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'''- T T T T 11 1 " 1 Peace Problems to Be Talked Lecture at U. of O. Summer School. . --. University of Onion. Eugene, Or., July 10. -''International . Peace and : ..Conciliation.'. - win be- the .subject of the assembly lecture at the university - summer school during . the Coming week. Tha Carnegie Foundation of fered to i-ay tha aalary of oris pro. fessor If ha- would devote hia tlma to International law and tha history of various attempt to settle foreign - trouble by- peaceful ' means. Dr. Jo. -rsepb Schafer.' director, of the summer school, accepted tha offer, and engaged .. Dr. William S. . Morgan, professor of tha philosophy and psychology o- re- Melon in the faeific Unitarian School ; for the Ministry at Berkeley. - : ' Tha subjects announced for tha as sembly lecture for tha weak are: j -l..Tha Treaty of Ghent, tha Pre lude to a Century o.f Peace." - i,-Wr and Civilisation. -- .A German Philosopher and World Federation. Immanuel- Kant's 'Eternal , Peace.'"- - - i 4-VTha'lmmortality of Ideals.'; k r. "TJie Backgrounds of Arbitration."- - ., . ; , -, Or. Morgan Is tha joint author with Dr. H. M..pollock of "Modern Citiea, a book on municipal questions, which has tha indorsement of v Honorable ' Brand Whitlock, ; United States minis ' ter to Belgium, - mbnry Grows In Popularity. Since the library was enlarged last summer, there has bean a continually Increasing use of its, facilities. It waa soon found ; necessary to change! tha cloaing time from 9:30 to 10 p.. m. on week nlghta. At -the June meeting of tha- faculty a resolution waa passed recommending that, the administration apply tha same - rule to : Friday t and Saturday nights, and that tha library should be constantly open. ' Now ' a similar demand is being considered from tha, aummer school body.- - This week's assembly speaker has been J. Duncan Spaeth of Princeton. His lectures on V'Wordsworth" have covered a .wide range 'of thought In - connection with th development and progress $f tha French fevolution.with an ever, emerging. application of gen eral principles to the problems of the present .war. For the coming week,1 international questions wtH -be taken up dhr:ctly by Dr. William 8.. Morgan, the university's Carnegie lecturer on International polity and Conciliation. ' 'f, en Xisad la EnroTOxnana. ' Men exceed women in this year's . summer, school by ' 50 per -cent. This is rt item worth v nr ni -.,,.. tn toDr. Joseph Schsefer.' director of the school, for the, reason that aummer schools- in general, are usually com posed very-larsrelv of xvnmn tw. There la' a 'goodly number of teachers vrweni ims. year, but it Is tha influx of niatura men, many of them working for .Higher degrees, that; has sent up the enrollment ' beyond ' all previous records; t The i educational conference, which has been in session, for i,r ' ",r,d'i,h.1- 1 the long and ..7.. Tv. V1"v"wu" wnicn .have oc cupied .the entire afternoon each fdav between o and .80 superintendents and high- school teachers have engawed. re ,hnVn undeo to the end. Most of the new textbooks Introduced Into the high schools m the last few veara nave been moit rriti SHE PLEADS FOR PEACE Loss of Friends : in Lusitania Disaster ' Moves - Actress ; - ; to Poetry, ; - ' London. Julr' 10. Elsie Jania. the American actress, who has. nov lived long in London, has been moveA br tha loss of several friends aboard tha Lusi tania to write a. poem, entitled, "Where Are you, God? , It la aa followa: Wberearefyou, God, in whom I have Ara you in heaven, or hava I bean , deceived?, X . can't believe you ait uo there and . look down nn ui all ' . Seeing the horrors on this earth; aaa- In praying' to you,- are you up there, can you hear ma call? Where are you, God? - Where are you, God? Ia whose hands . this a-reat world Is like a tiny ball, that can be turnedl X an't believe 'that you have oeen'tha thing they have d6ne With' poisoned gaa and crucifixion, battles have been won: .- - Yt, after thi upon vour earth, there . null. ; . . y , Where are you, God? - - - i . .- Where are you, God? i In whom I put - my trust, , Xou must be there, and Tou are great ... mrtA 4ti'4 . - ... Tour mighty sea they've turned Into ' a grave: - . ' ..vv.v.wj .iuini'vi vn cacn' wave; And on the lips of hundreds one word, "Save!" ? : s .. . , iiere are you, uoar' Forgive "me, God, If I have doubted For In rajr? heart I know what yoa Quite- soon. I-; feel, you'll; give wa our i Qutta soon, in your own way, Tou'H tell ns to cease, ; -And with one mighty stroke Tou will - - For Tou are God. - h. IV- i r -i- ir ' ft .V i ll ' i ' -v J -If- U VJ vv v a WW t pretty definite conclusions have been reached In regard to their merits. The teachers have also devoted much time to describing- to each other tha results of varioua educational expeilrftents tried In their high schools. The at-tendance- has -been much lamr than last year, the sessions have been long er, ana, according Jto lr. Schafer, the interest and enthusiasm' and thorough neas displayed, have been aplendid. . . - Outlook for 1915-16. . . ' Begiatrar-Tiffany reports that fewer students than aver before are transfer ring to tha eatem and southern uni versities to finish their courses. ; His correspondence leads - him- to predict, ha declares, that not only . will . there be B00 freshmen on hand la 'September six times tha number the university lost in June by graduation but that tha uppen classes also ; will . ba main tained in full atrength. Ha thinks tha ending of tha r university's -political troubles Is beginning to nave its "affect of keeping Oregon students In the state. ; -i-f-av!' i-,-::--f,:. The Universal company will make a film of Tou Want Something?", from the' 1100 prise scenario of the Asso- eteterAa:clubg "Of America." Continental Ice : Palace Is Planned - . - : . sXessrs. araubart. to Operate Big Bnlld- lng WUob Will Seat 400O People AdmlsslOB 33c to gl.SO. t ' , . New York. July ; 10. Messrs. Shu bert will, build .and operate, them selves, the first Continental Ice Palace i. New-York. . - The structure will be erected on Forty-second street on . a plot of land 140 by 200 Teet It will be modeled after the celebrated Ad miral Palats In Berlin, and win aeat about 4000 with admission ' ranging from 25 cents to $1.50. Construction will begin at -once in order to have the building ready for fall. - , - The entire lower floor will' be cov ered with tee and spectacular " skate ballets : will v be given- by. a chorus of over 600 boys and girls, - Tearing In termissions the public will be allowed on" the ice and every .morning the pal ace will be open for public; use ; with expert Instructors In charge, Tha sec ond andjthird .floors wilt ba devoted to restaurants ana saxes, Utiiversity and College I News Summer Sessions Are On ! University of Oregon. ; :- When tha University of ' Oregon opens in the fall there 1 going to, be a general weighing of and passing of Judgment upon Its Hnances, methods and reaulta. ? P. Capan, the govern ment'a specialist in j higher education, as official representative of the United States ? bureau of education, will be brought to the campus, probably early In October, and will remain until he is sura that he understands every phase of;' tha university's 1 activities. Then he will make a report, going Into great detail and giving praise and blame where It ! iuaA.-; : ; - ;-:.;--- A, print ahop like that on which many an Oregon weekly is printed, has been installed as a laboratory at the quarters of tha university department of Journalism. - Through the generos ity' of Honorable H. R. Kincaid, who published v the Oregon State Journal for more than 40 years, a beginning has been laid for a future i University Press. . ;.A ' i ',;K'c-; . ' "- S Thia Is a j mature student body," says Ir. Joseph;- Schafer, director . of tha summer session in speaking of the present . enrollment.! "I estimate that the men" students average mora than 0 years of age. There is an extraor dinary number of county and city su perintendents and high school princi pals among them." I . The. enrollment j of the 'summer school on tha fourth day waa 166. Last year's high water mark, reached later In the session,-wag 144 students. . Oregon Agricultural College. United States ' Commissioner P. P. Claxton addressed ! tbe.O. A. C. sum mer school student, and tha faculties of the college- on ! .July 7. Tha com missioner spent two daya at the col lege during which.! time he became ac quainted with a '! number of Oregon teachers and tha work they are doing in induatrlal and! agricultural educa tion. Oregon - college I presidents held a conference-on matters connected with the ( relation of colleges to tha high schools . at the . Oregon- v Agricultural college " on - Wednesday.. - The - special subject considered -was tha effect of a contemplated change in the mini mum requirements of credits for high school- graduation; on college , admis sion requirements. At 'this 1 confer ence .the f visittng V: presidents were guests of President ?W.s Jfe Kerr f and the i college, and some of. the city su perlntendents who are: especially in terested ' In . tbayttery;;;ware; jalso la attendance, fjy;. i S , ' fr University lot ' Michigan. r Plana are now complete for .the dem onstration by Michigan alumni of their i loyalty to and Interest In their Alma Mater In the campaign for funds for tha Michigan p'nloxu. Michigan has never . before called upon all of her former atudents to helpt her i In any great movement f tr tha benefit of the entire university It baa required soma all comprehending; movement like the Union to-afford this opportunity, Tout now the time an the opportunity are at band, when Michigan men. may put their shoulders tol the wheel and carry through a project; which "Prexy" An geli; President Hutdhlns, the board of regents, the ' senate council- and-, the alumni association" have all - declared to b-the moat urgent.- the most help ful', and Zho most: important poasioie i ju . vulva ui Aineriui.. i rcBiHuranii ana maitim. t -, i Y II TODAY UNT EL .THU RSD M World's Renowned Dancer Sg. ... . .. ., Z. .'. .: v lirlflilLfl i V Amdzina One o f the Most . Pictures of Turkish Life, Ititriguejand : Customs Evef'::: Screened Miss Allan Presents IT i 3 OF HER HOST FAKOUS lAKCES INCLUDING : ?SALOME'?. DAMER I nJ t , Wesf Parlx - T! And Alder ii il addition to the Ufa and usefulness of the university. .. 1 4 As a result of negotiations com pleted May -so. the Michigan Union ac quired: the Hendrickson property ion State ; street 'for ; a consideration of 110.000. The property la situated be tween, the Pond property adjoining the Union building and the Zeta Pal fra ternity house. An option has been ob tained on the Pond, property next " to the "Union on the north. ' Thla 'means that , the-' Union will own-, the ground from Its present southern Una to the Zeta Psi fraternity house, and ex-; tending back almost a city block, when it begins construction . of the new i building. ; " Professor John S. P.Tatlock. con nected with the English -department of the. university - since 1897,. will leave to accept the chair of Knglish phil- ology.' at Leland Stanford university, succeeding the - late .Professor Bwald Fluegel. who died last fall- a" legal holiday New Tork university opened Its twenty-first, annual sum mer school, which continues for six weeks and closes on Friday, August 13. Registration began July 2. Dr. James K. Lough, director of the summer school, forecasts a larger . enrollment than in previoua years and .expects mora than 1000 students. ' University of California., 1, If California goes back to tha Amer ican football game two Oregon - boys will figure strongly for coveted places on the 'varsity football team. f can Foster, of Portland, who played for a few- minutes In the iatereoUeg lata contest last fall, was a star quar terback at " Washington -high school several years ago - and will put up a strong bid for this place. Foster Is also a good man at handling forward passes, - according- to those who have seen him on the gridiron. . ,. Jack Smith, .front franker ' on ; .-the blue and gold team last' fall Is the other Oregon contender Or a place on the new elevens." . Smith registers from Astoria,, and in his high '- school days made -quite a name Jor himself. New York University, t Although Monday ' was celebrated as ; f Amherst Colic geS ' . ImtiiHCi ilntv.f mirth mmmtnu. ment closed June 30 with the presen tation or oegreea to bo seniors, ana ine holding of the annual alumni dinnsr. Amnnar th. nMtnlnMIt unulcari at the banquet war Secretary of State Lan sing of the class of 188, Governor Whitman of New Tork, -or tna etass 01 1890 and President Alexander'AIelklerf John. The toaatmaster war?Dwight W,.-Moirrow,':r:f.--::r'r-ii'5:3:v-:v ; Bier Sums Snent On Tilm Negatives . Soma comprehension of why tha mo tlon picture business has become one of the leading Industries in tha United States la gained through recent figures given out by tha Waehlhgton Census bureau-. Up until December I of 1914, $20,000,000 was spent In making nega tives In tha United States. It Is stated by officials that it costs between $10, 000 and $16,000 to produce aa alrerage five Teel feature. :w v ,.. V--; . In ; tha ' 11"' months' ' period, 10,000 reels, approximately ... 1000 feet ; each, were manufactured and an average of $f positives were made . from each negative. Tba latter work called ! for an expenditure of $17,900,000 bringing the toUl -up to $37,000,000. It ia esti mated that at least 10.000.000 people go dally: to picture theatres In this country, t In i New York, alone.: the number reaches between 860,000 anl 900.000 and In Chicago It la about 385,000. , - , Needs of Theatre ; - r Are Pointed Out ' One of the interesting resolutions passed at the national convention of the Dramai League ' of American - has wide intereet. It; followa: Tha Drama League of , America believes that the welfare of tha drama requires that the theatres be treated as a public Institution; that all dra matic performancea in it should be subject to honest , and fearless criti cism and that any. attempt on the part of any ; theatrical . manager . to dictate the terms under ". whleh criticism of dramatlo "Performances in his - house may be written, would be fraught with danger to tha theatre, the drama, the art of acting and. the principles of a free press.V Cycle of Lincoln v Plays Planned - A cycle bt Uncoln plays, with the flrt one : "Old Aba" will ! ba given motion picture production by Benjamin Chapin" through the Charter Feature company. Mr. Chapin is the one man who Is - famous: for bis Impersonation of Abraham Lincoln on tha legitimate, vaudeville and lyceum- stages. Tha rirst release will deal largely with the Ufe of Lincoln's grandfather. Twenty nine t productions - will be made, each In four or five reels and each a unit in the cycle based on the great presi dent's life, ..i-,' 'w-fS' - -zyy- Polico Band Will Hold Yearly ri TftaaebaU Game Between Vaec" . Tlra adftlea Mala Event cf : gitaoeda. - The annual picnic of the I police band Is to be held Sun-In. 18, at Kstaoada. Arranen)rtg 1 been made for special trains to 1 from East Water street earlv t morning and earry the plcnl. -the grounds. A-big event of the day win baseball game between members f . police department and the fir : i ment. Considerable rivalry exist the game promises to be an r. one. . : There are to' be races and at1: eventa of all Jtinda. The band '' play in concert anl there is to I . orchestra to furnish danclns; for t: who do not care to take part lis-' athletic events. Kd. Uurke, jn of the band, has general charg of ' picnic and haa the assistance oC band members. Tickets are being sold by all V members and most of the pntro!"' The round trip fa.re la 75 cents, -w tncludea admission to the ground e the dancing pavilion. : Postage Stamps Hat llait. Columbus, Ind., July 10. After t rats and mice had eaten a largo n" ber of City Clerk Dean's poMa stampa be decided that postage m v would make good rat and mice Vi and now he baits a trap every nl with a postage stamp, ami every in n ing he finds a rat or mouse farter in tha trap. U li Ai. w arid West Park, Near Washington TYtf : A -cTT7nTTf 'A- IT 1 II a u 1 41U. 1.1 Afouibays :' Sunday, Monday 'cJ s&w Tuesday, Wednesday JW SMf ; July 11, 12, 13, 14: W i HOilDAY "V " WEDI1ESDAY fWg FOUR 15 AYS . 'V' ' Jr i- Sunday,' Monday, Tuesday ' vr ; -' 12,13,14 ; MOST BEAUTIFUL ; SCENIC EVER ON OUR SCREEN ; V ' ; o T?:T or cr-zc:.L , iriTSHEST loLujt .iw . ; I , ' . v - - " ...... . . '.