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Saturday, March 5, 1910
The New Rules
While the eastern authorities are
wrestling with the problem of revised
football rules, there may be no chance
to mention new rules without suggest
ing that momentous problem, so we may
as well do it now and get through with
it. This article is not about football,
but basketball. In the Northwest, we
are trying some new (to us) rules,
and a few words in regard to the change
may not be out of place.
Several of the conference colleges
have expressed (unofficially) dissatis
faction with the new rules. Many com
plaints are also heard on our campus.
A rougher game, less team work, and
lack of interest to the spectators are
the most usual indictments.
The essential difference between the
Intercollegiate and the A. A. U. rules
is that “dribbling” is allowed in the
former, and an out of bounds ball goes
to the first player touching it.
"Dribbling m basketball is one play
er advancing the ball without holding
it—usually by bouncing it on the floor.
It is claimed by the adherents of the
old rules that the new out of bounds
rule causes a general rough and tumble
light for the ball, and also permits one
side to delay the game by deliberately
throwing the bail out where one of
their men can get it. To this it is
answered that the roughness of the game
depends on the officials, and that one
can be made just as rough as the other.
Moreover, the old rules allow “back
ing,” a practice that is said to cause
more "dirty" playing than any other
one thing.
I he friends of the new rules claim
that theirs is a faster game and that
this causes it to appear rougher. To
this, the answer always is, that it, also,
depends on the officials These disputes
are hard to decide, but it must be ad
mitted that the general practice is for
the game under the new rules to be
faster, and, either as a consequence or
otherwise, rougher than under the old
rules.
As to the second objection, that the
new rules result in less team work,
there is even less chance of harmoniz
ing the rival tactions. The opponents
of the new rules claim that a star man
can take the ball and play the whole
game himself. An exhibition of this
was given in the recent Oregon-Pullman
game, when Englehorn, their big cen- ,
ter, proved a mountain of strength by
himself.
1 he friends of the new rules, however,
answer that, when fully mastered, the
new rules permit better team work
than the old. Without the "dribble.”
the ball must be advanced entirely by
pasing, and smooth work is impossi
ble. With it, however, a combination
of individual and team work results in
,..aying that greatly improves the game.
There is little probability that these
conflicting opinions can be reconciled |
in any short space of time or by any
other means than practical experience.
All that can be said is that those who
are used to playing the new rules favor
them; and all who are not, favor the
£ld rules. The intercollegiate rules,
being new to most players in the North
west, are naturally unpopular. Time
only can determine what the verdict
will be.
Who said Oregon was all for athlet
ics? “Bill” Hayward was at the ora
torical contest try-out last night.
DOUBTER HAS TRUE
FAITH SAYS SARGENT
“An honest doubter has a truer relig
ion than an unthinking believer in God.
The man who, braving the scorn, abuse
and intimidation of his fellow men,
stands for the truth and right as he sees
it, is far better than he who is afraid
to acknowledge his honest doubts and
face the consequences. Such a man as
Haeckel, Ingersoll and John Stuart Mill,
men who said they would go to hell ra
ther than believe what their conscience
told them was wrong, have the high
est faith.”
With these forcible opinions, Mr.
A. H. Sargent closed a strong and in
teresting talk last night on the subject of
“Honesty,” before the Free Religion
Association in McClure Hall. This be
ing the first regular meeting of the or
ganization, the attendance was not large;
but as they will be held regularly here
after on Friday evenings, an increased
interest is expected.
Mr. Sargent began his address ny
showing the necessity for individual hon
esty and responsibility. The individ
ual. he maintained, is responsible for
the acts of society, and no socal act
should be sanctioned that we are not
willing to face as individuals respon
sible for it.
He went on to apply this to specific
problems showing how the failure to
apply the principle of individual respon
sibility and honesty was the cause of our
greatest evils. In the realm of taxation,
he said, we prefer to tax ourselves in
directly rather than face the immense
cost of our government as individuals
and pay for it honestly. No citizen should
favor war or vote for a war policy un
less lie is willing to acknowledge that
it is sometimes right to take human
life personally. No one should favor
capital punishment unless he is willing
to press the fatal button himself. If
it is right that it should be dune, we
should be willing to do it ourselves and
not shift the responsibility off onto a
hireling.
BANQUET TO BE AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
On Thursday evening, the Y. M. C.
A. will hold the regular annual banquet
in the banquet room of the Presbyte
rian Church. The original plan was to
hold this banquet in the new Y. M. C.
A. building, but the date coullicted with
an event scheduled for the Y. M. C. A.
building, and it was necessary to hold
this event in some other place. The |
dinner w ill begin at 6 :(X) promptly, and
will not hist later than 8:00. A pro
gram of three minute toasts by various
representative college men, and sev
eral musical numbers of an interesting'!
nature will follow the banquet.
1 ickets may be secured at the book
exchange or from any of the cabinet
members of the Association. A verv
reasonable price has been made in or
der that no one will feel unable to at
tend on account of financial reasons.
1 he baseball team of Keota Univer
sity, Japan, will probably visit the Unit
ed States for a series of intercollegiate
games.
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RESIGNS AT CORVALLIS
O. A. C., March 3—Sinclair A. Wil
son, editor in chief of the Barometer,
has resigned. He does not feel able to
conduct his work on the paper and
maintain his high standing in his stu
dies and in debate.
His place has been filled by Malcolm
R. Cox. Mr. Cox is a very competent
man, and is well fitted for the position.
As a result of the try-outs held for
the intercollegiate debating team, the
following men were chosen : S. A. Wil
son, E. B. Lemon, H. D. Marsh. E. F.
Weatherford, A. P. Gibson, A. A. As
bahr and E. B. Stanley. The efforts j
made by the candidates show the inter- j
est taken in debate.
tint of four games played on the trip
north recently, O. A. C. won one. The
O. A. C. team split even with Idaho,
but was defeated by W. S. C. and Whit
man.
W isconsin may schedule soccer games
with Chicago and Illinois next fall.
Carnegie has presented Cornell with
$500,000 for new chemical laboratories.
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PROF. DUNN’S ARTICLES
REPUBLISHED IN EAST
The University Bulletin that Professor
Dunn edited last November on the sub
ject of “Old Roman Coins,” has just
been reproduced in two well known
Eastern publications. "Records of the
Past,” a bi-monthly published at Wash
ington, D. C., by the "Records of the
Past Exploration Society,” and by the
“Classical Weekly.” The latter also
prints another article by Professor Dunn
on the confusion of Halley’s Comet
with the “Julian Star," this being also
recopied in the Popular Astronomy Re
view for March, 1910.
The seniors of the University of Ill
inois may present their university with
a celebration urn. This vessel is to
be made of masonry and metal, and will
be six or eight feet in height and from
ten to twelve feet in diametr. Its pur
pos is to establish a permanent place
in which to build fires for the celebra
tion of victories by the students on the
university campus.
Mrs. Job and Miss Thompson from
Cottage Grove were week-end guests
at the Kloshe Tillacum house.
DEBATERS SHOW GOOD
FORM AT ROST TRIAL
I wo practice debates were held this
week by the interstate debating teams.
Most of the men have their arguments
well in hand, while others have not
yet found sufficient material for prov
ing their points.|
Because it takes so much time to go
through with the six speeches in their
present crude form, Coach Buchen has
decided to have one team give their con
structive argument one evening and the
other side answer them in short re
buttal speeches, leaving their construc
tive argument until the following even
ing. when the order will be reversed.
It is only three weeks until the de
hate. and the coach intends to have the
arguments in their final form at least
i a week before that event. This will
mean that some of the men, especially
the leaders, will have to spend all of
their spare time, and probably some
more, on debate for the next few days.
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l he Misses Campbell, of Roseburg,
were visitors at the K. T. house dur
ing the past week.