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OREGON EMERALD UNIVERSITY OF OREGON VOLUME 11 EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAR. 5, 1910. No. 36 STUDENTS MUST PAY TO HEAR CO-ED DEBATE SIX WOMEN SELECTED TO ENTER THE FINAL TRYOUT Manager Steele Arranges Fine Program With Debate—Glee Club Will Probably Sing At the second preliminary try-out for choosing the co-ed debating team, which was held Friday afternoon, six women were selected to enter the final contest next Wednesday evening. The try-out, according to statements made by the judges, showed a great im provement in some of the speakers since the previous try-out. They knew better what was expected of them, and seemed to have better control of themselves. “What student wouldn’t pay a quar ter to hear Oregon's women debate?" says Manager Steele. "I’ll get the Glee Club to sing if I can. charge twenty live cents admission, and get a crowd out and show the girls that we are be hind them in their contests and really do believe in them taking part in student activities.” 'I'lie time of speaking will be seven minutes for constructive argument and three for rebuttal. This time will make the try-out hist only an hour. It will begin promptly at 8:(X) p. m. Those trying out are: Fay Clark, T2, prominent in Eutaxian and Y. W. C. A. work and a member of the Oregon Em erald staff; Lilah Clark, a junior from Portland, who has always shown up well in Eutaxian debates. Corinne Deg ermark is a freshman from Portland High. She is the only freshman who qualified in the preliminaries. Hazel McKowen, '12, is a Eugene girl. She has always taken a great in terest in forensic work, and was the ionlv girl who took Coach Buchen’s courses in argument and debate last semester. Birdie Wise, 12, is from Astoria High School. She represented that school on the debating team two years, the last year in the High School League, and she successfully led her team into the final contest which was held at the University in the spring. Willetta Wright, ’ll, is a new student this year, entering from Albany Col lege, where she took a leading part in forensic work. The judges will be Professors Glen. Gilbert, DeCou and Coach Buchen. Bring Slide Rule.; 1 hose who expect to join the new slide rule club that meets for organi zation next Wednesday afternoon ait four o’clock in Dr. Leonard's room, are requested to bring their slide rules with them. Much interest is being manifested by the engineers in this new field, and a large attendance is expected. It is not necessary to have a slide rule in order to belong. 1 he women’s glee club of Whitman C ollege will make a concert trip tmougb eastern Oregon and Washington. One or two shorter trips are also being planned. GOLF IS BECOMING POPULAR SPORT HERE One of this year’s features has been the enthusiastic revival among students and faculty of the ancient Scotch game. Every day, rain or shine, the links are crowded with devotees of golf, who think nothing of the mile and a half walk to the links and the mile walk around. Tn all, there are about forty members of the club, with Professor Dearborn at the head as president. To him is largely due the credit for the game’s revival. With the club dues the links have been rearranged and .are now in ex cellent condition. The greens are well cared for, hunkers erected and new signs put up. As rearranged, the course is also much more difficult. Bert Pres cott holds the record of 40 for the new 9-hole course. Several football, track and baseball men who formerly scoffed at golf have been converted and now acknowledge it to be more than a “molly coddle game.” FITTINGGLOSEIS GLEE CLUB BANQUET A fitting finale to the season of the Glee and Mandolin Clubs took place last Wednesday evening when Mana ger Geary banqueted both clubs and a few of the clubs’ supporters. From 6:30 until 10:00 o’clock, strains of melodious music, vibrations of elo quent speeches, and showers of applause floated from the grill room at Otto’s. After the numerous dainties had been served. President Thomas Burke, act ing as toastmaster, called on various members for speeches. Pres. Burke’s introductions were spicy and to the point, and brought forth many a hearty laugh at the expense of the unsuspect ing party introduced. Professor 1. M. Glen, the clubs’ pop ular director, struck the key-note of the evening when he referred to the season as funny, the manager as funny, the club as funny, and their unexampled suc cess as the funniest thing of all. In cidentally, he paid high tributes to Man ager Geary, Kenneth Frazier, and the Glee Club as a whole, saying the latter was the best ever turned out at the Uni versity. Manager Geary, in his speech, called up the memory of his unfortunate friend Clarence Gore, who he said had died working unselfishly for the Glee Club. \s he concluded, the banqueters arose and drank a silent toast to the absent one. After the gamut of speeches had been run, the hunch adjourned to Mike Walk er’s theatre, where they put the graph ophone to shame in the illustrated song. The rest of the evening, and perhaps part of the morning was spent in sere nading the sorority and fraternity houses. Professor I. M. Glen was not forgotten in the serenading program. This is the first time in the history of the Glee Club that the season has been closed with a banquet, but it is hoped to make it an annual affair here after. Its inauguration this year is due to the fact that this is the first time in the history of the club that sufficient cash has been accumulated by the man ager to banquet the boys. ROUNDS OREGON’S MAN IN THE ID CONTESTS WINS INTERSTATE TRY -OUT WITH “THE SPIRIT OF PATRIOTISM” Is First Man to Represent Oregon In Both Contests—Much Im provement Shown. That Oregon’s representative at Sa lem next Friday night will give a good account of himself, that his oration is one of the best «ind most consistent winners that was ever turned out. was pemonstrated in the try-out last night, when, for the second time, a set of judges selected H. J. Rounds as the best orator in college, and the audi ence unanimously pronounced it a great improvement on the intercollegiate try out. This is the first time in the history of the University of Oregon that the same man has represented her in both the Interstate and Intercollegiate contests. Two years ago Bert Prescott won the latter and J. PI. Bond the former. The next year Bond was the representative in the intercollegiate, hut was ineligi ble for the interstate. If Rounds suc ceeds in winning both of these contests, he will be the first man that ever did so, as Bond was defeated last year in the intercollegiate. Rounds is a senior and a member of the Philologian So ciety. Four seniors and one Sophomore en tered the try-out last night, all but one of them having taken part in the inter collegiate try-out some time ago. These four used the same orations in both try-outs, but a great improvement could be noticed in both composition and de livery. P'he fifth, A. M. Geary, had not appeared before, but his oration was on a level with those of the other ora tors. The orators and the titles of their ora close, giving Rounds only a shade the better over B. H. Williams. Professor F. S. Dunn presided, and the judges of the try-out were. Dr. W. Kuykendall, Attorney S. D. Allen, and Rev. P. K. Hammond. Tht orators and the titles of their ora tions were as follows: “The Query of Life,” R. H. Williams; “Commercial ized Press and Public Opinion,” A. M. Geary; “Land and Liberty,” W. C. Nich olas ; “The Spirit of Patriotism,” H. J. Rounds; and “Private vs. Public Lib erty,” L. L. Ray. Resides the orations, the program contained two piano solos: “Etude: Idyll,” by Miss Rernice Noel, and “El egy,” by Miss Jessie Earris. The final contest for which this try out was held will take place between the Universities of Washington, Mon tana and Oregon at Eugene the second Eriday in May. The judges marked the contestants as follows; NAME RANK SUM Comp. Delivery Geary 5 1 5 4 3J4 4 22^ 4 Nicholas 4 5 4 5 5 3 26 5 Rounds 14 3 1 V/2 1 11*4 1 Ray 3 3 1 2 \/ 5 15'/, i Williams 2 2 2 3'/2 2 14^4 2 Yale has a Chinese instructor. DRAMATIC CLUB PLAYS “A DOMESTIC DILEMMA” Grace Irwin’s short sketch “A Do mestic Dilemma,” wil lie rendered by the Dramatic Club in the near future. The members of the cast have been assigned their parts and will commence rehears ing under the able coaching of Miss Per kins and Miss Burgess. The date of the play will be decided upon at the next meeting of the club. The members of the cast are: Mildred Waite, Mildred Bagley, Jean Allison, Ronald Kennedy and Raphael Geisler. “The Professor’s Love Story,” is the title of the sketch that will be given by the Dramatic Club April 9th. The cast will be picked at a meeting which will be held next Thursday night. Pres ident William Kiltz urges all members of the club to be present at this meet ing, since important matters will come up for consideration, including a revis ion of the by-laws of the club. AUDIENCE DELIGHTED WITH GERMAN PLAY The German comedy, “Ein Knopf,” was presented before the members of the Verein Germania and a number of invited friends, in the Women’s Gym nasium last night with great success. rn the cast were A. C. Krieger and Dean Collins, as Doctors Rudolph Bin ger and Doctor Karl Blatt, German Uni verscity professors; Miss Emma Belat, as Gabriella, the wife of Doctor Bin gen; and Miss Zimmerman, as Bertha, the cousin of Gabriella, with whom Dr. Blatt was supposed to be deeply in love. The story of the play is grouped about tht device adopted by Dr. Bingen, who is extremely absent minded, of sewing a red button upon his house jacket to keep himself reminded of his young wife, so that his forgetfulness may not betray him into neglecting her. The button that he finds and sews upon his coat happens to belong to Ber tha, and the doctor consequently be comes involved in all manner of diffi culties. In an effort to intercede with Bertha in behalf of Dr. Blatt, his ges tures toward the button lead her to be lieve that he is attempting to plead his own case; Gabriella becomes convinced, upon finding out to whom the button belongs, that Dr. Bingen has forgotten her and has transferred his affections to the woman whose button he is wear ing so ostentatiously; and Dr. Blatt, believing that his colleague is guilty of treachery to him, becomes also in volved in the universal jealousy. These misunderstandings lead to one humor ous scene after another, until the un fortunate Dr. Bingen at last discovers what the trouble is, clears himself of the charges of treachery and unfaithful ness, and the comedy ends with a gen eral conciliation. The play was carried through with unexpected success, and the audience was kept in a tumult of laughter from its beginning to the closing scene. So well pleased are the members of the club with the success of this, their first venture in German plays this year, that they are already planning to prepare and produce others. Tt is probable that (Continued on last page.) —r— LAST GAME OF YEAR WILL BE WITH 0. A. G. VARSITY WORKING HARD FOR WEDNESDAY’S CONTEST HERE Saturday Oregon Plays Return With Agrics—Dean Walker Will Strengthen Varsity The Varsity live meets the O. A. C. basketball team next Wednesday even ing', in what will be the last local and /probably the big game of the season. The Agrics come fresh from their vic tory over Washington and w ill be pre pared to even np the football score. The Oregon men have been working faithfully and by Wednesday will be in shape to put up the game of their lives. Dean Walker will be in the line-up for that game, probably at guard, lie is expected to strengthen the Varsity im mensely, as be has had more experi ence than the majority of the men. Ilis playing has not been confined to prep playing, as last year be was a member of the fast Los Angeles bunch that toured the Northwest that year. The Varsity has been steadily im proving with each game as they be come more accustomed to each other and to the new gymnasium. By Wed nesday they should be in shape to give an excellent account of themselves. The Washington game scheduled for last Thursday was called off, to the i disappointment of all, because of the inability of the northern team to reach Eugene in time. A washout on the Northern Pacific tailroad was the cause. Next Saturday the Varsity team will play a return game with O. A. C. in Corvallis, closing the season. An at tempt was made to change this game to Friday and play Dallas College Satur day, but the Beavers refused to change. The Dallas game was therefore dropped. Inasmuch as O. A. C. defeated Wash ington, and the latter won from W. S. C., it will put Oregon in a high place among the conference colleges if the locals can win next Wednesday night. GEARY TO DELIVER TOAST FOR OREGON Oregon s delegates to the Intercol legiate Oratorical Association, whicth meets in Salem next Friday on the occa sion of the oratorical contest, have met and selected 15. II. Williams, ’10, as president of the delegation; and A. M. Geary, ’10, as the man to deliver the toast for Oregon at -the banquet which is given after the contest. The delegates will leave next Fri day at 5 :36 a. m. At a recent student body meeting, the students at Stanford University raised almost $20,000 for the erection of a club building on the campus. Princeton and Pennsylvania are ne gotiating to play a chess match by ! means of wireless telegraphy. . i' • There is a class, in Esperanto at thg I University of Illinois.