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Obak’s Kollege Krier OBAK Wallace, Publisher E.E.J. Office Boy and Editor FRIDAY A. M. NUMBER 11 VOLUME 4 Dates Advanced on Track Meets > of Pacific Coast All Colleges in League to Take Part in Annual Competition Cinder Stars to Strive for National Honors The great Pacific coast confer ence track meet which will be held at Palo Alto on May 15, has been advanced one week to enable the southern schools to send teams to the national meets in the east which come on May 22, the original sche duled date of the conference meet. This necessitated the changing of the dates of several dual meets, in which Oregon, Washington, and O. A. C. will be participants. Several days ago in Portland, Darwin Mea nest, graduate manager of Univer sity of Washington; Carl Lodell, graduate manager of O. A. C.; and Jack Benefiel, graduate man ager of Oregon, ironed out the con flicts which resulted from the change. Dates Are Changed As a result the 0. A. C. and Wash ington meet will be held at Seattle on May 22 instead of May 11; the Oregon-O. A. C. meet will be held at Corvallis on May 29 instead of May 15. The date of the Orcgon Washington meet at Eugene remains unchanged, May 8. The University of Washington will send a track team east to the na tional intercollegiate championship meet in Chicago in June. If Proe Flannigan does as well as last year, he will also be sent east to repre sent Oregon, according to Benefiel. Carl Lodell was uncertain just what O. A. C. would do. Teams to Go East The Pacific Coast will take part in some great meets this year. Cali fornia will meot Princeton, the University of Southern California will defend its national intercolle giate title in the east this year, while California, Washington and Stanford will send teams to the national collegiate meet, and Ore gon probably will also be repre sented. Montana undoubtedly will send the groat Busell Sweet, sprint star, with several other outstanding stars to the contest. Since the formation of the confer ence in 191H, this is the first time that all of the colleges in the league will compete in the annual confer ence meet. In the past two years the dates of the national and the Pacific coast meets conflicted and the strong teams were sent to the east by the southern schools. UNIVERSITY OP CALIFORNIA, March 9.—Publication of a new lit erary magazine to be distributed with the Daily Californian was au thorized by the Executive Commit tee last night. The new publica tion is to bo in tabloid form and will be issued bi-weekly. The man agerial Btaff will be undor supervi sion of the nsanager of the Daily Californian. f Professional Directory W. E. Buchanan DENTIST I. 0. 0. F. Temple Eugene Phone 390—Res. 1403 L Dr. L. E. George DENTIST First Natl. Bank Bldg.—R. 7 Eugene, Ore. __Phone 1186 Dr. C. L. Schwering DENTIST 709 Miner Bldg., Eugene Sundays and Evenings by Appointment Res Phone 177-Y - Office 872 Dr. Harvey Earl Murphy Dentistry, X-Ray and Orthodontia 618-19-20 Miner Bldg. _Phone 2330 Orville Waller, M.D. Physician and Surgeon 417 M. & W. Building Phones: Office 195; Res. 989 _Eugene, Oregon_ Optometrist Phone 620 Dr. Royal Gick MAKER OF EYEGLASSES Lenses and Frames Replaced , and Repaired Next dbor to First Natl. Bank Eugene Portraits Photo Coloring Commercial Photography Arey Studio “We asure you satisfaction” 992 Willamette St. Phone 117-R No One Walks Home at O. A. C.i All Skate OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, March 10.—(P. I. P. A.)—Roller skating ig the latest fad at O. A. C. Everyone is skating to classes, to town, and even to the dances. It is estimated that 700 pairs of roller skates have been sold by Corvallis merchants during the past week. ___^_ Publishing Students Design Book Plates The publishing class under the in struction of Dean Eric W. Allen, of the School of Journalism, is making book plates to be cut from linoleum. Students of the class chose their own subjects. These, with the per fection in cutting, are to be taken into consideration in grading. Proofs of the plates are to be 'made on the front of the publishing examination blue books for inspec tion along with the regular examin ation questions. A model, made by Wayne Leland of last year’s pub lishing class, was used as an ex ample of good workmanship and appropriate design. P.I.P.A.News Bulletins UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, March 10.—'(P.I.P.)—To bring about cor dial relations between the faculty and student body and to settle the student government problem, Presi dent A. H. Upham has asked the executive board of the associated students to appoint two students to serve on the faculty discipline com mittee. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, March 10.—(P.I.P.)—The final lap of the $500,000 memorial union drive went over the top by $5.1,000. The freshman class broke previous records when they pledged $88,351 towards the building. The campaign ended with a victory dance given in the men’s gymna sium. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, March 10.—(P.I.P.)—Freshmen, in the future, must successfully com plete one semester’s work and re main off probation during that time before they can be initiated into a member fraternity of the Interfraternity council. This resolu tion was unanimously passed by members of that organization last night. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN BRANCH, March 10.— (P.I.P.)—Dean Blythe Webster of the Univorsity of Saint Andrews, Scotland, one of the foremost authorities on English literature, is lecturing at the Southern Branch this semester. Webster graduated from the Univorsity of Edinburgh nnd lectured there on the English language from 1905 to 1916. From 1919 to 1920 ho taught at the Uni versity of St. Andrews where he was Dean of the Faculty of Arts, and general editor of the Scottish text society. Ho is lecturing here on Scottish Literature and Shakespeare. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, March 10.—(P.I.P.)—For fear that the “Yellow Dog” and the “Razz berry,” forthcoming scandal sheets, will not come up to tho high stan dards that have boen suddenly raised, tho Southern California Ex ecutive Committee has appointed a board of censorship to guarantee the purity of these editions. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, March 10.—(P.I.P.)—Winning by a vote of two to one, the 8. C. debate team triumphed over Loyola College Thursday evening. Tho arguments centered around the question: “Re Isolved, That war should be declared I by a direct vote of the people ex jcept in cases of invasion or rebellion.” STATE COLLEGE OF WASH INGTON, March 10.—(P.I.P.) — Two W. S. C. students narrowly es caped injury when their plane, in which they had been flying over the campus taking pictures, turned turtle in a muddy field in an at tempted ascent. The aviators were uninjured. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Southern Branch, March 9.—Begin ning next week, the entire student body will be invited to attend or chestra rehearsals which are held regularly on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at the noon hour in the University Auditorium. This custom was adopted last semester and found successful, the mi^sic de partment endeavoring to give stu dents in all departments a presenta tion of the best orchestra music. Oregon Faculty Make Plans for 1926 Vacation Professor Fish to Make Second trip to old Home in England Smith, Douglass, Young, Rainey Have Positions The closing of examinations in the spring will find many members of the University of Oregon faculty immediately scattering all over the United States. Professor Andrew Fish, of the department of history, however, is going clear out of the United States, to England, where he was born. His father and mother live there, as well as most of his relatives. This will be but the second visit he hias made to his parents’ home since he came to America, in 1915. This time, however, he will intro duce Mrs. Fish to them. Later in the summer, he and Mrs. Fish plan to travel in France and Helgium until time to return to Oregon in the fall. Mr. and Mrs. Fish hope to leave for England on the S. S. Berengaria, which sails from New York on the 23rd of June. Dr. Smith Accepts Position Dr. Warren D. Smith, head of the department of geology, has accepted an offer to teach elementary and advanced courses in geology at Stan ford university this summer. Dr. ^mith believes that the advanced course he will teach there, which deals with the study of Pacific Coast geology, is the only course of its kind which has ever been offered on the coast. Dr. Smith admits that his main purpose in going to Stanford is that he will have access to the famous Braner library there, which is the most complete and best equipped on the coast. He plans to leave here by auto with his family immediately at the close of examinations in the spring. They will spend about three days in Yosemite National Park and then go on in time to be at Stanford by the 23rd of June. Beginning on .this date his work there will last eight weeks. Last year, Dr. Smith taught summer school at the Uni versity of Michigan. Douglass to be at Stanford Professor Harl H. Douglass, of the school of education, has also accepted a position on the teaching staff at Stanford next summjer. He will teach a cyurse in secondary education, which will keep him there for a period of 14 weeks. Mr. Douglass expects to leave with his family for Stanford immediately after examinations here in June. This will be Professor Douglass’ third summer of teaching at Stan ford university. Dr. Homer P. Rainey, of the school of education, plans to teach for 12 weeks next summer at the Univer sity of Texas. He will teach two graduate school courses in the school of education there and also do re search work in school administra tion. His work there will keep him busy until the first of September, so he will have but about two weeks of vacation bfore the fall term opens here at Oregon. Young at Wisconsin Dr. Rainey taught in summer school here at Oregon last year. Professor Ki'mball Young, of the sociology department here, has ac cepted an offer from the Univer sity of Wisconsin to teach iu the sociology department there during the summer session. He will teach twto courses, social origins and social psychology. These courses will last 8 weeks. After that ho plans to spend about p month of hunting and fishing in Canada, near Quebec, with friends. Professor Young taught in the State Teachers’ College at Greeley, Colorado, last summer. Miss Perkins Enjoys Springtime in France Spring flowers in France are in bloom now, and are very similar to those of Oregon', according to a card from Miss Mary Perkins, which was received Monday by Miss Mozelle Hair. Miss Perkins, professor of English, is now on leave of absence. She reports that she is having a wonderful time. Bogus Petition Traps 600 With Death Grant UNIVERSITY OF CALIFOR NIA, March 8—(P. I. P. AO More than 600 students signed their own death warrant when they signed a bogus petition cir culated last Friday that osten sibly had to do with the granting of a holiday. The death warrant consisted of a demand “that we be drawn and quartered on the Wheeler steps if this request for a holiday the Monday before Charter Day is not granted” buried in the body of the peti tion. Only six students read the document carefully enough to de tect the hoax. University High Glee Club to Give Operetta in Auditorium Tonight The University High School oper etta, “Swords and Scissors,” is ready for production, and the first per formance will be given this evening in the School of Music auditorium at 8:15. The cast is composed of members of the University High Glee Club, who are under the direc tion of Anne Landsbury Beck. The profits from this production will go to the athletic fund of the University High School. Due to the smlall student body of the campus high, it is a difficult matter to finance the athletic program which the school desires to foster. A per formance of this kind, if successful financially, will lend aid to the furtherance of athletics in the high school, and it is hoped that the col lege students will give it their sup port. The operetta promises to be one of the best productions of its kind to be given this year. “Swords and Scissors” in the nature of its com position, is the most appropriate performance for high school produc tion on the market, according to Mrs. Beck. It is ideal for young voices and lends itself to much com edy and byplay, yet retaining beauty and romance echoing back to the time of Napoleon and his colorful court. STATE COLLEGE OF WASH INGTON, March 9.—Failing to find a satisfactory man to be head foot ball coach, the athletic council af ter corresponding with a number of prospects and having two men come to Pullman to look over the situation, decided to send four of its members to scour the country for projspects. Two will go east and two south. 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Brisco, Director, Washington Square East, New York Citv. Representative to be Selected from Debaters Oregon’s representative speaker for the Pacific Forensic league ex tempore speaking contest at Pull man, Washington, on April 8, 9, and 10, at the annual conference of the league at Washington State college, will be chosen tomorrow. Among the varsity and freshman debaters who have already signi fied their intention of competing are Herschel Brown. John Galey, Mark Taylor, and Boy Herndon. Others who have not signed up are expected to try out. 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Many Taking Pipe Courses May be Fooled The husky lads who are enrolled in courses at Obak’s Parlors will take their final examinations next week. The fatalities will be heavy as usual, some may flunk entirely out. It is rumored about that there are many PIPE courses but instruc tors intend to fool some of the useifs of the mild weed by giving them a zero. Several men have applied for honors and Lynn Jones tendered his application for membership to Iota Beta Phi, National Billiard Frater nity, which is translated into Eng lish as “I’m a Billiard Player.” Scholastic achievements, general knowledge of the game and number of points the player can run up are some of the qualifications consid ered. According to Chuck Stock well, the present President of the Organization, Jones will be seriously considered, but Stockwell says that Jones plays the game too rough and can’t cue the ball very scientifically. Seven Seers Get Scandal Six of the Seven Seers were for tunate enough to get a flashlight picture of the well known Chi 0 pledge and the low brow Fiji Frosh taken as the two sat on the bench in the basement of the library. They intend to have it enlarged and it will be given a prominent place in Obak’s. Come on down Froshee and Ofiak will “Show You the Way to Go Home,” next time. Let’s give seven sneers for the seven seers, (the campus scandal hounds). A Obak’s Ginger Ale , Superior, Student Sends Testimonial OBAK:— I’ve tried Tanlac, Lydia Pink ham’s, Castor Oil and toothpaste and even have gone to the re nowned healer, Dr. Price, but I re ceived no relief. My teeth started falling out and I got ingrown fin gernails. But your marvelous gin ger ale! it made a new woman of me. Now J can chop wood, wash my ears and smell flowers without fainting—and it was all due to ginger ale—God Bless you for send ing it before I spent more fabulous 'urns on dumb doctors. 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