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OREGON ^GlTM * S\^ E^ViGRAIbD UNIVERSITY OF OREGON VOLUME 11 EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 19, 1910. No. 27 TRACK IREN MAY GET TRIP TO CALIFORNIA MEN ALREADY TRAINING TO UPHOLD VARSITY’S RECORD Good Meets Scheduled For Eu gene and Portland—Tri-State Probably in Seattle. AIost of the men Oregon is depend ing on for success on the track next spring are already hard at work, de termined to continue the long string of victories of the past four years. Johns, McDaniels, Hawkins, Williams and Rid dell are working hard, besides several of the freshmen who have been show ing up well. Trainer Hayward called a meeting of track men yesterday in which he out lined briefly the work for next Spring. 1 he biggest thing on the schedule is the possibility of a trip to California to participate in the Annual California Conference meet, which this year will he held at Berkeley on May 7. Mr. Hayward is in receipt of a letter from the University of California manager inviting Oregon to enter, and if satis factory financial arrangements can be made—for it will be an expensive trip— Oregon will probably enter. Manager Espy will make a trip to California be tween semesters and look into the prop osition thoroughly. In addition, there will be a full list of competitors hi the Northwest and several good meets in Eugene. W. S. C. and Whitman have both written for a dual meet to be held in Eugene the latter part of May—perhaps during Junior Week End if.Seattle gets the Tri-State meet. Of the two Whitman will probably be accommodated. This year the annual dual meet with Ore gon Agricultural College will fall to Eugene, as Corvallis had it last year. Washington is desirous of holding the Tri-State event in Seattle as they claim interest in athletics has been stimulated by last summer’s Exposition games enough to make the meet the financial success that it heretofore has been only in Eugene. Tbe Big Six Northwest Conference meet between Washington W. S. C., Idaho, Whitman, O. A. C and Oregon, will probably occur in Portland in May. There will also be the Seventh Annual Indoor meet at Columbia University so that, the track athletes will be kept busy. Besides the long looked for cross country run with the Agrics on Wash ington’s Birthday, there will be held a field meet between the different classes of the Varsity. These, two events should provide an excellent program for the holiday. Professor Thurber wishes to meet all students majoring in Rhetoric in his class room tomorrow. H'e will speak of the requirements of the department and a grouping of courses. I he University College of Medicine at Richmond, Va.. was completely des troyed by fire Jan. 6, 1910. STEAM ENGINES BUILT BEFORE CHRISTIAN ERA At the Engineering Club last Satur day evening, C. W. Converse, head of the department of Mechanical Engineer ing, delivered a lecture on the growth and development of the steam engine. He divided the steam engine’s history into the three periods of speculation, development and refinement. I he first period began at Alexandria in 200 B. C., with the steam reaction turbine of Hero, and lasted until the beginning of the last century. In this period all the fundamental principles of engine design were discovered. The greatest work was done by James Watt, an instrument maker at one time at tached to the University of Glascow. brom 1800 to 1850 these principles Acre fully developed, and the mechani cal difficulties of construction over come. During this period the steam en gine received its application to power Merits, pumping plants, and the pro nulsion of boats and locomotives. "\ he period of refinement extends from .1850 to the present time During this period improvement only in minor marts and auxiliaries has been made. Mr. Converse illustrated his lecture throughout with many views of ancient and modern engines. Dr. H. B. Leonard presented several more of bis series of mathematical prob lems. Most of these were of an en tertaining order and involved no high er mathematics. The Owl Club held its regular meet ing at the Gamma Delta Gamma house uesday evening. After the usual order of business dancing was indulged in. A delightful time was reported. Dr. Bertha Stuart gave a talk on "Health and Religion” to an enthusi astic crowd of girls at the Y. W. C. A. Tuesday afternoon. “SHOK”SAYSU.OFW. FAIL TO SEE REASON FOR SPECIAL CONFERENCE MEETING Prof. Milnor Roberts, of the Univer sity of Washington, has written to George ling, secretary of the Nortli e t Conference, for further informa tion in regard to the meeting he has l ed for next month in Portland. The Washingtonians say that the regular meeting was not held during the holi d ys because there was 110 business to attend to, and the)' are at a loss to understand why another meeting should he held now. Professor Roberts says they are per fectly willing to hold the meeting, how vcr, but wish 10 have some idea of hat it is for so they can talk it over nd determine their stand in the mat ter. I hey are also willing to hold the meeting in Portland, though he says they would name Seattle as first choice. The call for a special meeting origin ated with O. A. C.. who wished to have settled several matters in the confer ence rules, and Whitman joined with them. Oregon was favorable, wishing to bring up the matter of a conference track meet and officials for conference games. MEN SELECTED FOR FINAL DEBATE TRYOUT DEBATERS FINISH LONG FIGHT NEXT FRI DAY NIGHT Alumni Medal Will Be Given to Best Individual Debater in the University. Eight men were choosen at the de bate tryout lasj. night to enter the final contest in Villard llall. Friday evening at seven, and which will be public. From the eight, six will be chosen to represent Oregon in the tri angular league against Idaho and Wash ington. The Alumni medal will also be awarded to the best individual de bater. A new inovation was introduced into the last tryout when the judges were allowed to set the time to be given eac speaker, just before the tryout be gan. This was done to show up the men who were using set speeces, and worked very well in that several had prepared for a longer time than was given them, and did* not reach the main points they were trying to prove. It is probable that it will be a permanent feature in debate tryouts at Oregon hereafter. The men choosen were: C. W. Rob ison, ’ll ; leader of last year’s negative team and winner of the alumni medal for the same year. He is editor of the 1911 Orcgaua, and a Philologian. P. M. Collier, ’ll ; colleague on last years affirmative team and leader of the ‘team that won from Utah last week. He is vice president of the Laurean Literary society. C. E. Spencer, '13, Oregon’s “fresh man wonder,” colleague on the victor ious team against Utah, lie is a Laur ean. L. L. Ray’ 12, colleague on last year’s negative team against Idaho, is a mem ber of the Laurean society. Harold Zimmerman, ’13, is from Sa lem where he had a splendid reputa tion in the State High School Debating League. He was alternate on the team that won from Utah last Friday and is a Laurean. A. B. Cash, also a prominent Laurean and colleague on last year’s team, is a native of Hood River, where he took an active part in the High School De bating League. Wendell Barbour and Burns Powell are sophomores and members of the Laurean society. Barbour is a Eu gene man and vCas President of last year's freshman class. He also took an active part in last year’s oratorical con tests. Powell is from Monmouth and was a stunt man on the Glee Club. The judges were: Coach Buchen, Professors Sheldon, Young and Bar nett. Grcata Butterfield and Dorris Clark, of Portland, were week-end guests at the Chi Omega house. Mrs. fields is up from Portland for a visit with her daughters, Wilow and Hazel. Mrs. Russell Gatlin, of Salem is a Gamma Phi Beta visitor this week. W. S. C. WINS FIRST GAME OF YEAR FROM IDAHO University of Idaho, Jan. 18.—The English Club of the University is pre paring to give one of the most pre tentious play productions in its history, namely, Ibsen’s “Doll House,” Re hearsals have already been started and the work is progressing rapidly. The club is determined to make a success of the play, which in fact it does with every one it undertakes. The “Doll 1 louse" has been produced by only two colleges in this country, this being the first University to produce it west of the Mississippi. Preparations are under way by the Military Department for the Annual Military Ball which will be given about the middle of February. The cadet of ficers of the battilion have appointed the different committees and the plans of the different committees show that the dance will be the most elaborate social affair ever attempted by the Mil itary Department. The expense of the ball will be met by popular subscriptions from the cadets, no charge being made for the dance. In a fast and exciting basketball game last Friday evening Idaho lost the opening game of the intercollegiate ser ies to Washington State College at Pullman. 1 he game throughout was a good one and at no time could the large crowd of spectators predict who would be the winners. During the first half Idaho had slightly the best of the argument clearly outplaying the Agri cultural College, the half closing 11 to 8 in Idaho’s favor. In the second‘half the University team appeared slow and loggy and did not seem to be at their best. I he Pullman team, taking .ad vantage piled up the necessary points, winning by a score of 20 to 14. For Idaho Montgomery at center was easily the star, his dribbling being the feature of the game. Englehorn, the opposing center, was likewise the star of his team. COACH PUCES DEBATERS RADICAL CHANGE MADE IN CONDUCTING DEBATE TRYOUTS The committee on Oratory and De bate held a meeting Monday evening at which several mooted questions were jdecided, some of them bringing forth heated discussion. It was determined to keep the same judges for the final debate tryout that were used in the preliminaries. They will not place the men on the teams, hut simply choose the six, leaving it to Coach Huchen to place them in the positions which he thinks best. The coach insisted that he he allowed to act as a judge in selecting the team and that he should also he given the power to place the men in their respective positions. This is revolutionary and as nothing of the kind has ever before been done at Oregon, the committee discussed it at great length before de j riding to grant his request. The time limit for the final tryout was set at nine minutes for construc tive argument and three for rebuttal. | TAX LAND AND FREE LABOR, SAYS SPEAKER HENRY GEORGE’S IDEAS EXPLAINED IN AS SEMBLY TODAY John Z. White Gives Instructive Lecture on Single Tax—Speaks Again Tonight. l L'robatdy the best lecture- of the year was given in Assembly tins morning iy Mr. John Z. White, of Chicago, on I en ry George and 11 is Philosophy.” Horn in Philadelphia in 1839 Henry George journeyed when a boy to Cali fornia where he engaged in various tirades and business, including clerk, inner, printer, reporter, editor and jv\,ner. Later he journeyed to New fork where he became a profound stu lent in the science of government, social md economic questions. Noticing the ixtremc poverty of least New York, he tet himself to study its cause and its Sossible cure. .Is to Malthus Thus in a brief way Mr. White gave V sketch of the early life of the great Economist, lie then continued by ex jdaining the result of George’s investi gations—his theories concerning the val |ie and ownership of land and his des jruction of the Malthusian doctrine of jiopulation. The doctrine that land is taluable because id' its scarcity, Mr. While said is the fundamental basis up >11 which is constructed all our modern fivili/.ation and government and yet it iv.'is shown for the first time by George I hat this was an error. In fact, the ivorld is scarcely populated instead of 'icing too small, and land is scarce only aecause it is withheld from use by the landowner for rnerd speculation. He 'bolds it for a rise.” Mr. White went nto details concerning this matter and diowed that three out of four lots in lie city of Chicago were lying idle and ret their price is prohibitive. George’s Remedy. In regard to the remedy, Mr. White said: “Henry George proposed, as the simple yet sovereign remedy for exist ing social ills, the aboltion of all taxes >n production, and the raising of all public revenue on the value of the tax alone. “Now consumption is the real de mand for goods, and to the extent that consumers fail to buy goods, manufact urers will fail to make and handle them, and to the same extent will fail to em ploy labor. One of the results of tax ation on production, therefore, is to check industry. “Such taxes being removed, he would provide for governmental needs by in creasing the present rate of taxes on land values. A tax of land values can not be shifted in higher rents to users of land as a tax on goods is shifted in higher prices to consumers of goods, and because of this fact, the former is •lot a check or hindrance to the use of land. “In fact it is quite the reverse. For if we tax goods, and to the extent of revenue so obtained, avoid taxing land value, private appropriation of rent will increase, and proportionately land val ues will rise. (Continued on last page)