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55? STUDENTS TODAY TO MEET NEWLY ELECTED CHIEF Dr. Chase Wfll Give Short Talk; Decision Expected Within Next Two Weeks Prof. Chas. E. Rugh, Leader In Religious Circles, To Make Assembly Address Dr. Harry Woodburn Chase, pres ident of the University of North Carolina, who was selected by an unanimous vote of the board of re gents to succeed the late Prince L. Campbell as president of the Uni versity, will make his first formal appearanc'e before the student body at the assembly in the Woman’s building at 11 o’clock. Ur. Chase will make a brief talk. He will be introduced by Dr. Henry D. Shel don, chairman of the administrative committee. Prof. Charles Edward Hugh, prominent educator and leader in religious research work, will de liver the main address. Although Dr. Chase will remain on the campus until Friday, when he will go to Portland to visit the medical school, it is not expected that he will decide on the offer made by the board of regents until the end of the two weeks’ time given him. Guest of Conklins’ Tuesday evening Dr. Chase was guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell Church where he spent the evening in conversation with Mr. and Mrs. Church, and Mrs. P. L. Campbell, wife of the late pres ident. Yesterday at noon he was entertained by the deans of the University at a luncheon given, at the Anchorage, and in the evening was the guest of honor at a dinner given by Dr. and Mrs. E. S. Conklin, who have Dr. Chase as their house guest during his stay here. Dr. Conklin and Dr. Chase were school friends.. Dr. Chase was informally introduced to a faculty group at a reception in Alumni hall of the Woman’s building Wednesday eve While in Portland Di5. Chase will be further entertained. He and Dr. ' Conklin, who will accompany lnni to Portland' will attend a luncheon tomorrow given by a group ' of Dartmouth men. Mrs. George T. Gerlingor, member of the board ot regents, will also be hostess at a reception Saturday evening in his honor Dr. Chase wil} leave on Sun day by way of San Francisco for Its home at Raleigh, North Caro lina. . Rugh Attending Conference Professor Rugh, the assembly speaker, will talk on “Study of Col ** lege Life.” He is nationally known as an educator and writer. His interest is largely in moral and re-, ligious influences and agencies in the institutions of higher educa tion. Professor Rugh is attending the conference on the campus. He will be principal speaker at the con ference. Since 1907 he has been professor of education at the University of California, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Delta Kappa, and Delta Tau Delta. He is a gradu ate of Stanford University and took graduate work at the Umiversity of California. » U. H. S. ART STUDENTS EXHIBIT RECENT WORK Art students in the lower division of the University high school are exhibiting some of their drawing this week in the high school corri dors. Classes under the direction of Miss Wilamina Shields, Miss Jo Ann Warwick, Miss Catherine Cleaver and Miss Margaret Stahl have contributed to the exhibit. EDITOR OF EMERALD TO HAVE ASSISTANT Edith Dodge, a member of the Emerald news staff, has been ap pointed assistant to the editor, by the Emerald editor, Edward Miller. In this capacity Miss Dodge will handle the editorial office secre tarial work. She will retain her position on the news staff. STUDENTS’ INTEREST IN RELIGION SHOWING SIGNS OF NEW TREND Tom Graham, Senior, Notices That Opinions on Subject Are Influenced by Home (Editors Note: Upon request of the Emerald, Mr. Tom Graham, a senior in the history department of the Univer sity, has written two articles giving his interpretation of the religious situation on the campus at the present time. Mr. Graham was one of Oregon’s t\fro dele gates to the Student Inter-denomina tioDal Conference at Evanston, Illinois, la’t December, when 400 college students gathered to discuss religious problems. Mr. Graham is president of Crossroads, upper-class and faculty mens’ discussion group. Mr. Graham’s second article will ai. pear tomorrow). By TOM GRAHAM Religion on the Oregon campus often has been declared to be al most non-existent. The students are said to be uninterested and the faculty antagonistic to any sort of effort to give religion a place in the student life. This week-end a convention is being held on the campus to con sider the religious life in the col leges of the country and of Oregon in particular. There will be a re port by Professor C. E. Rugh, of the University of California who has been making a study of the re ligious conditions in all parts of the United States. Considering that the situation is to be discussed here so soon, this is a good time to investigate the conditions on our campus from an impartial point of view. To determine to what extent re ligion is a subject of thought among the undergraduates is difficult. Re cently there was an investigation made among a group of students on the ..campus to determine what their religious views were. It was found that a large number had no defi nite views at all. For the most part, the freshmen took what they had learned in the home town Sun day school to be true. They had not thought of the matter at all or if they had, they were a little afraid to break away from the faith of their fathers. The sophomores were inclined to be radical. They had read smart comments on religion, been "exposed to a year of college science, and had a summer to be amazed at the op inions of the non-college popula tion. To this they re-acted violent ly. They were either violent ath iests or fundamentalists. The Day (Continued on page two) MERCHANTS WILL MEET HERE FEBRUARY 14-17 Visiting Retailers to be En tertained at Banquet The annual convention of Oregon Retail Merchants’ Association will be held in Eugene, February 14-17, it has been announced. This con vention is the 22nd yearly get to gether of the retailers of Oregon. At this session, the Lane County Busi ness Men’s association will act as hosts. A major portion of the meetings will be held on the cam pus, either in Villard hall or Com merce building. The first general meeting of this session will be the banquet to be held Sunday evening at the Osburn hotel. This will be followed by a lecture by Irving E. Yining, presi dent of the State Chamber of Com merce. Monday, following registration, the delegates will be welcomed by mayor E. TJ. Lee of Eugene. An address by Egbert C. Line, a speaker on retail problems who has won national recognition, will be a fea ture of the program for Monday afternoon. At the same meeting Prof. David .Faville of the business administration department will pre sent his paper on “installment Selling.” , Tuesday will be given over to trade division meetings. Each] trade group, the grocers, dry goods merchants, hardware merchants^ representatives of general stores|j will meet and discuss their prob lems. Wednesday morning a talk by Robert' C. Line on the Line stores of Montana and in the „ afternoon an address by Marshall Dana, asso ciate editor of the Portland Jour nal, will be featured. The business end of the convention will be wound up Wednesday afternoon at which time election of officers and the selecting of the meeting place for next year’s convention will be decided. Entertainments for the visiting business men includes a get-togther banquet at the Osburn hotel Sun day evening, a luncheon at the An chorage Monday noon, a banquet and entertainment given by the Booster’s club, Monday evening. Tuesday evening the annual ban quet and dance will be held at the Osburn hotel. The Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Wednesday completes the plans for the visi tors’ entertainment. O--o ' FOOTBALL CANDIDATES All centerb, ends and backs report on Hayward field today at 3:30 o’clock, according to statement issued from the of fice of Captain McEwan. Turn out with head gears and should er pads. ^ .i ♦ NORTHWEST TRIANGLE DEBATE FEBRUARY 25 Organization of National De fense is Question The varsity men debaters who meet the University of Washington and the University of Idaho on Thursday, February 25, in 'the an nual northwest triangle are train ing hard on constructive and re buttal argument in preparation, under Coach J. Stanley Gray, head of the department of public speak ing. Oregon’s affirmative (which meets Washington^ negative here is composed of Dudley Clark, junior in economics, and Max Eobinson, senior in pre-law. The negative, Mark M. Taylor, sophomore in busi ness administration and Jack Hemp stead; sophomore in journalism, meet the Idaho affirmative at Mos cow, Idaho. Idaho’s negative tra vels to Seattle where it meets the Washington affirmative. “Eesolved, That our national de fense should .be organized under a single department with three co (rrdinate divisions, army, navy, and air forces,” is the question for the first varsity debate of the term. Early next month, the two re maining regular varsity contents come. One is with the University of Southern California, over the Oregonian radio on March 11, ac cording to present arrangements. The other is with University of Utah here. New men are to be used in each contest. These two meets are • no decision contests while the triangle this month is a decision debate. LANDA GILLETTE DIES AT EUGENE HOSPITAL Lauda V. Gillette, junior in the school of business administration, died early Monday at the Eugene hospital of chronic appendicitis. He was taken ill Sunday, February X. His parents who live in Grants Pass, were notified immediately] following his illness and were with him several days before the opera tion. Gillette held the office of secretary in the Craftsman club, and was an active member of the degree team. “Gillette was a good self-support ing student whose happy disposi tion won him a multitude of friends,” said Dean Walker, dean of men. Gillette transferred here ffjom Stanford university in his junior year. The body was shipped to Grants Pass yesterday for burial. STUDENT PLAYS OPEN TONIGHT AT GUILD HALL inree uramas wriuen ana Produced on Campus to Be Presented at 8:30 Variety in Tone of One-Act ‘The Kiss,’ ‘The Athlete’ And ‘Kingdom of America’ Plays written by three young dramatists, “The Kiss,” by Kee Bu chanan, “The Athlete,” by Kather ine Kressman, and “The Kingdom of America,” by Helen Webber will be produced for the first time at Guild theatre tonight and to morrow night at 8:30 o’clock. These are the first plays written by Oregon students to be staged at the University. “The Kiss,” is a fantastical com edy, realistically playing up youth —with its hopes and its “ disillu sions.” The story centers around the actions of two little girls, who earnestly wish that they were 20 years old “just for tonight.” The girls are discussing the actions of their 20 year old sister and her “beau.” The characters in this play of “adolescensation” or the complication of youthful troubles are: Cynthia, age 15^ Florence Couch; Boxy, age 13, Etha Clark; Penelope, Elizabeth Talbot, and Laral, Edgar Buchanan. Second Play is Tragedy “The Athlete,” is a tragedy of the Shakespearian type. The whole play including the actions and the language of the actors are worked out with poetic subtlety. It is re plete with the atmosphere of the Grecian field of games. The stage shows the interior of the curtained tent of Celertis by the field where the athletic games are going on. The principals in this tragedy are Menas, hurler of the discus, Thomas Montgomery; Pilus, thrower of the javelin, Arthur Gray; Celertis, an athlete, Cecil Matson and Xora, rubber for Celertis, Alfons Korn. “The Kingdom of America,” is a comedy, with a farcical viewpoint on American life. It is a full length portrait of 100 percent Am erican royalty looking for an apart ment. It is furturistic in atmos phere. The scenes and the cos tumes of the actors are grotesque. The play is introduced by a pro logue, which shows the king, queen, and their three children looking for an apartment. “Royal Americans” Portrayed The following characters make up the “royal family” and their court of “Americans,” the King, Edgar Buchanan; Queen, Constance Roth; Princess Clothilde, Katie Buchanan; Prince No. 1, Diana Deininger; Prince No. II, Grace Potter; Pho tographer, Robert Epping; Delegate, Frances Vaughan; Stranger, Wil liam Forbis; Camera Man, John Mc Clellan; Pillar, Vernon McGee; Judge, Cecil Matson; and delegates of the Twice-A-Month-Club, Norma Jane McCleary, Margaret Booth, Eleanor Beckwith, Hertrude Hill, and Hazel Kellems. Ticket Sale Large The ticket sale is going along well, according to Dick Hoyt busi ness manager. Ray Nash is in charge of the publicity for the three plays. TRACK MEN COMPETE ON SOAKED CINDERS The second track tryout of the term was held yesterday afternoon on Hayward field with a small num ber of men competing. A wet track and cold wind hindered Hay ward’s tracksters to a great ex tent. Next Saturday afternoon at 2:30 competition will take place in all events. Distances, however, will be shortened because of the early training period. The results of yesterday’s try outs: freshman, 75-yard dash, Che shire, Hunter, Scott, Reavis, Stan ard and Blum, qualifying; varsity 75-yard dash, Renshaw, first; Wet zel, second; Palmer, third; high jumps, Crawford, Boyden and Da vis; broad jump, Renshaw, Davis and Wetzel; and high hurdles, Burns, Stanard and Jackson. MUSIC ARTIST WILL APPEAR THIS EVENING Charles M. Courboin To Give Organ Concert in Music Auditorium at 8:15 Player Will Arrive on Cam pus This Morning; to be Guest of John Stark Evans Charles M. Courboin, famous Bel gian-American organist, who plays at 8:15 in the school of music audi torium this evening, arrives this morning at 11 o’clock, and he will be the guest of John Stark Evans while here. Mr. Courboin, formerly organist of the Antwerp cathedral, is now guest organist of the famous Wana maker organs in Philadelphia and New York, the Philadelphia organ being the largest organ in the world. In this capacity he has played before over 130,000 persons during the past few years, and is hailed as one of the outstanding or ganists in this country by critics by whom he has been praised high y after all his recitals. Organist Bora in Antwerp Courboin’s career reads like rom ance. He is a native of Antwerp, Belgium, and his wonderful talent for music evinced itself at an early age. At seven he played the con certos of Mozart and Haydn sym phonies from memory without an error, after they had been played for him. At 12 he was playing the organ for all the services in the groat college chapel of the Notre Dame college in Antwerp. Tickets on Sale at Laraway’s His genius greatly interested in fluential musicians. He was sent to Brussels, where he studied in the Conservatory of Brussels for five years. He became organist of the Antwerp cathedral upon his gradu ation in 1902. In 1904 he came to America where he was organist in some of the larger cities until 1919 when he became guest organist in the Wanamaker halls. Mr. Courboin's repertoire em braces Over 500 numbers. All his recitals are played from memory. Tickets for this concert will be on sale at Laraway’s all day and at the door this evening from 7:15 on. MUMP EPIDEMIC SEEMS CHECKED FOR PRESENT The epidemic of mumps seems to be checked for the time being al though campus medical authorities fear that there will be many new cases. The only new case over the week-end is Prof. F. L. Stetson of the school of education. The first three cases spread the disease over the campus so thoroughly that in two weeks there were 14 cases in the infirmary. The difficulties have been partly solved with the arrival of another nurse, Miss Blanche Brooke from Portland. There is also one pat ient less at the infirmary. The as sistance was very much needed, ns the two regular nurses cared for 10 patients day and night. Last week Dr. Miller treated an average of 35 cold patients a day or 210 for the entire week. DIME CRAWL BRINGS SIXTY TWO DOLLARS Receipts from the dime crawl to taling $62 were reported to Wom en ’s League following the dances last night. The returns for the Alpha Delta Pi’s, Chi Omega’s, Gamma Phi Beta’s, and Kappa Om icron’s “crawls” were not included in the total, so the entire amount was approximated to be $75. The crawl last term netted $115. Delta Delta Delta was the highest on the list this year, turning in $11. AMUNDSEN TICKETS Exchange tickets for the Amundsen lecture and picture may bo exchanged for reserv ed seat checks at the lleilig theatre box office Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Mail orders may be reserved at any time before then. Jost Will Guard Burr, Fast Aggie Rival, in Contest Saturday Night Not too many years ago, Charles Jost stood on the side lines at a basketball game in Boseburg and watched William Burr perform on the smooth floor. Jost was tall, awkward-looking, with little knowl edge of the game, while the lean Burr weaved in and out among the contestants in the full joy of star dom. A few days ago this same Jost asked Coach Billy Beinhart, of the league-leading Oregb» hoopsters, for the assignment of guarding “Long Shot” Bill Burr, star hoop ringer of the O. A. C. quintet in next Saturday’s game between the rival schools. Boinhart gladly as sented, delighted to have disposed of the phantom Burr. Jost got his start in Oregon do nut basketball, and under Bein hart’s tutelage, has developed by leaps and bounds until he is now recognized as one of the ablest guards ever seen in northwest hoop circles. Burr has continued the even tenor of his way at Corvallis, starring in college ball with the same ease that made him outstand ing in high school. He is the lead ing Aggie scorer. Followers of these two men 1mn ticipate a great duel in Corvallis next Saturday when these two old friends face each other in a con test for the conference supremacy. While the Oregon system does not ordinarily include a man-for-man system, the style is elastic enough to accommodate Jost’s peculiar re quest. Now its up to Burr. BUILDING COMMITTEE Small Residence, or Annex Only Present Plans Plans for relieving the infirmary situation were discussed at the meeting of the Board of Regents and the A. S. TJ. O. building com mittee' Tuesday evening, Dr. John Bovard, dean of the school of phy sical education, said yesterday. There were two probable plans dis cussed and the subject was left open for investigation until the next meeting which will be held next month. Everyono present agreed that something should be done to relieve the present ttitun tion. One plan discussed was the build ing of a modern annex to the pres ent infirmary, thereby relieving the existing emergency until money can be raised to erect a modern build ing. This plan would double the present capacity of the infirmary and the rooms would be better warmed and more comfortable. Rooms would be so constructed that contagious diseases might be iso lated. This plan would do away with the present “pest house.’’ The other plan considered was to buy a residence in a quieter place and remodel it. This plan met with some disapproval as it seemed to most of the committee that this would merely postpone the issue. The objection to the present loca tion, according to Dean Bovard, is that the trains passing and the ani mals in the biology experiment building, which is next door, make a great deal of nois.e early in the morning, thereby disturbing pati ents in the infirmary. FIRST SPEAKER AT CONFERENCE Educator to Talk on ‘General Tendencies of Collegiate Religious Work’ Today Col. Gilbert, H. W. Davis, H. P. Rainey, Walter Myers, To Speak at Meetings Conference Program Thursday afternoon, 3 *15, 101 Condon hall, Carl Onthank, presid ing. Incovation. Oeneral tendencies of collegiate) religions work in the country at large, Dr. C. E. Hugh, University of California. A surrey of present day religious activities of the University of Ore gon, Eev. H. W. Davis. Responsibility of a state univer sity in training religions teachers; Prof. H. F. Rainey, University of Oregon; Prof. Walter Myers, Eu gene Bible University. Thursday evening, 7:30, Alumni hall, M. H. Douglass, presiding. In covation. What the people of the state ex pect of the university in the way of religious nurture, Colonel W. 8. Gilbert, Portland. What can be done to develop the religious interests on the campus; Hon. R. A. Booth, Father E. V. O’ Hara, Rev. J. F. Haas, Prof. C. E. Carpenter, Dean E. C. Robbins, Dr. A. E. Caswell. Religious needs of campus from student point of view, Genevieve Chase, Robert Hunt, Walter Mal colm. Charles F. Rugh, professor of ed cuation at the University of Cali fornia, will be the prinicipal speak er at the opening sossion of the University of Oregon conference on religions problems, which will be held in the geology lecture room in the basement of Condon hall this afternoon. Ur. Rugh will speak on, “General Tendencies of Collegiate Religions Work in the Country at Large.” The speaker has made a special study of religious work in colleges and universities', and is expected to make some valuable suggestions and information for those who are working on the local problem. He has written several books on this subject, and has charge of the in vestigation into the moral an<} re ligious influences and agencies in institutions of higher education for the Institute of Social and Religious research. Campus Men to Talk Later in the afternoon session' H. W. Uavis, director of the United Christian Work on the campus, will give a “Survey of Present day Re ligious Activities of the University of Oregon.” Thero will also be talks on the responsibility of state uni versities in training religious teachers, by H. P. Rainey, profes sor of education in the university, and Prof. Walter Myers, of the Kugene Bible University. Regent to Attend Meetings Colonel W. S. Gilbert, University regent from Portland, will give the principal address of the evening session on “What the People of the State expect of the University in the way of Religious Nurture,” at 7:30 in Alumni hall of the Woman’s building. Following Colonel Gils bert’s address, local religious work ers will give talks on what can be done to develop religious interest on the campus. The conference is open to tho public. MRS. McEWAN LIKES FOOTBALL, WEST POINT AND THE UNIVERSITY By MARY BENTON , Violetta Peterson McEwan, ths . wife of Capt. John J. McEwan, varsity gridiron coach, likes foot ball, the army, West Point, and the University of Oregon. She ba» ^ already become an ardent Oregon . partisan, and plans to see all the home games of the varsity basket ball teams this winter. Mrs. MeEwan’s close friends eall her “Letta,” a contraction of Vio letta, only her father still insist- j ing upon the full pronunciation of every syllable. When a reporter called on he? at the Osburn hotel, Mrs. McBwan made an apologetic gesture at the half-packed suitcases, over ■which Captain McEwan was leaning, ex plaining that they were getting ready to more to Robert Earl’a home where they will live for two weeks while the Earls are on a va cation trip. She shooed the Cap tain and seven and a half-year old (Continued on page three)