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
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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.
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There is a class, in Esperanto at thg
I University of Illinois.