INSDRUNCE GAINS
UMONGTEACHERS
More Policies Every Year
Taken Out by Educators,
Says Professor DeCou j
Many Instructors Will Not
Serve in an Institution
Not Providing Annuities!
The Teachers Insurance and An
nuity Association, an organization
made possible through a $1,000,000 1
endowment by the late Andrew
Carnegie, has made a tremendous
growth during the seven years of
its existence, according to informa
tion given by Prof. E. E. PeCnu.
head of the department of mathe
matics.
This organization, whose purpose
is to provide insurance an annuities
for teachers and other permanent
officers employed by colleges, uni
versities and other institutions en
gaged in educational work, has
more than ten times the number of
patrons with which it began in
1919.
Figures furnished by Professor
BeOou show that 140 life insurance
fpflMpV Wftrvwtu8<jl toy the Asso
ciation in 1919, while 2,722 were
fsiiM1 in 1924. vl,',n' '
Growth Is Explained
r The gVrrwili of the Association iji
ascribed:by Professor BtUoli fid tlij
'following r^asops: The Aspoeiyfin j
I does hot emptbv soliciting agenl-t
thoriefcy iivn-iiI'mg One of the grenij
e#^{Eli'»f‘‘cHi-fr* 'itsurancj
companies.
* It is aide through tt/e' itatiVoirie
[endowment, which pays overheafl
expenses, to rfumish insurance ajt
actual cost.
Its policies are nominally nc.ij
phrtiCipa'tiitg btft hvHiiftHy ! th"ji
!dr*W;:g,,BCTer^vs diyWcipl »/ler the
first year. Ton percent, of oneV
tsalAry'’Will"'provide adequate insnr
ance 1 for one’s family and a com
fortablo income on retirement in
the forms of an annuity or a lump
sum.
Its facilities are open to the gen
ernl body of teachers in colleges
and universities in the United
States, Canada, and Newfoundland
irrespective of denomination, or
state control.
By its college annuity plan it has
been able, through state assistance
to furnish an annuity allowance to
retired teachers, half of the sum
paid by the teacher during active
service through teachers ’ annuity
policies and half being granted by
the state.
Plan Is General
Figures furnished by the Assocla
tlon show that more than 10S col
leges, universities and other insti
tutions of learning in the United
States have adopted this plan and
are cooperating with their respec
tive states in giving their teachers
old age annuities in various forms.
Among them are the state univer
sities of Alabama, Arkansas, Mich
igan, Pennsylvania, South Carolina
and Utah. Yale, Stanford, Coluiu
bia, and Princeton have also adopt
ed this plan of protection for their
instructors.
"It was the question of annuity
allowances, together with the low
salary paid and the lack of a sab
batical year which caused many de
sirable candidates to be unwilling
to consider the presidency of the
University of Oregon,” said Pro
fessor DeCou. “Capable educators
are now looking for service in col
leges which will protect them in
their old age. I believe that it
would promote the efficiency of all
colleges and universities if college
annuities was made universal.
“Many good instructors continue
to teach, after they have reached
tho ago limit, when younger men
would he more efficient in their
places. Teachers are forced to con
tinue to work after their days of
competent service are over.”
U. H. S. PLAY, ‘PENROD,’
WILL APPEAR DEC. 18
University students are urged to
attend the production of “Penrod,”
presented by tiie University high
school, December IS, in the high
school auditorium. Miss Margaret
Booth, senior in Fnglish, is assist
ing Mrs. Assenheinier, high school
teacher and Dramatic club advisor,
in coaching the students for the
play.
Miss Booth lectures to the high
school students every Friday morn
ing, instructing them in dramatics.
For this study, the high school stu
dents are receiving credits.
“I find the students ns well as
the work extremely interesting,”
said Miss Booth. “It is my first
experience in this kind of work.
The members of the cast are work
ing very hard, and we hope to make
our production of “Penrod” a
success.
SAVE ‘MAXIMS OF METHUSELAH’
ERE SHIP SINKS, SAYS MRS. BECK
“Oh! Do I have to decide on
those books right awayf” Mrs.
Anne Landsbury Beck wanted more
time to go over the ship library
and pick out more carefully the
things she might save from the
wreck, but as the reporter told her
she could take only ten volumes,
and that she must decide quickly
else the ship would sink, she began
to think.
“At least I would like to see the
library,” she said, “because I’m
awfully keen on titles, and I might
discover something I never thought
of before.
“Well, anyway, I would take
'The Gardener’ by Tagore and the
‘Rubaiyat.’ These two books I
never tire of. Then I would take
a book called ‘The Maxims of
Methuselah’—the author’s name I
can’t recall—but if there are any
frailties of human nature that are
not brought out in this refreshing,
humorous and realistic book, I don’t
know what they are. You can read
it over and over again.
“I think I would take a music
criticism by Huneker. They give
me something to think about. It
would make very enjoyable reading
for a musician or one interested in
music. Then I would take ‘Leg
Miserables’ by Hugo. I’ve read the
novel about seventeen times, but I
never get tired of it. I would
snatch a book of folk songs, as they
are easy to sing*rwithout an accom
paniment. I would also take a
volume of short stories, called ‘Vel
vet Black and Others.’ They are
good and can stand being re-read.
“I would want a modern novel
such as ‘The Green Hat,’ which
would let my mind run riot on some
of the things I know I shouldn’t
be thinking about,” Mrs. Beck
laughed. “And last but not least,
I would take the Bible. It is al
ways a book to be read under any
condition, and one that can never
be completely and thoroughly read.
“Now if I could possibly squeeze
in another book, I would like to
take some volume of world history,
possibly a book like Wells’ ‘Out
lines of History.’ There are not
only things of interest in such a
book for mere reading, but there is
stimulus for a great deal of real
thought, and exercise of the
imagination. I suppose that this
list Will seem to indicate that-.I am
not sufficiently serious-minded, but
you didn’t give me any time at
all.”
GRAD OF 02 RECALLS DAYS
WHEN HOUSEBOAT USED AS HALL
“Come in,” came from inside the
door, so we went in. J. H. Upton,
president of the state senate in
1923 and a resident of Bend, was
packing or unpacking a valise and
smoking a Camel cigarette. He is
a large man with an engaging smile.
He wears glasses and looks as
though he might be interested in a
bknk somewhere.
“I was graduated from the Uni
versity of Oregon Law School at
Por.tjftpd ip 1902,” said Mr. Upton,
in answer to a query. “It was situ
ated near where the Bivoli Theatre
atrw ; stands, and the dean was
Jlichprd Thornton* a polished Eng
lish lawyer, who died recently. We
hadn't the advantages of campus
life which the poople of the Uni
versity now have; we knew only the
men of our class. Yes, there was
one fraternity, the Phi Delta Phi,
national law fraternity; the living
quarters were a houseboat moored
near the Jefferson street depot.
“I don’t think that the professors
of the state’s educational institu
tions are getting enough money.
More salary Bhould be paid them
and less should be spent on neM
buildings. Not that we don’t neec
new buildings, but the professors
ought to be paid more so they wfen ’1
have to spend their time dodging
the grocer’s bills,” said Mr. Upton
as he lit a new cigarette from tht
half-burned stub of the old tone.
“The law provides that propcrtj
shall be assessed at its full value
In Oregon it is now assessed at 5(
per cent of its value. According
to the millage law, the educational
institutions of the state get about
one or two mills for their purposes
At the time the law was passed th(
sum provided was quite sufficient
but since then the size of the
schools has doubled and the assessec
value of the state hasn’t been in
creased. This means that ever
though the state has become fai
wealthier, the assessors have pur
posely kept the assessment so tha1
the colleges would not get theb
needed money. The large property
owners are to blame for this, ai
they have nightmares fever anj
extra dollars which are tacked ont<
their tax,” declared Mr. Upton.
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VICTORIES SEEN
FOR ROOP SQUAD
Six Lettermen Return For
Winter Sport And New
Material Has Promise
Experience and ability, together
with good records, describe the bas
ketball standing of the group of
men out for the Oregon varsity. Ca
vorting every night on the Armbry
floor, they are a promising trobp.
Six are wearers of the varsity
“O:” Algot Westergren, unanimous
choice for all-coast guard last win
ter; slim Boy Okerberg, all-north
west center and leading fearer;
Howard Hobson and Ted Gillen
waters, two-stripe athletes; Jerry
Gunther and Charley Jost, one year
men, but with two years’ service
on the squad. Nothing to worry
about there.
Plenty Of Material
The other candidate are so good,
plentiful, and experienced, that
Beinhart is embarrassed by a wealth
of suitable material. Only five
men can play at once, and it is his
problem to put the best possible
combination on the floor. There is
a difficulty that might cause math
ematicians to despair, or even the
erudite King Solomon to do con
siderable head-scratching.
Gunther, Hobson, Jost, and Gill
enwaters will be playing their last
year. This fact will make it neces
sary to develop reserves capable of
“carying on” during the 1927 cam
paign. The life of a basketball
mentor is not a bed of roses, al
though “Billy” Beinhart can lose
a number of games before begin
ning to worry about the stability
of his position.
The practice time at present is
occupied with the familiar funda
mentals of pivoting, dribbling, pass
ing, and shooting. The men are
taking hold of this work well, and
will soon be ready for harder scrim
mage sessions, and practice games.
A barnstorming ;trip ^ht^j been
proposed for the Christmas holi
days, but owing to the absence of
Graduate Manager Jack Benefiel,
no definite action has been taken.
However, it is certain that a num
ber of pre-season games will be
played to prepare the team for the
first conference tilt, the coming of
the Montana Grizzlies, January 19.
He Preferred The Ride
BERNARD was every inch a Swiss,
from his knowledge of cuckoo
clocks to his skill as a yodeler. So
on his first visit to New York, his
cousins watched with some amuse
ment his amazed delight as the Otis
Elevator whisked them to the top of
one of the highest buildings. They
looked forward to witnessing his
thrill as he stepped out on the bal
cony which overlooked the vast pan
orama of lower New York.
To their disappointment he seemed
to lose interest as soon as they left
the elevator.
“Look down”, they said to him,
“You’ve never seen anything like
this in Switzerland! ”
Bernard shrugged his shoulders.
“This is all very well, but my own
mountains are much higher. If you
don't mind, I'll spend my afternoon
going up and down in those elevators.
It is not the height of these buildings
which I find impressive; it is the fart
that we don’t have to climb to the
top of them! ”
The Metropolitan Building, New York, is one of the earlier tall build
ings, but its dignity and pleasing lines make it a favorite, and it is hard to
realise that the top of the tower is some six hundred feet above the side
walk. In the tower portion of the building there are six (6) Otis Gearless
Traction Machines, running at 600 Feet per Minute. In the main part of the
building, the oldhigh pressure hydraulic elevators are being replaced by twenty
nine (29) Otis Gearless Traction Micro Drive Elevators of the latest type.
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OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY
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Shaving Creams
Oust China Mugs
Of Bygone Dayi
Everything that finds favor in
this world of ours muBt meet its
match sooner or later, and even as
the percolator played havoc with
the popularity of the old fashioned
coffee pot, so has the stick and
cream given the faithful shaving
mug a shove into the depths of
obscurity.
A mere cfazen of these shaving
mugs can now take care of each
druggist’s trade, according to
authorities, for there are, as even
with the coffee pots and cock-tail
shakers, a few who hold on to the
old ideas and habits with a faithful
persistency. But, the mugs, instead
of being handsomely painted china
ones or heavily filagreed and
carved silver bnes, are now only
mortifyingly aluminum.
Once, it is said, University fra
ternity brothers vied with each
other in an effort to own the finest.
Names, written in gilt with great
flourishes, on the sides of the cups,
were often to be seen. But a shav
ing mug would indeed be a stranger
in a frat house today.
But, as Sociologists hold that
everything does, so do shaving
mugs leave their “foot-prints in the
sands ■ of time,” for if you peak
into a little girl’s playhouse, or a
medicinp chest of the accumulative
type, you will almost always find a
mug in some stage of decay.
Some 40 years ago, one druggist
pointed out, the stores carried and
sold moustache cups and spoons,
now long since forgotten. Drink
ing and sipping, by means of this
invention, was much simplified foi
the moustached men of that day,
But m'oustache mugs are gone for
ever, and with them now is the
shaving mug, horse carriage, long
feminine tresses, and any number
of other things that have passed
into the realm of yesterday.
OFFICERS AND PLEDGES
NAMED BY ART CLUB
In a recent election of officers
for the Sculpture Club, an organi
zation of art students, Miss Beatrice
Towers, graduate student m fin<
arts, became the new president
Other officers named are: Herberl
Miller Bruhn, sophontore, vice
president; and Catherine Sartain
senior, secretary-treasurer.
rararanaRai^raianainiinilniliaiiapiiiiiBMnrai^It
Pledges announced" are: Dorothy
Gay, Dorothy Simpson, John Koiil
aeff, Maxine Bradbury, Lois Shields,
Hope Crouch, Doris Meldrum, Oli
vine Fisch, Winifred Han*ey, and
Lora Scott.
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