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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 29, 1926)
“Webfoot” Heads Assemble Copy For First Issue New Campus Magazine Will Come Off Press During Homecoming Light, Satirical Touch Will Color Publication Rolf Klep, editor of "Webfoot,” new campus magazine, with the aid of his three associate editors, Philip pa Sherman, David Turteltaub and Phil Bergh, is rapidly assembling material for the first issue which will come off the press during Home coming. “There will be no departments in this magazine,” declared Klep in outlining his plans for the publica tion. “We are endeavoring to put over a collegiate magazine with content, make-up and art treatment clever enough to put tho ‘Webfoot’ on a par with any collegiate publi cation of the country.” Klep and his associate editors agree that the “Webfoot” will usher in a new day in collegiate editing, for they plan to incorporate into the magazine the light, satirical touch of “Vanity Pair” and “The New Yorker.” Philippa Sherman, who edited the Seven Seers column of the Emerald last year, will have charge of tho features and humor. Tho creative writing and sport pages will be edited by David Turteltaub, feature writer. The art work is to be super vised by Phil Bergh, art editor of tho 1925 Oregana, and by Klep who was art editor of tho 1923 and 1924 Oreganas and also of tho 1923 Lem on Punch. Douglas Wilson, business manag er, has named “Doc” Wrightman cir culation manager and James Man ning, associate circulation manager. He will organize his entire staff within a short time from those who are trying out for positions. Ho urges all those who are interested in tho business or advertising side of tho magazine to try out for posi tions on tho business staff. Zoology and Botany Students Get Specimens A large number of specimens were collected by students taking coursop in marine zoology from Dr. IT. P. Yocom and botany from Miss Ethel Sanborn at Coos Bay this summer, Juno 17 to July 21. Thir teen registered in mnrino zoology, six of them graduate students, and four graduate students In botany. Eight units of upper division credit were earned. More than 300 specie of animals were taken, the rarest ones found being the red abalone and bracliio pods, Dr. Yocom states. According to Miss Sanborn two sorts of work were done in botany, the collection of marine forms and land flora. Specimens of blue green, brown, and red algae were brought back. A re markable collection of liverwort was discovered. Eoutine work in cluded the collecting of material, its assembling, and identification. Legion Member (Continued from page one) just about broke my heart. When the train pulled out of the station I jumped on one of the cars with out being noticed but my happiness was short lived for midway between Penhouet and Nantes I was detect ed by the cabman. He reported me to the French authorities and after a struggle between the soldiers and | the French gendarmes I was taken off and sent back home. I went back to the camp and stayed there with the 6th Cavalry. They in time went to another camp but before tl$y left they purchased a bicycle for me. Soon after they left I start ed for Nantes on my bicycle. I located the camp and stayed there for a little while. I met two men from the 31st Engineers and I told them that I knew several men at their camp. They took mo along with them to Saumur and there I met Mr. Packard. He very kindly decided to adopt mo and although my father was very doubtful as to whether he should give me away ho finally consented. Soon after this we were ready to come to America. “Before wo loft St. Nazaire I was regularly enlisted in the army. This was to avoid much red tape. While on the ship tho sailors adopted mo and outfitted mo with a uniform. We arrived in New York on March 24, 1919 and two weeks later start ed on our journey which was to take us across tho United States and finally end up at Camp Lewis, Washington. From there we were discharged. I was twelve years old then but as I spoke poor English I was placed in tho third grade.” Since that time Mr. Packer has finished his elementary school edu cation in both grammar school and high school. In his senior year in high school he was a loader in social as well as class activities, being senior president, president of the boy’s athletic association, and many other offices. New Nationals Awarded Two Local Houses I _ Both Organized on the University of Oregon Campus in 1923 Two local organized living houses, one a fraternity and the other a sorority, were granted their peti tions for national ratings this sum mer. Lambda Psi petitioned and re ceived Phi Sigma Kappa and Tau Nu was granted Kappa Delta. Both were organized on the cam pus of the University of Oregon in 1923 and by coincidence received their nationals within a month of each other. Many prominent members of Phi Sigma Kappa will be on the campus for the installation, including Wil liam Woods of Piedmont, California, ■who is the regional vice-president. He will be assisted by William P. Maddox, professor of political sci ence at Oregon, who is a member of Phi Sigma Kappa. The exact date of the coming installation is not known yet but it is expected to come during the fall term. The petition was granted August 29 at the na tional convention at Philadelphia. Phi Sigma Kappa was founded in 1873 at Massachusetts Agricultural college and at present has 41 active chapters with a membership around 8000. They were known as the “Three TV’ at first and their pledge pin has these on it. Ben Olcott, ex governor of Oregon, and Sam Kozer, secretary of state, are members of Phi Sigma Kappa. Installation dates for the Tau Nu Kappa Delta combine have been set for October 21, 22, 23. Exact plans have not been formulated as yet but many members of the national sorority will be present at that time, it is expected. Tau Nu’s petition was accepted and official notification took place on September 15. The list of the regular members and pledges of the two houses are as follows: Tau Nu active members: Kather ine Peterson, Sonia Wilier, Lucille Keller, Hermine Franz, Gladys Bris tol, Eleanor McDermott, Margaret Pepoon, Ethel Thicnes, Edna Eng lish, Ethel Montgomery, Gertrude Koke, Genera Zimmer, Loretta Ma son. Pledges: Irma Poole, Leone Swen gcl, Avis Seines, Hazel May Loucks, Lavona Andrews, Mabel Peterson, Katherine Kelly, Myrtle Johnson, Genevieve McCarty, Elsie Wagini, Grace Griggs, Shirley Fish, Betty Enright, Marjorie Landru, Mary Helen Koupal, Aletha Jenks, Mar jorie Seiple, Frances Franzwa, Anne Dillard, Frances Josephson, Boberta Wright. Lambda Psi active members: George Barron, Peter Ermler, Le land Shaw, Paul Luy, Clifford Kuhn, Dell Bobinette, Lawrence Ogle, Konald Bobnett, Marcus .Woods, Bobert Jones, John Black, William Kidwell, Walter Durgan, Norton Graham, John Kuykendall. Pledges: Bobert Porter, Martin Geary, William Kuykendall, Kenton Hamaker, Lawrence Wagner, Benito Arteau, Ted Sather, Wallace Lar kin. Report (Continued from page one) year, according to Sol Abramson, editor of the Emerald. It happened that several students were discussing the shortcomings of the present scholastic situation in the university. As a result of this Edward M. Miller, editor of the Emerald last year, spent much time during the vacation in formulating a plan for a series of articles to be written from the student view point. The committee of eight was se lected. Its first step was to send out a questionnaire to get the ideas of the students and faculty members. Discussions were held with faculty members who encouraged the proj ect. With this data as a foundation, the committee drew up their series of articles, later printed as a con tinuous report. Football (Continued from page one) is George Guttormsen, captain and quarterback. Coach McEwan, Webfoot mentor, will send practically a veteran team against the Washingtonians. In the backfield he has Jones, fullback, a-nd Wetzel and Vitus, halfbacks, from last year’s team. The new ad dition to this year’s quartet will be Ira Woodie, quarter, from last year’s yearling team. Slausson, end, and Klippel, center, both graduates from last year’s freshman team, are' the new men on the line. Subscribe for the Emerald Students are Limited In R. O. T. C. This Year; Band Organized Only 500 men will be permitted to take the basic course in military science in the University this year and the advanced course will be limited to 45 men, Colonel W. S. Sinclair, commandant, announced yesterday. It has been the custom in the past to enroll all the students who wished to take the advanced course but this year it was necessary to limit those taking the advanced course due to economy in government appropria tion for the army. Captain John T. Murray was transferred to Camp [Benning, Georgia, so that he might be near his father who is seriously ill. He is succeeded by Lieutenant George F. Herbert who comes from Tien Tsin, China, having been on duty with the 15th infantry. Lieutenant Herbert was born in eastern Ore gon in 1893. He has been in the service since Nov. 27, 1917. Lieu tenant Herbert will arrive in Eu gene about October 18. Fifty-eight men have signed up for the R. O. T. C. band which will be under the direction of Walter Ferris who comes from Portland where he has successfully lead sev eral large bands. Mr. Ferris will also lead the university band. All members of the R. O. T. C. band will automatically become members of the University band. One of the outstanding things of the band this year is that out of the 58 men who have signed for this work 41 have their own instruments. The military department has received twenty new 22 caliber rifles for practice. Colonel Sinclair expects this to re sult in a great improvement in this phase of military science. Mrs. Hall (Continued from page one) automobile, parties are planned in less than an hour’s time.” Respect to Individuality When asked whether a girl should have a career or take up a domes tic life, the president’s wife said that she thought that this could only be decided by the individual. She feels that some women are meant for a professional life while others are lovers of a home, and rarely does a girl possess qualities for both. “Women, today, have the same op portunities as the men, in regard to leadership,” stated Mrs. Hall. A number of years ago, teaching and domestic service were the only op portunities offered to the young girls. In contrast to this, she stated, that every field of work and especially the medical and legal circles were open to women who performed their work very well indeed. She said that women’s professional life be gan a few years prior to the war and that event gave women an assur ance of their success. By word of greeting Mrs. Hall wrote the following letter to the girls of the campus: “I am grateful for this opportun ity to extend my greetings and best wishes to the women of the campus. I would like to pass on to the wom en students the same kindly spirit and the same gracious hospitality that has been so generously and un failingly bestowed on us by all the people we have met. They have made us feel that we were one of them. And likewise I wish that I might help to make every girl feel at home in the splendid atmosphere of this university. I wish that I might share with her the inspiration and high resolve that Oregon hospitality and thoughtfulness has envoked in us. We have engulfed in a marvel ous spirit of friendliness that we never have seen equalled and it is in this same spirit that I now want to greet the women of Oregon and to be accepted as their friend.” Try The Model JBeauty Shop For Marcels and Haircuts 3 expert Mar. operators All Work Guaranteed Union Shop 817 Willamette Across from Rainbow ! Phone 2362 EUGENE ART & GIFT SHOP First Birthday Sale 20 per cent Discount on our entire stock SEPT. 29TH AND 30TH 30 Tenth Ave. West, Phone 2268 When Saying it with Flowers Say it with Ours A Complete Assortment of flowers for every need. Chase Garden Florist Cor. 9th and Oak, Phone 1950 Welcome back to Eugene. We wish both old and new. students success for the coming year. Come in and look us over, we carry a complete stock of student supplies.. And our prices are right. 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