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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
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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.
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' 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.
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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
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