGE WHIRL”
with KENNETH HABLAN
NITA NAliDI and HABBISON FOBD
^ 20c
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Night
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DARLING ANN:
The big game with the Golden
Bears is in Portland this week
end, and it is also mother’s
birthday, so I can kill two birds
with one stone by seeing them
both. I got mother a ,lovely
plaque, “Grinnie” by name.
Very well done, and just what
she has been wanting. The Eu
gene Art and Gift Shop, where
I got it, is a regular storehouse
of gorgeous things.
* ♦ *
* In order not too look at all
shaggy or like a grizzly Bear
this week-end for the football
game, I ran down to the Co-ed
Barber Shop, right by the Co
op, to get my hair trimmed.
Those barbers sure know their
stuff. If you don’t believe me,
wait till you see my nifty shin
gle Saturday.
Mabel got a water wave at the
Cosmetician this morning, in
preparation for the week-end, of
course. She is going to Port
land with the classiest man yiou
ever saw, but that water wave
ought to be enough to satisfy
any man. Mabel’s hair is a bit
curly, and the water wave cer
tainly brings out the natural
curl marvelously.
I lost my pet compact the
other day, and it almost broke
my heart. But on looking
around, I found Woodworth’s
compajcts, Karess and Fiance, at
the Ked Cross Drug Store. They
aye very convenient, because
they, have loose powder, which
isn’t messy. You just tap the
top with your nail until you
have as much as is necessary.
They are so good I’ll -briilig y<6u
’one.
'■'*■**
Three of us girls ate dinner
with Nellie and Beth last night,,
who are keeping house in the
dearest littie apartment this
year. We had the most delici:
ous sauerkraut and wienies that
Beth bought at the Palace Mar
ket, right next to Underwood &
Elliott’s. For a surprise they
had hot mince meat pie—it was
so good, I ate about half (of it.
Beth said she bought it at the
Palace Market also, and that it
was Libby’s, which is every bit
as good as home-made.
* * # —»■
I have the (cutest hat picked •
out at the Style Shop, but have
felt I couldn’t afford it. Now
is my chance. They are having
a sale the last three days of this
week. One hundred of their
hats are offered for half price,
and 75 for one-fourth price.
There are a lot of others re
duced too, and several of us are
going to buy hats.
And, Ann dear, Tip and I
made a big discovery. Hasting’s
give the best hot oil shampoos,
which Dr. Marvin suggested for
dry hair and dandruff. We both
plan to have one next week. You
must come down for a week-end
and try one here.
Raup’s Florist Shop has a good
collection of bulbs. Tulip bulbs,J
which will be great marvelous,
red or yellow flowers, are a:
their best. I’m just crazy abb
them, aren’t youf And of cor
the ferns are beautiful.
Well, will see you at the sta*
tion Friday night with all uiy
glad rags on.
Yours,
CAROL..