VOLUME 11 EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1C5, 1910 No. 31
GEARY MAKES MONEY
ON GLEE CLUB TRIP
SUCCESS CROWNS EFFORTS
OF CLUB PERFORMERS
ON NORTHERN TRIP
Burns Powell and Francis Curtis
Were the Star Performers—
Fire in Frat Curtain Raiser.
|'(,r the first time in the history of
the University, the Glee Club has made
money for the Associated Students. I he
Southern Oregon trip that has always
failed before, was made a success and
the IWtland concert has left a balance
of about six hundred dollars to the crcd
it of Manager Geary.
From the critic’s standpoint, too, the
trip was a brilli mt success. Beginning
with a rousing send off in the return
concert in Eugene, the boys took Salem
by surprise, singing before a record
house, and then found a capacity house
waiting for them in Portland.
1 he metropolis papers were lavish in
praise of their work and the audience
showed more enthusiasm than has greet
ed the clubs in all the other cities com
bined.
Probably the greatest success was
Burns Powell with his trombone sou.
"stunt.” Everywhere, he was the fav
orite of the evening, being encored six
times in Portland. Ogden, Geisler,
Welch and Vawter also made themselves
famous as his “accompanyists. ’
And then Francis Curtiss as Madam
Yelba was a “bright and shining" star.
It is said that a crowd was waiting for
him at the stage door entrance larger
than e,ver gathered to meet comic opera
chorus girls, hut then Curtiss hasn't
been heard from yet, so the report is
only a rumor.
“The Fire in a Frat" that caused so
much worry on the part of friends of
the Club proved its merit beyond the
hopes of its most ardent supporters.
I he, action introduced since its first pres
entation has made a real ‘curtain raiser”
of this burlesque, and Tom Burke and
Kenneth Frazier showed their ability'
as grand opera singers in a way that
cannot be questioned. When it is said
that the sketch got a curtain call from
the, Portland audience although it is the
last number on the program, there is
nothing necessary to add to convince
anyone how it took with the college peo
ple of the Rose City.
The return concert in Eugene was not
the success that the first one was, but
this was no surprise considering that it
tme during examinations and most ev
tyone had heard it before. Tf anyone
u ent expecting to find a lukewarm
rowd or a tiresome repetition of the
i st performance, however, they were
mistaken ; for the program had a snap
nd dash and newness to it that caused
t'veryone to forget that it had been giv
n before.
Manager Geary has not yet returned
" his full report cannot be given until
ext Saturday. He will give a banquet
■ the members of the clubs on the. 27th
r 28th of this month.
Miss Smith, of Portland, was a vis
's f at the Gamma Delta Gamma house
during the past week.
ORATORS TRYOUT FOR
PLACES NEXT FRIDAY
1 he preliminary tryout for choosing
Oregon's representative in the Intercol
legiate Oratorical Contest will be held
in Vilard Hall Fridey, February 18, at
1 :30 p. m. 1 his association is now com
posed of the Universities of Oregon,
iWashington and Montana, the latter hav
ing taken the place made vacant by Ida
ho’s withdrawal.
I he contest will be held in Eugene this
year. Oregon will be represented by
one of the five who will qualify in the
coming tryout, the final tryout being
scheduled for the second Friday in
March.
Competition for the honor of repre
senting the varsity in this contest is
exceptionally keen. B. H. Williams,
last year's interstate orator, and H. J.
Rounds, who will represent Oregon in
'he intercollegiate contest this year, are
both trying out. Dudley Clarke,, who
showed great ability in the junior ora
tions last year, has also entered.
1 he full list of entries is as follows:
B. H. Williams. '10; FI. J. Rounds, '10;
W. C. Nicholas, '10; Dudley Clarke.
10; L. L. Ray, '12; E. O. Smith. 13; C.
W. Robison. '10; FI. L. Coke. ’13: J. B.
ader. ‘13, Walter Huntington. ’12 and
Howard Jones.
The judges will be Prefosser Glen,
Professor DeCou. Professor Thtirber,
Professor Howe, and Coach Buchen.
MEN TO MEET 0. A. G
Oregon and O. A. C. will meet Tues
day of next weefk in a four-mile cross
country race which will take the place
of the live mile relay of last year.
O. A. C. has developed sveral new
men this year and expects to regain
her lost honors. Oregon, however, with
such men as Riddell, Garrabrandt, Mc
Clure, Platts, Schumaker, O’Neill, Henry
and Walls to pick from will have a team
which promises to uphold the suprem
acy of last season.
At the same time as the cross coun
try race, a class meet will be held. Ore
gon is somewhat shy on1 track material
this year, with Only five or six of last
year's team returning and among them
no sprinter, so Trainer Hayward is try
ing to get an early start.
1 he javelins have( arrived and those
who go to the meet will have a chance
to see them in action.
Gish, who participated in the game
at Seattle under the colors of S. A. A.
C. last summer is reported to havg en
tered Washington and will be a big win
ner for them in the weights, providing
he has amateur standing and can par
ticipate in the conference meets.
lierlha Cummings entertained in hon
or of Ruth Bnlderree Saturday after
mi n. Many delightful pastimes, sug
gestive of St. Valentine were enjoyed.
'I he hostess served delicious refresh
ments. The girls invited were: Eva
Frasier, Ellen Frink, Daryl Belat, Lilah
Clark, Maude Beals, Minnie Murphy,
Ruth Balderree, Hazel Humphrey, Ethel
Barnard, Frances Young, Alice Stod
dunl. Mae Sage, Nellie McNeil, Vera
S mderson. Ethel Johnson, Jessie Cal
kins and Fay Clark.
BASKET BALL GAMES
FOR FRIDAY NICHT
MANAGER TERRY PLAYS
PRELIMINARY WITH
ALL CONTESTS
Inter-scholactic Championship
May be Decided in High School
Game Friday Night.
The Eugene, basketball enthusiasts will
have a chance to see two first-class
games next Friday night in the new
Gymnasium. Willamette University will
meet the Oregon team and Lincoln High
School, of Portland, will clash with the^
local High School.
Willamette has one of the strongest
teams in the state this year, and will
give Oregon a hard fight. They were
defeated by O. A. C. after a desperate
fight, so the result next Friday will give
a line on how the two state colleges
ought to play.
Manager Terry has adopted a policy
of holding preliminary contests between
High School teams along with all the
conference games. The object being to
stimulate interest in the University a
mong the preparator .> schools of the^
state, and to add inters si uj tne con
tests. Lincoln and' Eugene high schools
are by far the best prepartory teams in
the state and their contest will he, a
championship affair. The management
is under heavy expense in bringing the
Portland team to Eugene and 250 paid
admissions are necessary. The Univer
sity of Tdpho basketball team will meet
the Oregon quintet in two games at
Eugene on February 23d and 24th.
At a meeting held last night Harry
Stine was elected to captain the team
for this season.
CLARENCE GORE DIES
AT HOME IN MEDFORD
The death of Clarence Gore, ’13, of
Medford, announced during examination
week, was sad news to the many friends
he had made during his short stay at
the University.
Through the desire of some newspa
per reporter to get a sensational story,
the misfortune was attributed to haz
ing last fall. Friends of the young man
at the University and from Medford
declare, that the statement should not he
attributed to him or his parents for
they would never have resorted to such
means of arousing bitterness over a
thing that is a source of the most sin
cere sympathy. Gore was a splendid
man and will always be re,membered as
I such.
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Edith Prescott and Clarence Walls,
who are, looking after the advance sale
for the Schuman Heink concert, an
nounce that all of the $2 seats have
beet old. There are still some 200
seats at $2.50 and it is expected that the
students will make the, most of the three
days left to look after their reserva
j tions.
PRACTICE, NOT THEORY
M^AKES A JOURNALIST
John C. Carroll, editor of the Even
ing Telegram, of Portland, spoke in
Assembly this morning on newspaper
work and the teaching of journalism in
college.
Newspaper men in the past, he said,
have discredited the college graduate,
but they are coming more to favor
them as the educational system pro
gresses. For proof of this he pointed
to the fact that Joseph Pulitzer, editor
of the New York World, the greatest
newspaperman in the world, recently
donated one million dollars to a school
of journalism.
In any case, however, Tie said one
must begin at the bottom and dig. He
must have an individuality about him
and not base, his ideas solely on the
opinion of others.
About three men out of one hundred
make successful reporters; about three
or four men out of one thousand make
first class journalists; while only one
in 10,000 makes an exceptional leader
in the profession.
Mr. Carroll spoke on the advisability
of a college giving an extensive course
in journalism and said that this de
pends upon how such a course is con
ducted. Tt should be in the hands of
practical newspapermen, not theorists.
And it should teach by giving practical
work in reporting.
OREGON LOSES TWO
GAMES- GASKET BALL
Ill a hard fought game of basketball
at the new gymnasium Saturday night,
Oregon was defeated by the Washing
ton State College team by the score of
22 to 7. Oregon played a deiensive
game throughout, owing to lack of prac
tice and poor condition.
The speedy Washington quintet ex
celled in team work, and it was only
by a terrific light that the varsity team
held the difference in score( as low as
15 points. Oregon’s points were scored
bv Jamison, Stine, Moore^ and Neil.
Tor W. S. C. Englehorn, Lowry and
Dalquist were stars. The attendance
was good—one hundred and seventy
aaid admissions.
In a preliminary game the Eugene
High School defeated the Varsity sec
ond team by the score of 34 to 25. The
game was hotly contested and the Eu
gene, team deserved to win. The line up
of the big game was:
Oregon—Center, Jamieson, Ruth; right
forward, Stine, Neal; left forward,
Moore; right guard, Perkins, Cocker
line; left guard, Watson.
W. S. C.—Center, Englehorn; right
forward, Dalquist; left forward, Lowry;
right guard, DeWitt; le(ft guard, Ander
son.
Trainer Hayward expressed himself
as well satisfied with the showing made
by the Oregon team in the game with
the strong W. S. C. team, and he an
nounces that the team will be in much
better condition when it meets Willam
ette here, next Friday.
Mabel and Olive Zimme(rman are
back in college after an absepce of one
semester. Since September they have
been touring the United States with
i their parents.
REGENTS TO DECIDE
NAME OF GYMNASIUM
STUDENTS FAVOR NAMING
NEW BUILDING AFTER
HAYWARD
Geo. Hug Tells How Trainer De
signed the Finest Gymnasium
in the West.
Now that the new gymnasium is ready
for use, increased attention is being paid
to the coming' meeting of the Board of
Regents who are to pass on the, student
body petition that it be christened Hay
ward Gymnasium.
1 hroughout the University there is
probably not a single avuuent wno is noi
in favor of the name. Words cannot
convey the enthusiasm they show when
ever the subject is mentioned. The
opinions of a number of the most prom
inent and representative students have
been taken and are given below.
B. H. WILLIAMS
IT. H. Williams, piesident ot the A.
S. U. O., says, “By all means name
the Ilew building Hayward Gymnasium.
It is only just that such an honor should
be given to the man who has made the
University invincible in track athletics.
I know of no other man connected with
the University so pre-eminent in his de
partment and at the same time^ so pop
ular on the campus. The student body
is behind it as a unit.’
GEO. W. HUG
Geo. W. Hug, former president of the
student body, captain of the track team,
and at present a me,mber of the Ath
letic Council, expressed his opinion as
follows:
“Hayward has done more for ath
letics at Oregon than any other one
man. The gymnasium, the building
which stands for athletics should be
named after him. There is still another
reason. I his building is the creation
largely of Oregon’s trainer. He plan
ned it and saw that every detail was per
fect and up to date. A thing that Is
thus the work of one man should bej
credited ta him just as the work of an
artist would be.”
OLIVER B. HUSTON
Oliver Huston, Oregon’s great sprint
er, developed by Hayward, and presi
dent of the senior class, w.'ts enthusias
tic over the ide(a. He said, “Bill has
made Oregon what she is in athletics.
Since he came here we have never lost
a track meet. 1 am most certainly in
favor of it.”
CALVIN SWEEK
Cal. Sweek was anothef who strongly
favored it. “No man could be more
worthy of the honor,” he said. “It will
be a fitting tribute to the man who made
the ‘Oregon Spirit' famous.”
Chi Omegas Entertain Seniors
I he Chi Omega fraternity gave a de
lightful house party to the senior class
last Friday evening.
Dancing furnished entertainment and
I refreshments of salad and coffee wevre
served by the junior girls in the house.
Helen Higbee of the University of
\ Washington, is at the Kappa Alpha
Theta house. She is a member of that
j fraternity at Washington.