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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1928)
Thomas Hardy Is Victim of Cold; Dies in England Famed i Writer Surprise To Wells; Too Shy, He Thought ‘Little Grey Man’ Ranks With Conrad, France By C. P. WILLIAMSON U. P. Staff Correspondent LONDON, Jan. 11.—Thomas Har ^ dy, last of the Victorians, died to night in his 88th year. Just before" Christmas, the fa mous English author caught cold and was confined to his bed. The illness did not appear to be serious, somewhat alarmed because of Har dy 's advanced age. Cold Gets Worse. His condition began to grow worse on New Year’s day, but the writer ! of “Tcss of the I) Tibervilles” ral lied several times. Late today he grew weak. Life ebbed gradually, and peacefully. Thomas Hardy, brilliant conver sationalist and brilliant listener, dramatist and novelist, beloved, by millions and seen by few, was a shy, self-affacing little man living al most entirely in his world of dreams. So unassuming was his manner that H. Gr. Wells, on first beholding him, exclaimed: “What! That little grey man?” Yet that little grey man, who pre ferred to listen and called this pref ercnce “classic pessimism” was oue of the outstanding writers of the day, keeping company with that group of great immortals which in cludes Joseph Conrad and Anatole France. Pledging Announcement Alpha Upsilon announces the ' pledging of George Allan Belloni of | Coquille, Oregon. Classified Ads 1922 1'OIvD ROADSTER—practically now rubber, mechanically good condition. A big bargain at $50 • cash. Phone 117-E after 7 p. m. ! jal2-13 : SHOP PETITE—Dressmaking, hem-1 stitching. Style right, price right. 573 13th E. Phono 1733. Harriett Underwood. tu,wed,th,fri—lmo. ROOM AND BOARD—With all home privileges for 3 young la dies. 1313 Oak St. HOLLY MOORE—Designer. Phone K591 for appointments in dress making, tailoring and especially . remodeling. 1313 Oak St. THE GIRL who took the wrist watch from the white sweater pocket in dressing room 89 dur ing Monday -1 o’clock gym. class is known. If reutrned at once ty the gym. office. No questions will be asked. jall-12 ART STUDENTS—You my now got those quality linoleum blocks, inks, bronzing powder, engraving tools, etc., at the Eugene Printing Co., Guard Bldg., 1017 Willamette street. jall-20t SID WOODHOUSE New SHORT COURSE ► —in— DANCING In the result of 12 years teaching experience, and the best ideas from the finest schools in the country. NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT You can get it from no other studio, and remember we guarantee to teach you, actu ally have you dancing in your first lesson. Studio Open Daily 1 to 9 Lessons Private Telephone 2842 New Spanish Ball Room Special DANCE FRIDAY New Spanish Ballroom John Robinson’s Seven Serenaders Incomparable Music Men ue Ladies Free Also Regular Dance Saturday ‘Soup and Fish’ Clad Neophytes of News To Orate and Berate Five high silk hats, five dress suits, five canes, inclosing that num ber of Sigma Delta Chi neophytes will collect on the library steps Fri day morning immediately after the 8 o’clock classes are out for purposes of expounding the merits and de merits of this University of Oregon to the preppers. Brickbats, stale cabbages, and all such gentle bof(uets will be out of place. A rippling and smattering of applause will be much more ac ceptable by this gathering of re nowned orators, namely: Donald Johnson, Harry Dutton, Carl Greg ory, Lawrence Mitehelmore and Chalmers Xooe. Sophomores Vote Tax For High School Meet A short meeting of the sophomore class was held at 4 o’clock yester day in Villard Hall to consider the matter of class taxation. The class was taxed 50 cents per member for the coming High School Conference, and an additional 50 eent tax was levied to cover the class expeifses for the coming year. Keith Hall, president of the class, thanked Tom ^Stoddard and the class for their co-operation in putting over the Sophomore Informal last term, and Stoddard, in turn, thanked his various committee members for the work which they did. Paul Hunt urged tho hearty co operation of the entire sophomore class «an making this conference the best ever held on this campus. Kenton Hamaker, acting treasurer of the class, was officially elected treasurer at this time. Pledging Announcement Theta Chi announces the pledging of Wilkins Holland of Eugene. - Campus Orators Clash for -Titles On January 28 Veterans To Be Missing From the Tryouts, Says Horner All University of Oregon men, in cluding freshmen, who have partici pated hi oratorical contests or have any desire to do so, are urged to present themselves at 103 Sociology at 10 o’clock Saturday morning, January 28, and compete for the right to represent the University in \ the three oratorical contests sched- j uled for later in the term, J. K. i Horner, debate coach, announced yesterday. The contests in which the Uni- ] versitv will participate are the Na tional Peace Oratorical contest, to j be held at Corvallis; the State OU1 Line Oratorical contest, to be held i in Eugene; and the National Con-1 stitutional Oratorical contest, to be held in some Oregon city not yet | designated by the national commit- ' tee, Mr. Horner said. The winner j of the latter contest will represent \ the state of Oregon in the competi tion for the championship of the Pacific coast, and the winner of the coast contest will compete for the national title. Each competitor in the oratorical tryouts must deliver an original option about 10 minutes in length, Mr. Horner said. The orations may be on any subject, though the com petitors will perhaps find it advan tageous to speak on one of the sub jects to be used later in the con tests, Mr. Horner said. All stu dents interested in competing should sec him at once. “We are greatly in need of new competitors for the oratorical con- , tests,” Mr. Horner said. “None of the Oregon entrants in last year’s contests will compete this year, as GeQrge McMurphey’s KOLLEGE KNIGHTS Entertaining with Special Dinner Concert Trio Singing and Instrumental Numbers COLLEGE SIDE INN Special Program Announced Later Save Time for Us and We’ll Save Money for You Good Morning Madame Homemaker! May we in trude upon your plans for just a moment. These are very busy days for you we know with the children starting off for school and all the lure of winter sports to tempt 'one out-of-doors. If you will try, however, to save just a bit of your busy day for us, we will try to save some money for you. Our stocks of women’s, misses’ and children’s ready-to-wear have never been priced more attractively and we know that a walk thru our store will show you many opportunities of saving on household needs. Save us just a few hours of your time. As the Purchasing Agent of the home it wih be a wise invest ment Hi « Listen! Do you know that Braked White take care of balky ignition, dead batteries, bad wiring and all other elec trical parts of your-car? Benoit McCroskey and Jack Hemp stead are with the World Tour de baters, and Donald Beelar is the president of the student body. Therefore new men shoflld have good chances in the competition.” ' Progress (Continued from page one) man; Fred Basche, Eagnar Johnson, Stanford Brooks. Clean-up—Dunbar Burdich, chair man; William Hedluud, Nolan Hal lowell, Fred Fclter. Publicity—Paul Hartinus, chair man; John Caldwell, Dorothy Burke. Music—Con Hammond, chairman; Ed Swanson. Program—Bill Overstreet, chair man; Frances White, Francis An drews. Feature — Dewey Baker, chair man; Alice Morrow, Maurice Kin ney, Woman’s vigilance—Beba Brog don, chairman; Dorothy Crumby, Frances Munro, Louise Smart. Men’s vigilance — Hal Paddock, chairman; Ted Park, Clarence Bar ton, Alex MeEwen. Huge Navy Bill Is 40nly Starter,’ .Wilbur Reveals He Advocates 20 - Year Building Plan To Raise Armada By THOMAS L. STOKES United 1’ress Staff Correspondent. WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—Secre tary of Navy Willuir revealed today that the $800,000,000 building pro grnm he recommended to Congress was drafted as a five year program for immediate needs and is regarded as only a starter. He advocated a 20-vear program of building and re plcement as necessary for national defense and protection of foreign commerce. The 20 year program, he suggested to the House naval affairs commit tee, should provide forty-three 10, 000 ton cruisers as well as addition al submarines and destroyers. The $800,000,000 program which he ar gued included 25 destroyers, 82 sub marines and nine destroyer leaders and four aircraft carriers. Wilbur emphasized the five year Grille Dance Campa Shoppe FRIDAY NIGHT Phone Reservation to College Side old program moans no “competitive ' building” and is not proposed to meet building programs of other na tions. Ho explained, however, that it would bring the navy well within the I equality ratio fixed by the Wash ington armament conference as com pared with Great Britain and as •‘slightly above the 5-5-3 tatio with Japan unless she increases her pro gram.” Pledging Announcement Alpha Chi Omega announces the pledging of Juanita Wilkinson, of Portland. Eugene Business College A. E. ROBERTS, President Stenographic, Book Keeping or Sectarial Courses Special Work by Arrangement 1 Competent Teachers Reasonable Rates I It’s a Good School | yyu Willamette Street Phone 666 Eugene, Oregon Your Typewriter Is Here It will do you no good standing on our shelves—it might raise your grades if you typed out those papers—Anyway Be Modem—Use a Typewriter Office Machinery & Supply Co. “$ 1498, as advertised” “How c3o you spell ‘financially’?” asked a college student of his room-mate. “F-i-n-a-n-c-i-a-l-l-y,” said the room-mate, spelling but the word slowly. As an afterthought, he added: “And ‘embarrassed’ has two r’s and two s’s.” How often have you said to a salesman, “That’s more than I care to pay’’ ? If you had known the price in advance you would have been spared this little embarassment. That’s one of the great servics rendered by newspaper ad vertising. By reading the advertisements before going to the stores, you know what you will have to pay for an article. You need not reveal your financial status to a salesman. You perhaps do not like to ask the price of goods anyhow. If the merchant has told you the price in his advertisements, you not have to ask. Any way you figure it out, it pays you to read the adver tisements. Regularly! 1 he one advertisement you skip may contain just the news you would have welcomed. Read all the advertisments you can. Keep informed. The intelligent way to shop is to read the advertisements and then go to the stores that offer the best values. Make notes beforehand of the articles that interest you. That’s the way to get the most for your money. That’s the way to save time. 1 L il When yon know the price in advance, you can ask to be shown the goods “as advertised”