VOLUME 11
EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JAN. 22, 1910.
No. it'
GLEE CLUB SINGS IN
EUGENE ONGE MORE
POPULAR DEMAND INDUC
ES MANAGER TO GIVE
RETURN CONCERT
If Arrangements Can Be Made,
Students Will Have Chance to
Hear Clubs at Their Best
Owing to ;v general demand from stu
dents and townspeople, Manager Geary
and Director 1. M. Glen are endeavor
ing to arrange for a return concert by
the Glee and Mandolin Clubs in Eugene.
The date hoped for was February 10th,
but, as there is some doubt about' se
curing it, the matter is unsettled.
The members of the club are anxious
to give a return performance, for they
believe they are capable of doing much
better work than they did in their initial
exhibition at the beginning of the sea
son. 1 hey were not well acquainted
with' their parts at that time and for six
teen of the men it was their first appear
ance on a stage. The experience of the
southern trip has given them confidence
and many other improvements have been
made.
Manager Geary is perhaps most con
cerned with the idea, however, because
he feels the necessity of making the
clubs pay financially. He has already
made an unexampled success of his work
this year, but he says with the return
concert, the Glee Club can do more than
any other activity toward helping the
Student Body out in this, its hardest
year
In former years, it was customary for
the clubs to give their return concert,
and it was so successful that it is dif
ficult to understand why the practice
was discontinued. If given this year,
the program will be essentially the same
as in the opening concert, but the new
stunts given on the southern trip and
prepared for the coming performance in
Portland will be added.
Probably the greatest sentiment in fa
vor of the return concert is to he found
.among the students. They feel that the
performance they see is never as good
as is given elsewhere .after the clubs are
more experienced. Those who see the
concert here and then see it again in
their home town, always notice the dif
ference. They say the clubs practice on
the students here and it is no more than
fair to give them a chance to see their
best instead of their poorest work.
BULLETIN ISSUED BY
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
1 lie new twenty-five page bulletin
now being issued by the University is
one of the first ever sent out from the
administration offices. It is a catalogue
of the department of Music, and is be
ing mailed out over the state to pros
pective students in this department.
It is printed on a line quality of half
tone paper, with a dark green cover,
embossed in gold. On every alternate
Page is an illustration. Most of the pic
tures are campus scenes, and views about
the University. The bulletin is printed
at the office of the State Printer at Sa
lem.
STUDENTS CAN HELP
ADVERTISE CONCERTS
! he Glee and Mandolin Clubs will
leave Eugene Friday, February lltli, for
Salem and Portland, where concerts will
be given on that and the following ev
ening. The hoped for concert in Van
couver, Washington, has fallen through.
Manager Geary is now in Salem and
will go to Portland today for the pur
pose of advertising the concerts. He
says that if students who live in those
cities will show the same loyalty and
interest in the Glee Club that the South
ern Oregon students exhibited, there
will be no question about the success of
the trip and requests that all of them
write home to relatives and friends
mentioning the concerts.
If Geary makes the success on this
trip that he did on the Southern trip,
he will have cause to feel proud, for it
'.ill be the best year, financially, in the
Club’s history, l ie expects to close the
season with a banquet to the members
at Otto’s or the Smecde.
MUSIC RECITAL ADDED
10 ORATORY TRYOOT
An exceptionally line program has
been arranged for next Friday night in
Villard Hall, to which every student is
invited. The School of Music will give
a concert in conjunction with the Inter
•ollegiate Oratorical Contest.
Manager Steele says that the high in
terest in forensics this year will enable
'■•'•n to charge twenty-five cents admis
sion and he believes the splendid musical
numbers will make it well worth the
-bile of those who do not care espec
ially for oratory.
There will be live orations and, be
tween each, a piano, violin, or vocal
solo will be rendered. The orators them
selves, are of exceptional ability, mak
:no; the interest in the contest greater
than usual. Those who contemplate en
tering future contests will find it ad
visable to be on hand to get pointers.
SINGLE TAX BRINGS
ON LIVELY DISPUTE
Mr. John Z. White of Chicago, the
lecturer who made so many friends by
his frank, convincing explanation off
Henry George’s philosophy in Assem
bly last Wednesday morning, spoke be
fore a crowded house in McClure Hall
again that evening, continuing and re
explaining the principles underlying the
"Single Tax.”
A small sensation had been created by
Mr. White’s sudden onslaught on ex
isting institutions, and many faculty
members and townspeople as well as
students attended. Some questions
caused a lively dispute at the close of
the lecture; but, with the exception of
a few minor differences, all seemed to
agree with the main argument brought
forward.
Oregana Selling Fast
The solicitors engaged in taking sub
scriptions for the 1911 Orcgana report
unexampled success as far as they have
gone. They fear they will be unable to
see everyone, however, and request that
those overlooked see them at once. Few
extra copies will be printed and the only
safe course is to order in advance.
DEBATERS PICKED FOR
TRIANGULAR TEAMS
UNDERCLASSMEN SHOW
UP STRONG IN FINAL
TRYOUT
Good Material Available Indicates
Prospects for Championship
After Two Years’ Defeat
In the final tryout last night for the
two interstate debating teams to repre
sent Oregon against the Universities of
Washington and Idaho next March, the
following men made places: P. M. Col
lier, 'll; A. B. Cash, '12; R. B. Powell,
12; L. L. Ray, 12; C. E. Spencer, '13;
hi. Zimmerman, '13. Wendell Barbour,
12, was chosen for alternate.
The men on the teams were named
without any reference to place in ac
cordance with the new plan of allowing
the coach to place them. The place a
man occupies under this system will not
necessarily indicate any superiority on
his part, hut simply that he is best
adapted to that part of the argument. If
one side is found particularly weak, the
best men may all be used to strengthen
lha't team.
A peculiar result of the tryouts this
year is that no seniors made the teams
and. only one upper classman placed.
Two freshmen, three sophomores, and
one junior make up the list. The judges
C. E. SPENCER
Winner of Alumni Medal
pronounced the contest satisfactory in
every way and expect the record made
against Utah to he continued throughout
the year by the splendid material dis
covered last night.
President B. II. Williams, of the As
sociated Students, presided at the con- '
test and Professors Sheldon and Bar- *
nett and Coach Buclien .acted as judges.
Eutaxians Elect Officers
I he Eutaxian Literary Society met l
last Wednesday to elect officers. Miss '
Jessie Calkins was chosen as president, t
Miss Ethel Clark, vice-president, Miss
Erances Young, secretary, Miss Jean >
Allison, assistant secretary, .Miss Bertha ;
Dorris, treasurer, Miss Alice Larson, 1
sargeant-at-arms, and Miss Ruth Mer- ;
rick, censor Xo further business was 11
transacted. | (
FIRST FRESHMAN EVER
TO WIN ALUMNI MEDAL
Carlton E. Spencer won the Alumni
medal, which is awarded to the best in
dividual debater in college, at the try
out last night.
Spencer is a freshman and now holds
the singular honor of being the first
freshman who has ever in the history
of the University, won the greatest
prize an individual debater can win. He
is a former Roseburg High School de
bater, and was colleague on the Oregon
team which recently won from Utah.
I he contest for the medal was close,
as was demonstrated by the fact that
the judges took a longer time in decid
ing than did those who chose the teams.
1 lie judges were the following members
>f the Alumni Association: L. T. Trav
is, Rcnj. Huntington and Ray Goodrich.
Professor Sheldon will give his lecture
m Meredith in Assembly next Wednes
day.
CLARKE WILL PLAY NO
PROFESSIONAL BALL
Dudley Clarke, Oregon’s popular foot
>all and baseball captain, has at last
leiinitely refused the tempting offer of
Manager Blankenship of the Tacoma
Baseball team, having determined that
under no consideration will he ever
.“liter the baseball profession.
JCairly last fall, B'lankjenship began
vriting Clarke and sending him contracts
:o sign. Clarke put him off on several
pretexts, saying that he did not care to
day ball and that his connection with
lie Varsity would prevent his accept
ug. Blankenship then offered to wait
until after the college season was over
m*l made the Oregon captain an ofiei i
.veil toward the $200 mark, but Clarke
(gain refused. Next year he will enter
lie Law Department of Yale University.
Blankenship is a friend of “Father
I cm" kelly, the Varsity coach, who last
“pring recommended Coleman and Kurd
0 him. 1 he former played all season
■Mill Tacoma and was considered one
“f the best inlielders in the Northwest
-c. gue. "Father Tom” told Clarke that
1 season's good hitting in the Northwest
League would land him in the big
eagues.
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MONTHLY OUT MONDAY
WITH GOOD ARTICLES ‘
Next Monday the Oregon Monthly
'■ill again greet the eager eyes of its
eaders, and it promises to fulfill all *
he high standards set up at the beginning
>f the school year. A very artistic cov
r design has been designed and drawn
>y Clarence Walls. There will be about
he same number of literary contrfbu- <
ions as last month, prominent among i
vhich will be Dean Collins’ story en
itled, “Nemesis.” ;
The engineering Department will al- i
o he well tilled with excellent material 1
mil a number of new cuts. Articles
iave been contributed by Prof. Adams t
aid Prof. McAlister; the title of the t
fitter’s article is, “Non-Uniform Mow i
if Water in Open Channels.” i
BUGHEN SAYS SENIOR
PLAY WILL TAKE WELL
DEBATE COACH PLAYED
LEADING ROLE AT
WISCONSIN
Collge Student is Sport—Hero
Impersonates Him and is Too
Serious to Suit Uncle
"The Private Secretary,” the play to
)c given by the Senior Class of the
University of Oregon this year, is sure
0 "make a hit” with a college audience,
;ays Debate Coach Buchen, who took
lie leading role in the same play when
iresented by the University of Wiscon
sin Dramatic Club in 1(X)2, and whose
mqualified endorsement and recommen
lation induced the senior committee to
lecide upon the play here.
There are nineteen characters in the
:ast, four of whom are women with
nirts of almost equal importance.
\mong the men, the Private Secretary
s, of course, the leading character, but
Mr. Cattermole, a rich old man from
India, bis nephew and a friend, a tailor,
ind Mr. Marshland, the owner of a
arge estate, also carry important parts.
'Fhe scene is laid in London in the
irst act and the last three acts in a
■ountry place near that city. As the
dory goes, Mr. Cattermole is a believer
n the theory that all young men should
‘sow their wild oats,” and his nephew
n England is the type of young man
who would heartily agree with such a
lelief. The nephew and his friend are
hreatened by their tailor, with impris
mment if they fail to pay a bill which
hey owe him. They prefer, however,
:o go on a hunting trip to the Mars
and estate, and finally persuade the
;ailor to let them off, by promising to
?ive him an opportunity to make an
ippearance in “high society.”
Marsland has engaged the Private
secretary as a tutor for his daughter
md her girl friend. The young men
>cfore leaving London, prevail upon the
secretary to remain behind as Uatter
nole’s nephew, while the nephew’s
riend poses as the tutor for the young
vomen. Cattermole returns from In
lia and a number of amusing incidents
•csult from the nephew’s deception.
The old man is so disgusted in finding
he Secretary, his supposed nephew, such
1 quiet and studious fellow, that he
tives him no time to make explanations.
Fhe straightening out of the confused
letails and the development of the usu
il love affairs, make up the remainder
>f the story. The play is full of action
md is laughable from start to finish.
3. A. C. GETS NEW MAT
ARTIST FOR TRAINER
J. (I. Arbuthnot, now in charge of the
:xtension work of the department of
diysical education at the Portland Y.
d. C. A., has been engaged as an in
tructor in physical education at this
ollege. lie will take up the duties of
lis new position next week.
Mr. Arbuthnot was graduated from
he Kansas Agricultural College with
he class of 1906. There he was prom
nent in gymnastic work and other
orms of indoor athletics.