OREGON
EMERALD
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
VOL. XII.
EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAR. 8, 1911.
No. 37
EUTMENT ON GREAT
PROBLEMS WILL COME
INTER-COLLEGIATE ORA
TORS WILL SOLVE RID
DLES OF UNIVERSE
SEVEN OREGON COLLEGES REPRESENTED
Oratorical Contest Next Friday
Will be One of Big Events
of the Year
Arrangements are complete for the
Inter-Collegiate Oratorical Contest and
next Friday night, at Villard Hall, or
ators representing seven Oregon col
leges will compete for first honors.
The orators and their orations in the
order in which they will appear on the
program follow":
“Liberty, Law and Present Day Prob
lems,” Harry G. McCain, Willamette
University.
“The Ministry of Poetry,” Claude
Newlin, Pacific College.
“The Rust on Our Legal Machinery,1'
Carlton E. Spencer, University of Or
egon.
“National Conservation,” Grover C
Birtchet, Albany College.
“The Salvation of Democracy,” Car
roll H. Wooddy, McMinnville College.
“Optimism and Opportunity,” C. E.
Ward, Pacific University.
“Our Duty Towards the Theater,”
Miss Vena Rickard, Oregon Agricul
tural College.
Each orator will be; supported by del
egates and friends from his own school.
Albany College will send up thirty stu
dents ; Willamette University promises
to send twenty or more; and Oregon
Agricultural College will have at least
ten representatives at the contest. The
delegates will sit together, and before
and after the contest will give the yells
and songs of their respective colleges
An opportunity will be had to compare
the college spirit of six other schools
with Oregon spirit, and according to
Yell Leader Robison Oregon spirit will
not be lacking in its support of Sari
ton E. Spencer.
The following judges have been se
cured for the contest:
On composition, Professor T. C. True
hlood, University, of Michigan; Profes
sor E. D. Shorter, University of Texas;
and President S. B. Penrose, Whitman
College.
On delivery, Rev. W. B. Hinson, oi
Portland; B. Lee Paget, Portland; and
Alfred C. Schmidt, Albany.
Sigma Nu will entertain with a for
mal dance March 11.
New Baseball Coach Will Then
Take Charge of
Squad
Paul Lynch, the new Varsity baseball
coach and Syracuse third baseman, will
be on hand Monday night, March 13th.
Lynch is a Rochester league infielder,
and has had considerable experience as
a baseball coach. In 1904 he coached
Syracuse, where he turned out a cham
pionship nine. Last season Lynch
coached the Lincoln High football team,
°f Portland, Oregon.
Active practice will probably com
mence next week, rain or shine. The
largest turnout in the history of the
Varsity is expected.
WASHINGTON GRANTS
STATE U. $816,000.00
The big $816,000 appropriation which
the legislature set aside for the Univer
sity of Washington for the next two
years represents an increase of $142,618
over the previous appropriation. In the
last two years the Seattle institution
has experienced an increase of 35 per
cent in enrollment, and in the last four
years she claims an increase of 81 per
cent, a gain larger than that of any
other State University in the country.
freshmenIqIs win
Defeat Junior Basket Ball Team
In the Opening
Game
The first game in the girls’ inter-class
series was won by the Freshmen from
the Juniors by a score of 10-7. Both
teams put up a good game and fought
hard throughout. The Freshman guards
did especially well.
The lineups for this game were: Jun
iors—Centers, Emma Waterman (c),
Nellie Banfield, Nita Bartlett; guards,
Jean Alison, Maude Beals, Erma Clit
ford; forwards, Ruth Gibson, Erma Clif
ford, Nellie Banfield. Freshmen—Cen
ters, Madeline Harding, Miss Frather;
guards, Bess Riddell, Grace Bean; for
wards, Alsea Hawley, Janet Young, Ha
zel Rader (c).
These games will be played in the
Women’s Gym and not in the Mens
Gym, as first announced.
SEASON NETS $21.85
Manager Cockerline Makes Bas<
fietball Pay for First
Time
Manager of Basketball Harold Cock
erline has been highly successful with
the season, and for the first time in the
history of the game at Oregon, is re
turning a neat balance to the exchequer.
Receipts
Student Body_$89.00
P. U. Game _ 48.30
U. of W. Game _ 222.80
Portage Game _ 139.50
Pullman Games at Eugene_100.25
Whitman Game at Walla Walla— 150.00
Idaho at Moscow_ 150.00
Pullman iat Pulman_132.00
Washington at Seattle -150.00
$1092.85
89.00
$1181.85
Expenditures
Suits _$45.00
Advertising - 30.00
Telephone and Telegraph - 8.15
Portage Game _ 75.00
U. of W. Games _ 150.00
W. S. C. Games- 155.00
Pacific Games- 70.00
Inland Empire Trip-412.10
Seattle Trip -214.75
$1160.00
Balance -$21.8a
$1181.85
Trick Men Take Notice
The entries for the big inter-class
cross country. March 13th, must be in
not later than Saturday, March 11th.
All men who desire to enter and have
signed up. are requested to see Hay
ward at once.
LEAGUE MAGNATES MEET
PERMANENT BY-LAWS FOR
DOUGHNUT LEAGUE
ADOPTED
VERNER GILLIS 11, WILL BE PRESIDENT
Executive Committee Created
Which Will Decide Minor
Contests Subject to Appeal
**********
* SCHEDULE PRELIMINARY *
* ROUND INTERFRAT GAMES *
* Wednesday, March 15—Acacia vs. *
* Kappa Sigma. *
* Saturday, March 18—Sigma Nu vs. *
Dormitory. *
* Wednesday, March 22—A. T. O. vs *
* Sigma Chi. *
* Saturday, March 25—Beta Thetas *
* vs. Beavers, *
* Wednesday, March 29—Delta Sig- *
* mas vs. Tawah. *
* Saturday, April 1—Avava vs . Aca- *
* cia. * j
* Wednesday, April 5—Kappa Sigma *
* vs. Sigma Nu. *
* Wednesday, April 12—Dormitory vs. *
* A. T. 6. *
* Wednesday, April 26—Sigma Chi vs. *
* Beta Theta. *
* Saturday, April 29—Beavers vs. Del- *
* ta Sigma. *
* Tuesday, May 2—Tawah vs. Avava. *
************
Representatives of eleven clubs and
fraternities met in the Emerald office
last Sunday and perfected organization
of the Doughnut League for the coming |
season.
The committee, consisting of Dobie,
Barbour and Houston, appointed to
draft a constitution and schedule, re
ported. The constitution was read and
adopted section ffiy section, and perma
nent officers elected. These were Ver
ner Gillis, President, ’ll; Leslie Dobie,
’ll, Vice President; and Jack Shattuck,
'12, Secretary-Treasurer. Under the
newly adopted constitution these three
officers will constitute an executive com
mittee, to whom minor questions will
he referred, though appeal may always
be bad to the board of directors, con
| sisting of a representative from each
j club.
I he committee had provided a blank
schedule for the preliminary round, in
which the different teams were signi
fied by numbers. Numbered slips were
passed in a hat and each representative
drew therefrom his number, to which
his team would correspond. The sched
ule published above is the result.
It was decided that any team finishing
the preliminary round of two games with
a percentage of 500 or more should
qualify for the second round. The board
of directors will meet fortnightly to hear
complaints and decide contests. Mana
ger Luckev was authorized to buy five
dozen baseballs for the use of the league.
Reverend Van Marter, of Portland,
visited his son, LaVerne, this week.
A force of plumbers drive been busy
: with the heating pipes around Deady
[ Hall and promise a speedy respite from
the unpleasant odors.
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* STANDING CONFERENCE *
* BASKETBALL LEAGUE *
* Won. Lost. Pet. *
* Washington - 8 1 .875 *
* Oregon _ 7 3 .700 *
* Idaho_ 4 4 .500 *
* W. S. C_ 2 6 .256 *
" Whitman _ 0 6 .000 +
************
“O” MEN WILL MAKE
MERRY AT BANQUET
President Latourette, of the Order of
the “0." announces that a meeting and
banquet of the Order will be held on
Tuesday evening.
The affair will occur at 6:00 in the
grill room of the Osburn Hotel and a
full attendance is urged, as, aside from
the general good time to be enjoyed,
there are several matters of importance
to be considered. Among these is the
the election of officers for the ensuing
year.
ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP
Washington Finishes at Head of
Conference Basketball
League
By defeating Oregon in the two games
played at Seattle March 3 land 4, Wash
ington won the undisputed basketball
championship o fthe Northwest. Both
games were very close, the scores be
ing 22-18 and 18-17.
In both games Oregon displayed ex
cellent team work and led in the scor
ing up to the very last of the games,
but lost one in the end on account of the
strange floor and stranger refereeing.
This was especially noticeable in the last
game, when the decfding point was made
on a foul which the Oregon men claim
was not committed.
This gives Oregon an easy second
place in the league, finishing the sea
son with seven victories and three de
feats to her credit.
The final standing of the conference
teams is as follows:
SEVEN CO-EOS TRY OOT
Excellent Debate Delivered on
a Very Difficult
Question
Seven co-eds entered the preliminary
tryout for the women’s debating team,
which was held last night in Villard
Hall. Their work showed careful prep
aration, although some of them were
slightly nervous in delivery.
Those trying out are Carin Deger
mark and Alice Stoddard on the affirm
ative, and Birdie Wise, Jessie Calkins,
Lilah Clark, Elizabeth Bush and Bess
Cowden on the negative.
The question, that of a federal in
come tax, is a very difficult one, but the
girls have shown lemarkable skill in an
alyzing it. The judges, Dr. Barnett, Mr.
Kempthorne and Professor Buchen,
would make no statements other than.
“We shall find it difficult to pick the
winners.”
The second tryout will be held to
morrow night at 7.15. Each speaker
will be allowed seven minutes.
CAMPUS DIAMOND IN
EXCELLENT SHAPE
Eriday the administration and base
ball management put a force of men and
Freshmen at work on the campus dia
mond. A backstop was erected and on:
batting cage put in shape. Manager
Luckey announces that when the squad
increases sufficiently to warrant it he
will have additional cages available.
What with the scraping this winter
j for soccer and the wear the la crosse
, men have given it, the diamond was
never in better shape. . The turf has
hardly had a chance to get started
which makes the field faster than ever.
ROBISON SELECTED FOR
STATE ORATORICALS
JUDGES FINALLY PREFER
HIM OVER CARLTON
SPENCER
QUESTION REFERRED BACK TO JUDGES
Robison Delivers Powerful Ora
tion Entitled “The Flames
On the Crucible.”
Charles Robison, ’ll, Varsity Yell
Lender, debater and editor of the 1911
Oregana, after careful consideration,
has been selected by the judges to rep
resent Oregon in the Tri-State Oratori
cal Contest, to be held at the Univer
sity of Washington in April.
Robison, after losing out for the Inter
Collegiate Contest with his oration, “The
Scapegoat,” wrote an entirely new pa
per, called “The Flames of the Cruci
ble,” which deals with the immigration
problem, and which is said by those who
were present at the tryout, to be a
strong and masterful effort. It treats
of the serious problem the United States
faces in absorbing and assimilating the
hordes of immigrants which annually
Hock to the shores of America.
“The Rust on Our Legal Machin
ery,” by Carlton Spencer, inter-colle
giate orator, gave Robison’s oration a
close run, and it was even awarded the
first decision by the judges who were
Frofessor Howe, Dr. Bennett, and Miss
F'erkins. The question was carried to
the Committee on Oratory and Debate,
but referred back to -rfie judges, who
yesterday declared Robison winner. The
decision as originally announced gave
him four firsts, three of which were for
delivery. Spencer received one first in
composition, three seconds and two
thirds. Thus the men were tied with
thirteen points apiece, which brought
up for solution a delicate problem.
Tt is said that Spencer’s supporters
will protest this last ruling of the judg
es and if possible carry the matter be
fore the Executive Committee.
As it is, however, the management
announces that until an appeal be de
cided adversely, Robison is winner.
Charles Robison is registered from
Oregon City, find since his matricula
tion here from Williams College, his
been prominently identified with foren
sics and student activities in general,
lie is an effective speaker, and because
of his characteristic delivery and pecu
liar style, which is faintly redolent of
Ben Tillman and Champ Clark, has ac
quired the sobriquet of the “Gentleman
with the Southern accent.”
ADVERTISEMENT IS FREE
Oregana Will Pay Expense of
Making Cuts of Juniors and
Seniors
The Oregana will surely be distrib
uted some time during Juniot Week
End. The stories and cuts are coming
in rapidly and no delay is anticipated
in publishing the annual.
A few Seniors and Juniors have (he
misapprehension that they will have to
pay for making the cuts of their pic
ture. The management says that it will
pay for making the cuts and the up
perclassmen will have ony to pay their
photographer for the solio print. Wal
ter Huntington asks all Seniors to hand
the summary of their college careers
to him during the present week.