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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1910)
OREGON UNIVERSITY OF OREGON VOLUME 11 EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1910. . 46 I NO TRYOUT NECESSARY FOR COLUMBIA TEAM WILL TAKE EVERY MAN WHO HAS TRAINED CONSISTENTLY Despite Lack of Interest, Men Expect to Wave Again the Ban ner Won Five Straight Years. Because there are not enough men doing track work to make up more than the required number to take to the Co lumbia Indoor track meet April 16, the tryout which was to have been held today was called off. The team will consist of fourteen men, and this num her wili allow Hayward to take prac tically every man whom ne thinks stands a show of making a point foi Oregon. Every man; who has been training consistently in events that are scheduled at Columbia will make the trip. Captain Ben Williams, the premier pole vaulter, can be counted on for one first place, despite the hard luck he has been having with his feet. Oregon can also count on McDaniels, Johns and Riddell for firsts in the 440 and 880 vard dashes and mile run. Hawkins, Latourette, Olson and Holmes can bring home a good share of the points i:i the hurdle races. The short dashes will be handled by Jim Johns and Bris tow and by the new men Kay and Briedwell. In the shot put Oregon will enter Neill and Henderson. , Despite the lack of interest, the track men feel that there are still hopes ot winning the meet by a very narrow margin and of again bringing home the Columba banner, which has been won for live consecutive years. K. K. K. CLUB GIVES PRETTY HOP IN ARMORY One of the prettiest dances in the history of the armory v«as given las\ night by the K. K. K.s, a secret elm. of thirteen young ladies of Eugene. I lie guests were largely Varsity, high school and out of town people. An especially pleasing scheme of decora tions was carried out. The general plan was Japanese, with a false ceiling con structed of wisteria. In keeping with the surroundings, cold tea and rice wa ters were served hy two dainty maids in Japanese costume. I'wo new bulletins were sent from the l niversity office this week; one an nouncing the courses for the summer session of the University of Oregon, ‘■he other put out hy the School of Ed ucation and dealing wholly with that department. I he Girls’ Tennis Club will meet next -Monday afternoon at 4:00 o’clock. All regular members, and also those wishing to join the club are requested to be present. It is also requested that mem bers bring this semester’s dues. Misses May Gray and Caroline Ben son, of Portlan.d are guests at the Gam ma Phi Beta house. LOCAL BOOSTER CLUBS TO SUPPLEMENT WORK Publicity Work of Central Com mittee Extended by Club In Each County. At the meeting of Professor Aider man’s committee Wednesday it was de cided that the state as a whole was too broad a held for this central body to cover. For this reason it was decided to form county organizations, and each organization will stand responsible for its own county. It is desired that all county clubs be formed early in the com ing week, in order to make plans for the spring vacation. In discussing the matter this morn ing, Arthur ,\i. Geary, chairman of the central committee, said: "1 he importance of the county or ganization movement to the advance ment of the interests of the University should command the hearty co-opera tion of every student. It is the only effective way of disseminating news con ce. Ai0 the Universi / over the state. The readers of the Portland papers are supplied by paid correspondents. The smaller country papers have no direct means of getting such news, although their readers are as much interested in University happenings, especially when home students are involved. It is to the interest of the University that these pa pers are suppleid. Often high school students arrive at their senior year un decided whether to go to college or not. Not knowing of actual conditions at the University, they remain at home while a few talks or letters from ac quaintances would bring them to col lege. It is imposible for the regstrar or a central student committee to sup ply the desired information effectively over the whole state, while it will be a comparatively easy matter where each county club stands sponsor for its own locality.” CEMENT COURT MUST BE FINISHED BY APRIL 20 Handicap Tournament Scheduled As Soon as New Court Is Ready. 1 lie contract for the construction of the new cement tennis court lias been let by Manage* Newland, of the tennis club, and the completion of the court is called for not later than April 20th. The site of the new court has been se lected on that of the old dirt court nea» the library building, which is already being leveled and enlarged in readiness for the cement foundation. A handicap tournament will be ar ranged at once among the tennis devo tees, to he played off as soon as the new court is finished. Another important tennis movement is being launched by Paul Bond. The scheme is to build ; additional dirt courts about the city ! by organizing clubs of 16 members each. Transferable membership at $2.00 each will be the consideration asked from those desiring to join one. Marion McClain, '06. was married re 1 cently to Miss Mabel Eaton, '06. UNIVERSITY TO RAVE WIRELESS APPARATUS TWO SENIORS, NEILL AND INMAN, DO ORIGINAL THESIS WORK Complete Wireless Plant Will Be Constructed and Taken Over By University of Oregon. A complete wireless telegraph appara tus, expected to rival in efficiency any other now in use, the work of H. C. In man and J. K. Neill, will he the inter esting and eminently practical contri bution of the Electrical Engineering de partment for the current year, to be permanently installed in the future as a University station. Neill and Inman are two seniors and arc doing this work for their graduat ing theses. The latter was forced to leave college about a month ago, af ter almost completing what will prob ably be one of the most important works in that department, and now has a po sition with the Portland General Elec tric Company. His work has been car ried on lw Neill, who had been working in conjunction with him, and while it may lie impossible to install the ap paratus completely this year, enough has been done fo make it rank as a monumental work. Besides innumerable small inventions and improvements, Neill and Inman/ have succeeded in perfecting two es sential parts of any wireless appara tus—the condenser and transformer— to a degree far beyond any now in use. I he latter gives them an effective volt age of not far from thirty thousand. To withstand a charge of this intensity, it was necessary to construct an im proved condenser. The first one they installed “spilled over,” and even cracked the glass used as insulating ma terial. but they have now succeeded in making improvements which allow them safely to use the full voltage. These two improvements alone make their work an important one from the purely commercial standpoint, and will give the University one of the best and most up to date wireless apparatus in existence. Whether the new innovations will lie adopted generally or not is, of course, uncertain, but Neill and Inman are considering patenting some of their inventions. Willamette University is trying to ar range for a triangular debate between the law departments of the Universities of Oregon, Washington and Wiliam ettc. 1 he University of California has formed a club whose purpose it is to meet weekly and converse in Japanese. It is intended to create an interest in Oriental languages. The members of the Civil and Mining engineering departments at O. A. C. have issued a challenge for a track meet to the combined departments of Agriculture and Forestry. l)r. James B. Angell, who recently resigned from the presidency of the University of Michigan, has received de grees from no less than nine univer ! sities. JAMISON CAPTAIN OF BASKETBALL NEXT YEAR Season Is Financial Success Will Probably Enter Con ference League. Homer Jamison, ’12, of Portland, was elected captain of the basketball team for next year at the banquet given by Manager Terry at the Smeede Hotel Saturday evening. Tht men who en joyed the feed report a good spread and a jolly time. The feature of the evening was a cream pie eating contest. Homer Jami son, Dean Walker and Jim Neill suc ceeded in disposing ot tne dainties of fered them, Neill finishing first and car rying oiY the prize. The new captain entered Oregon from the Lncoln Ugh School, where he was prominent in athletics. Since entering the University he has made an excellent record, playing center and forward on this year's basketball team. He made first base on the Varsity baseball nun, last year, and has always played a star game. He also captained the sopho more football team, which cleaned up the freshmen so handily last fall. The bills of Manager Terry have not yet been audited by the athletic council, but he expects to turn in about fifty dollars. The athletic council is considering the project of entering the Conference Basketball League next year. Should this be undertaken, games will be played with all five of the conference colleges and basketball will become one of the big Varsity activities, with a regular schedule of upwards of twenty games. Guarantee of $150 for each local con test will be necessary, and the manager will have to handle three or four thou sand dollars during the season. Robert Alton, ex-’12, is visiting friends at the University. DODSON APPOINTED ON EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Prominent Senior Gets Place Left Vacant by Chauncey Cunning. Ralph M. Dodson, a prominnt senior in the Department of Biology, has been appointed a member of the executive committee by President Williams to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Chauncey Cunning, who has left col lege. Dodson has always been active in student body affairs, last year holding a place on the athletic council and oc cupying the position of president of his class. In his sophomore year he held the Varsity record in the half mile run, and for the past two years he has been a star end on the football team. He will serve until June 13, when the next year’s committee takes office. Dodson’s home is in Baker City. Miss Bitney, of Woodburn, is spending ; the week end at the Gamma Phi Beta ' house. IDAHO AND OREGON TO GROSS BATS NEXT WEEK IDAHO PLAYS WHITMAN TONIGHT—THEN LEAVE FOR EUGENE. Oregon Men Show Fine Form and are Confident of Victory— Henkel and Rhinehart to Pitch. After playing Whitman this evening, the Idaho nine will leave Walla Walla for Eugene, where they will play their second and third games of the season against the Oregon team on Monday and Tuesday. The strength of the Ida ho team will be practically untried, but no matter how fast an aggregation they bring, Oregon has a big chance of re trieving the defeat handed to them in Moscow last year. On Monday Oregon will send against Idaho’s box artist her great south-paw Henkle. With the exception of McKen zie, who has been called home by the death of his father, the team will con sist of the same line-up that defeated Whitman. Dobie will be shifted to third and either Barbour, McIntosh or Mount will hold down the keystone bag. There will be nothing slow about this infield, tor Dome nas a good whip and can nan dle all the hot ones that come his way, and the trio who will be tried out at second have all been making a good showing in their tight for a steady po sition on the Oregon infield. Jamison and Newland at first and short, and the three big outfielders are all gathering in the second team’s stick productions in big league style, and nothing will come their way this season that isn’t marked for slaughter. Henkle’s pitching arm never was in better shape, and the keen-eyed moun taineers will have their troubles in solv-' ing his curves. Both Rhinehart and Tom Word are pitching good ball, and Rhinehart, who will probably go in the box Tuesday, is in exceptionally good form, promising to prove a stumbling block for the visitors’ ambitious batters. If Oregon’s fondest hopes are realized and they succeed in leaving town with one thousand per cent to their credit for the trip through the Inland Empire, it will give Coach Kelly’s pennant chas ers confidence that will be a big help in the hard games away from home. The games will begin at 4:00 o’clock. Admission, thirty-five cents. The Oregon team will lin* up: Henkel, p. Gabrielson, c. Jamison, 1st b. Barbour, McIntosh and Mount, 2nd b. Dobie, 3rd. Newland, s. s. Chandler, 1. f. Clarke, (capt.) c. f. Van Marter, 1. f. Mrs, George Gerling, of Dallas, spent Thursday at the Gamma Delta Gamma house. The sorority entertained in her honor with a dinner and an informal “at home” in the evening. Hon. S. H. Friendly kindly donated ! passes to the students who work in the men’s dormitory for the Homer Dav enport lecture in the Presbyterian church last Thursday evening.