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Do-Nut Tennis Matches Will Begin Friday - i Contests Will Take Place At Four O’clock on Assigned Days Tournament Courts to be Reserved Intramural tennis teams, which have been getting in long afternons <of practice in the fine weather, will get their first dose of competition when the first round of the doubles tournament is played off Friday, April 19. Sigma Pi Tau and Alpha1 Tau Otaega will start the play and will constitute the first round, the rest of the teams having drawn; byes to the second round. Double Teams Entered Seventeen double teams from as, many living organizations in the in-; tramural league have been entered, and from the present turnout and interest shown, the tournament will probably surpass by far that of any previous year. Due to a reor ganization of the schedule the en tire five rounds will be over by Thursday of next (week which gets ■ away from the long drawn-out, events. The second round will be played next Monday. All games must be played at 4 p. m., of the day assigned or the games will be defaulted. In case of rain, the play will be postponed until the following day, says Ed ward F, Abercrombie, varsity ten nis coach, iwho has charge of the event. Courts Assigned The drawings for the second round, which is to be played Mon day, and the courts assigned to the steams are: Kappa Sigma versus Friendly hall; Sigma Chi versus Phi Kappa Psi, on court 5. Delta Tau Delta versus Oregon club; Beta Theta Pi versus the win ner of the Sigma Pi Tan-Alplia Tau Omega game on court 6. Theta Chi versus Lambda Psi; Chi Psi versus Phi Gamma Delta on court 7. Kappa Delta Phi versus Phi Del ta Theta; Sigma Nu versus Sigma Alpha Epsilon on court 8. The court assignments for the winners of the second round will be announced next week. All con test are straight elimination. Oregon Delegation To be Organized For Seabeck Conference A committee of eight stufflents, all of whom have attended a stu dent conference at Seabeck, Wash ington, has been organized by H. W. Davis, director of the United Christian work on the campus, to promote interest in the conference this sormmer. The Committee met at 7:15 Mon day evening in the “Y” ihut uniter the leadership ®f Byron Serfling, and a tentative list of prospects was drawn up. It was decided to have a speaker visit each of the University student’s classes in the churches of the city to talk the mat ter up. Oregon is expected to send a delegation of 20 men to the con ference, and the outlook at present is very bright, as four men have al ready signified their intention of Attending. The conference is to be held im mediately after the end of the spring term of school, June 12 to 20, at Seabeck, Washington, on the Puget Sound. Seabeck is a small summer resort devoted exclusively to student conferences, and is lo cated about ten miles from Seattle. Besides lectures by intellectual and religious leaders, those who attend enjoy ten splendid days of swim ming, boating, hiking, baseball and tennis in the beautiful Puget Sound country. Mr. Davis, whose office is in the campus Y. M. C. A., has full inform-1 ation as to the conference, and will) be glad to talk over the possibility of attending with any students who are interested. Journalism Library Adds 12 ISetc Dailies Twelve dailies have been added to the newspaper subscription list for the journalism library this term. The leading newspapers in the large cities of the United States, and also one daily from London and one from Paris, are available for refer- j ence in the reading room. The new newspapers subscribed for this term are: The United States[ Daily, New York Times, New York " American, New York Post, Atlantic Constitution, St. Louis Globe Dem ocrat, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Milwaukee Journal, New York Evening Sun, Chicago Tribune, and the New Orleans Times-Pieayune. Deady Patiently Awaits Dedication ~ After Giving Fifty Years of Service Beady hall, pioneer historical building of early University of Ore gon days, has never been dedicated. Old and enduring, it has waited since 1876 for this honor from those who have seen the campus grow from a stuent body of 100 to over 2,500. In planning for the semi-centen nial celebration of the birthday of the University, to take place Octo ber 15 to 23, this great oversight came to light. The committee is ar ranging a ceremony and an appro priate memorial tablet, which will show that the sacrifices of the pio neers in making instruction possi ble, are not forgotten. Back in the early seventies, a group of scholarly men conceived the idea of an institution of learn ing to be located in Eugene. Farmers, for they were the resi dents of this region at that time, gave the site for the campus, and sacrificed parts of their produce to make up a fund for the first build ing. Deady hall was built by men who often threatened to strike be cause of the infrequency of pay days. It was named for Judge Matthew P. Deady, first president of the board of regents, and mem ber of the supreme court of Ore gon at one time. That the lots surrounding Deady were wheat fields is established whenever remodeling is done on the first floor, according to Dr. \Y. P. Boynton, head of the department of physics, who described the structure of the double floors, which were inlaid with dirt containing quanti ties of wheat grains and stubbles in order to deaden sounds. The stairs of Deady were original ly spiral and each room was heated by a large stove, the wood being piled at the west end of the build ing. Equipment is added almost every year, so that the place is now completely modernized. It needs no rejuvenating as it is con sidered one of the best constructed buildings on the campus. CAMPUS Chat ^ Louis Artau, instructor in music, who had an operation recently is out of the hospital. He is doing nicely, and expects to return to the University in a few dayfei Nancy Wilson, Olympia, Washing ton, graduate of the University of Oregon in 1924, has sold another story, according to word received on the campus. Miss Wilson plans to leave for New York in three weeks to visit relatives. Ulysses S. Smith, president ol Iowa WeOleyan college, at Mt Pleasant, Iowa, visited on the cam pus last week, and was a dinner guest at the Alpha Xi Delta hous< Thursday evening. Dr. Smith’s three daughters are Alpha Xi Deltas at Wesleyan. Helen Pollack, of Salem, has re sumed her work in the University after being absent the fall ant winter terms of this year, at whicl time she attended Willamette univ ersity. She is a major in Englisl literature and resides at Susai Campbell hall. Gladys Calef, a member of th< Alpha Xi Delta sorority, has beet forced to withdraw from the Uni versity because she has recently de veloped diptheria. She ha^ just re covered from a case of influenza and had planned on re-entering school this week. Arthur H. Kent, assistant profes sor of law, will teach ■“Negotiable Instruments” in the summer sessior of the University of Michigan ProfessoT Kent has recently takei the place of James A. Miller in the law School. John Lowe, of Topeka, Kansas was a visitor at the Lambda Psi house over the w>eek-end. Be was an assistant instructor in the school of business administration during the fall and winter terms. Ferris Reid stopped at the Lamb da Psi house on his way from Port land to hi3 home in Santa Anna, California. Mr. Reid was a major in the school of business adminis tration when he was attending the University last year. * « * Frances Effinger, who was a senior in the school of education, and withdrew winter term, is visit ing at the Kappa Alpha Theta house. Mitis Effinger is completing her work through the Portland center. * • • Vivian Tindall, a member of the Tau Nu sorority, was called to her home in Toledo, Oregon by the ill ness of her father. She is expect ed to return to the canrpus in a few days. R.O.T.C. Unit Plans Six Military Parades The first of a series of six mili tary parades will be held April 21, recording to an announcement made vesterday by Captain Frank L. Oulin, executive officer of the Uni versity R. O. T. C. unit. The parade will be held on the drill field near the barracks and will start at 5 o’clock. Both band ind cadets will parade in full uni form. Regimental review and es cort to the colors, with University ifficials and perhaps the governor inspecting the battalion are plan ned. “Both cadets and band have pro gressed in drill this year to a point ivhere I feel the ceremonies will be rf interest to students, townspeople ind faculty members,” says Cap rain Culin. Old Oregon to Have Recent Report From Visiting Committee The April number of Old Oregon, alumni magazine, edited by Jean nette Calkins, will be distributed in 10 days. One of the important features of the number will be the report of the Visiting Committee, a group of alumni who spent sever al days on the campus last week investigating campus conditions and problems. Another article will deal with the reunion of the laV class of 1911 which will take place in Portland, June 18. A banquet will be held at the Multnomah hotel which is being arranged by Clarence Hotch kiss. Beatrice Locke, of the “Spec tator” staff, is the author of the article which will tell what members of the class are now doing. Walter L. Whittlesey, ’01, pro fessor of politics at Princeton, has contributed an article to the maga zine, as has Philip A. Pardons, in structor in sociology at the Universi ty. The latter article is entitled “The Unsolved Problem of Crime.’1 Among regular features will be another personality sketch of a member of the faculty. Nancy Wil son, ’24, has written the sketch about Professor A. H. Schroff of the art department. Campus news, the “Family Mail boy,” news of the classes, and sports complete the magazine. Surprises in Store For Junior Prom, Chairman Asserts With the arrival of yards and yards of material, so much in fact that the order could not be filled in Portland but had to be sent t® San Francisco, actual work will soon start on the preparations for the Junior Prom. At present, the committee 1b all agog over its prize idea. It seems that each year the committee cher ishes a prize idea and keeps it jealously guarded till the last min nte. This year the reporter man aged to get this mueh out of Phil Bergh, chairman of the prom, and Rolf Klep, ehairman of decorations: The prize idea concerns the decor ative scheme. However, they are very enthusiastic over the idea and declare that it or its like has never been used on the Oregon campus be fore, and by virtue of newness and effectiveness it will be very suc cessful. The construction committee is drawing plans and perfecting de tails and in general the work is well under way. No Decision Reached In Moot Court Trial Opinions differ as to the time necessary for a man to become in toxicated. This case was not an exception at the trial of Frank Mayer, accused of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, on the evening of March 31, when the jury was unable to come to a decision. The trial took place in the circuit court rooms of the Lane county court house last night at 7:15. The attorneys for the defendant were David Evans and Frank Keen an, and their witnesses for the case were-James Robertson and Hymen Samuels. Loyd Crow and Harold Emmons upheld the side of the state* with the aid of Warner Fuller and Gert Gooding, acting as witnesses. L. L. Ray, ex-district attorney of Lane county, was judge; J. Edwin Keech, clerk; James Powers, bailiff, and Grant Williams, reporter; The following acted as jurors: Bruce Curry, David Husted, Rupert Bulli vant, John Bryson, Calvin Horn and V. Herbert Brooks. Doris Esterland, of Portland, has been visiting at the Delta Zeta house for the past week. Exhibit Displayed In Art Building Arouses Interest Wheelock Paintings Judged Unique Because Of Colors Used Bronzes, Wood Carvings Part of Collection An exhibit that is drawing peo ple as mueh for the satisfaction of their curiosity as for the desire to exercise what knowledge of art they possess is the one now on dis play in the exhibition room in the art building. This is the Warren Wheelock collection that has been on display for about a week and is still drawing visitors. People who see the exhibit once return to see it a second time, and, in some cases, where they are especially pleased, a third and a fourth time. Bizarre Quality in Work Presenting the characteristic® of an art of a ‘man who has found the conventional art of the time de pressing, artificial and uncommuni cative, it is at the same time rather bizarre and deep. Aside from his technique, his paintings are very interesting for the treatment of color. Wheelock does his paintings in plastic oils, a style of workmanship that lends a softness and mystical quality to the painting. His wood carvings and bronzes on the other hand present a differ ent idea. Where his figures in oils seem at times out of proportion and grotesque, some of his figures in bronze and wood show a beauty of line.- “Adolescente,” a figure of a young girl finished in bronze is lovely for its graceful line®. Adol escent beauty seems to radiate from the little figure. Othera show the same delicacy of workmanship and truth of conception. Japanese Prints Shown Besides the collection of Wheel ock, there are some 30 Japanese prints that are particularly fine. These prints are a part of the Mur ray-Warner collection, but, because of lack of room, have not been on exhibition in the museum. They include the works of Kunisada, Toy okuni, Hokusai, Utumura and Hiro shige. They are particularly inter esting for their design and color and for their costume designing. The exhibition is open every af ternoon from 4:00 and Monday and Thursday evenings from 7 to 10. The work of Wheelock will be be removed after today and re placed by works of Maynard Dixon, painter of desert and Indian life. Play Day Will be Put on by Women Athletes This Year Held Day the big annual spring event in women’s athletics, is to be supplemented this year by a new scheme, properly called Play Day. The innovation comes about as a result of the acceptance of W. A. A. at O. A. C. of an invitation for the two schools to have a big ath letic get-together on the University campus. The date ha* been set for May 22. Play Day is to be strictly a non competitive affair, both schools to enter the various ahletie event* for the pure enjoyment of the sport. A committee is already at work for the event and will shortly have plan* completed for the largest co ed sport jubilee of the year. Teams, each composed of a mix ture of O. A. C. and Oregon girls, will compete, in all probability, against each other in the four ma jor sports, baseball, hockey, tennis and swimming. As tentatively planned, there will be demonstra tions of several of the minor ath letics. Under the old system of Field Day, the final class competitions were run off in all the spring out door activities, the track event be ing a particularly big event. With the new arrangement, final matches will be played off and class track teams picked sometime before May 22. Classified Ads 1 <•>—---<$> TYPING WANTED—Short stories; term papers, manuscripts. Punc tuation and spelling corrected, if desired; paper furnished. Pub lic stenographer, Eugene Hotel, Phone 228-J. 4 , Members Will be j Considered Soon For Phi Beta Kappa A (meeting of Phi Beta Kappa at ivhich prospective members are to sc considered will be held sometime , during the last week of April, ac- i ?ording to an announcement made yesterday by Dr. Dan E. Clark, sec- j retary of the organization. Between now and the time of the meeting the committee on member ship will make a careful survey of the scholarship, intellectual inter ests and general activities of mem bers of the senior class, Dr. Clark said. This material will be present ed by the committee at the time of the meeting. Seven members of the present sen ior class were elected to member ship in Phi Beta Kappa last fall and initiated on December 11, and 15 or 20 more probabily will be elected in May, the secretary said. 1911 Law Class Will Have Reunion June 18 Plans for a reunion of the 1911 class of the Oregon Law School are being mlade by a group of Oregon attorneys. Members of the pro gram committee are Clarence R. Hotchkiss, IT. S. marshal for the district of Oregon and chairman of the committee, Wilbur Henderson, John C. Yeatch, Frank Sever, Wal ter B. Gleason, and Frederick Demp sey. The reunion, to be held in Portland at the Multnomah hotel, June 18, is to mark the fifteenth anniversary of the law class. The program will consist of an informal gathering of the graduates in the afternoon and a banquet in the evening. William G. Hale, dean of the Oregon Law School, was ask ed to make one of tho principal ad dresses of the evening, but duo to the fact that he will be teaching in the Stanford summer school, ho will not be present at the class ban quet. Intra-Mural Track Set for Saturday at 10 The time of the intramural track meet has been changed to 10:00 o’clock Saturday morning, so that it will not conflict with the base ball game in the afternoon. Today is the last date for turn ing in names of men who will com pete, according to Spike Leslie, who has charge of the meet. The usual intramural eligibility rules will be in force except that all mien c'olmpeting must have not loss than three iworkouts in each of the three weeks immediately pre ceding the meet. 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The Round Table, which consists if one-half University instructors md one-half business and profes sional men of Eugene having uni versity degrees, meets once a month for discussion. Once a year a meet ing is held to which the women are invited. T)r. James H. Gilbert, acting dean af the college and head of the econ amics department, president of the group, was chairman of the even ing. Freshman Baseball Squad Holds Practice Preliminary practice for frosh baseball began yesterday afternoon on the new field. Coach Harry El linger and assistant coach, Don Park, were on deck to direct the practice of the 35 men who turned out. They began their iwork of getting into condition by batting and fielding practice. The schedule of baseball games between the frosh and outside teams for this season is as follows: April 30, Rooks at Eugene; May 1, Rooks at Eugene; May 12, Rooks at Corvallis; May 21, Rooks at Eu gene; May 28, Rooks at Corvallis; May 29, Rooks at CorvalliB. Mrs. E. A. Russell, of Portland, has been visiting Mrs. Grace Rus sell, house mother at the Delta Zeta house, for the past week-end. Jean Ross, sophomore, has with drawn from school because of ill noss. She is a member of Delta Zeta. im Stetson Chairman of Psychology Session At Educational Meet Professor F. L. Stetofjn, of the school of education, was chairman of the educational psychology ses sion of the Inland Empire Educa tion association conference, in Spok ane last week. Members of the assoc iation, which includes teachers from Oregon Washington, Idaho and Mon tana, discussed different phases of psychology in its relation to teach ing. Talks on intelligence tests were presented by Prof. J. W. Barton of the University of Idaho, and Dr. August Dvorak, of the University of Washington. The discussion of. personality study bv Dr. Charles L. Harlan of the Lewiston normal school, was followed by the appoint ment of a committee to investigate personality study in the different schools. The report of this commit tee will be an important part of the next conference of the association, Professor Stetson said. Oscar Richards Wins Harvard Scholarship Oscar Richards, Oregon graduate who took his master's degree in zool ogy last June and is an instructor in that department this year, has recently received a scholarship at Harvard for the year 1927. Begin ning in the fall he will work for his doctorate and will also assist in the laboratory of general physiology there. Mr. Richards plans to spend this summer at Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University, where he will divide his time between instructing in zoology and doing research work. 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