v w EDGAR e. PIPER SPEAKS A! WEEKLY ASSEMBLY! editor of great north west NEWSPAPER ON MODERN JOURNALISM STUDENTS CROWD VILLARD TC HEAR TALK Mr. Piper Interesting Talker and Gives Brilliant Exposition of Great Modern Profession. I Imi. Edgar B. Piper, editor of the Oregonian, spoke at the student assetn 11.- iids morning on “Modern Jour nalism," from the viewpoint of a sue- I cessful newspaper man. Tn brief, he spoke as follows: “It is; believed by the ‘red letter’ press that ,;i 11 sensation:;1 stories, or nearly all. are read by everybody, and this is the conclusion that my own personal ex perience has led me to. The motive of the newspaper, therefore, is to shock the public and thus get more readers.1 If we criticise this, we must first con sider whether or not the end is good. It is only by telling the truth that peo ple cm be shocked into action, and no I good can come from concealing it. Yet there are times when the editor, for his own self protection, is forced to with hold the truth. Though there are many alluring opportunities for good news paper men to go wrong, the standards of newspaper men are as high as those of any other profession. “There is no royal road to the seats of the mighty in the newspaper world. F.vereyone must start equal and follow the same course. Newspaper work, un like the other professions, does not re quire a prescribed course of stuck vet it is the most particular and exact ing of all, for the newspaper holds at stake the reputation of individuals and communities.. "College courses in Journalism are not useless, yet the only service that the diploma from such a course will lie to the holder, is to show that he takes his work seriously. Reporters come from everywhere, and the college man i has no distinction among them, for whether he makes good depends upon him, and he is no more likely to do so "than the man educated by the printer’s case. " I he reporter must know what is ■news, when and where to look for it, and to he able to tell a Vivid story. In the latter case, the college man will have an advantage, for he is likely to have the ability to express himself. 'listorv, literature and current af ter s should he the studies pursued for PTl paration. Politics, government and I" 'pie are general requirements, but kr wledge of special subjects is also d ’cable. Style is not necessary, though el ,-,-tirse it is an advantage.” he attendance at assembly' was ! "cv. in fact one of the largest of the 1 and the address was well received PC OF. STAFFORf) CALLED TO CHEMISTRY CONGRESS 1 rof. Orrin F. Stafford has received ° 'hd notice of appointment to mem h r-!iip in the organizing committee of; T International Congress of Applied C niistry, to meet in New York and T 'hington, D.' C., in 1912. ' he organization is international in ?r 'pe and includes thousands of sci ei >sts of recognized ability'. Prof, -■afford attended the last meeting. "■ 11 was held in London in 1909, The ^ tings are held every three or fob’r years." I I ********** * CALENDAR * * Wednesdty, Mar. 15— * * 6:45 p. m., Eutaxians, Kappa Al- * * pha Theta. * * Friday, Mar. 17— * * 7:00 p. m„ Deu.dy, V. M. C. A. * * 8 :00 p. m., Deady, Engineering * * Club. * * Saturday, Mar. 18— * * 3:00 p. m.. Sigma Nil vs. Dorm. * * Club. * * 7:00 p. m., Laureans. * ********** The Deuther Verein at the University of Washington wil stage the drama “Mima Von Barnhelm” in the near fu ture. The students at Michigan now have to ! pay a library fee of $2. This money will be devoted to the p- rhase of ne v hooks. Varsity Men Not Permitted to Play on Frat Teams—Campus Field Is Monopolized “No Varsity men will he allowed to play in Doughnut games,” said Coacli Lynch this afternoon. “Also, the Var-* sity squad will use the campus dia mond every afternoon from 4:00 to 5 :30.” These two rulings bid fair to revo lutionize the whole Doughnut league. The faculty will not permit men to cut classes to play before 4:00 P. M., and after 5 :30 there is not time. Two alternatives to calling off the whole series are offered. One is to play after supper, beginning about April 1st, when the evenings begin to be ltyng, and possibly to finish the scries at the regular afternoon period after the mid dle of May, when the Varsity season is over. The other is to find another available field. Which, if either, will he done, will not be determined until the Doughnut Congress meets again. The ruling to eliminate Varsity men from Doughnut games changes the run ning chances of several teams consid erably. THESES STILL WITH US Seniors Must Continue to Search Among the Musty Tomes The Senior thesis is with us yet and causes the usual amount of worry and peevishness. ‘Tt is,” Chas. Robison says, “like bum wit,—an abomination unto the flesh—i have just finished mine, so 1 know.” But .the signs for change just now are; not propitious. The professors say that ' the matter was brought up in faculty j meeting about a year ago and turned! down and there is no reason to hone I for a change just now. Some of the professors, among them Dr. Schmitt,1 are not in favor ot eheses but there are others who feel that they accom plish a very real benefit to the student that they are of value and should be ■ retained. But the students are pretty nearly uaanintous iti the dictum “Down j with the thesis” and are hoping against !iope that the matter can be. brought ap again and voted out of the Univer sity curriculum. In the opening game of the Dough nut League series, Kappa Sigma de bated the Acacia team 5 to 3 this af ernoon. Owing to Coach Lynch’s in erdic- against squad men playing, the ineup presented a weird appearance, iut few errors were made. ) DEFEAT KAPPA ALPHA THETAS IN CLOSE BAS KET BALL GAME SCORE TIED ONCE BUT GAME GOES 9-7 Contest was Close n Interest ing and was Anybody’s Game Until Very End Gamma Delta Gamma won the Em erald cup from the Thetas Monday af ternoon by a score of 9-8. Theta scored entirely on fouls, while Flor ence Avery was able .to throw two field baskets and live fouls for Gamma Del ta. The game was very close; first Theta would score over Gamma Delta, and then Gamma Delta would respond with a point or two and forge ahead. Hazel Rader, who is generally. consid ered the best co-ed forward, was so skillfully guarded by Bess Riddell that she w s unable to throw a field has ket. When time was called the score stood 7-7. In the extra play to break the tie, Gamma Delta threw two fouls, while. Theta threw but ohe.. After the game, the Emerald cup was presented to Madeline Harding, cap tain of the Gamma Delta Gamma team, by Ralph Moores. This cup will be- J long permanently to the team winning! it twice. Those playing for Gamma Delta were: Madeline Harding, Garin Degermark, tenters; Bess Riddell, Eva Roache, guards; Florence Avery, Nellie Ban Held, forwards. For Theta, Eleanor McClain, Mary DeBar, centers; Maurine McAdams, Bess Cowden, guards; Hazel Rader, Frances Adams, forwards. *********** * NOTICE * * The handle :p tournament for the * * possession of the Liraway trophy * * (now in possession of C. P. Shan- * * trie. TO) will commence Saturday, * * April 1st. All entries will have to * * he in the hands of the handicapping * * committee on or before Tuesday, * * March 28th. The tournament is * * open to all students, alumni, mem- * * hers of the faculty, and others con * * nected with the University. Kntries * * c n be made with R. P. Newland, * * "Dolly" Gray, Bert Prescott, Harry * * Stine, E. V. Yaden, or Clarence * * Walls. All entries must he aecom ■ * * paaied by the entry fee of twenty- * * five cents No name will be re- * * ceived without this. CO-ED TENNIS REVIVES Girls’ Club Elects Officers—Try outs for New Members Come Soon The first meetin gof the girls’ tennis club this season was held in Prof. Glen's class room Tuesday at 5 o’clock. New officers were elected as follows: President, Mildred Bagiev ; vice pres ident, Helen Beach; secretary, Maud Beals; treasurer, Jean Allison; mem her at-large, Miss Perkins. 1 he club decided ot, in ke member ship requisite upon skill in weilding the racquet, and >to this end a try-out will be held as soon ia.s the courts are in good condition. A tournament will he held later, sim ilar to the one held last year, which it is expected a large number of girls wall enter. The girls’ tennis club promises to be one of the liveliest college activities this spring, judging from the interest and enthusiasm already manifested m the prospective tryouts. Spend more time on the English lan guage and less on French and Get man is the advice of President Shurman to the engineering students of Cornell Uni ANNOUNCE COMMITTEES Fol.owing People Will Have Have Charge of Week End Festivities David McDaniels, president of the junior class, has appointed the com mittees for Junior Week End as fol lows: General supervisor of dance, Wen dell Barbour; assistant, Rex S. Turner, Canoe c.arniv 1, Ralph Moores, liar old Bean, Leigh Huggins, Ruth M.-r rick, Emma Waterman. Junior prom, committees, For dec oration. Jay Stanfield, Boh Kellog, Tom Word, Mildred Bagley, Harry Stine; refreshments, Jessie Bibee, Jean Alli son, Si Stevens. Program, Irma Miller, Clementine Cutler, Earl Latourette. Floor committee, Ted Wiliams, Chet Moores, Graham Michael, James Jonhs, Lyle Brown, Music, Burns Powell, Alberta Camp bell. Raphael Geisler. Electric lighting, Edward Himes, R. Kennedy. Ffainting O. Bill Main, John Kelly, George Carter, E. Houston, Clarence Walls. Freshmen at the University of Wash ington will be required to wear the off - cial green cap after March seventeenth St. Patrick's day will appropriately usher in the wearing of the little green “lids. SPENCER APPEALS FROM DECISION OF JUDGES ASSERTS THAT SELECTION OF ROBISON WAS UN CONSTITUTIONAL TIE AMONG JUDGES CAUSES DISPUTE Student Executive Committee is Vainly Trying to Straight en Out Tangle It li s leaked out this afternoon that die executive committee, in a meeting held 1 st evening, voted to call for a :ie,v tryout of the Inter-State Orator icd contest. It seems that Spencer was dissatisfied with the decision of the judges in the lirst contest turd appealed to the executive committee for a new tri 1, hasing such appeal on grounds of constitutionality. The meeting of the executive com mittee was a heated one, and their vote last night is not considered final in the matter. Another meeting has been called for this evening, when the ques tion will he reconsidered. The ranking of the judges in the try out resulted in a tie for Robison and Spencer. Robison had four hrsts out of six, and Spencer had eight points, the better by the percentage method. The matter was referred hack to the judges by the committee on oratory and debate, and they finally decided in fa vor of Robison. Spencer claims that the final decis ion of the judges was made upon de livery alone, and therefore uneonsti tntional, that the customary method of grading would have given him the de cision, and that the judges were ap pointed hv the committee on oratory and debate, when the constitution provides that they should he chosen two hv the executive committee and one by the faculty. The student body anxiously awaits the final decision of the exec utive committee. OREGANA PICTURES ARE IN HANDS OF ENGRAVERS Manager Barbour took tlie cuts and niateri 1 for the Oregana to Portland last week and reports that practically all the pictures are in except those of the Juniors and Seniors, lie urges tli't those who have not handed in their pictures do so at once, since the work will he held up if this is not attended to immediately. The pictures of this year’s baseball srptad will he sent down in a few days and possibly one of the track srptad. The work is progressing finely and everything points favorably toward the best Oregana ever sent out by the Uni versity. The reduction from two dol lars to one dollar and fifty cents will last one week longer and those who wish to profit by this low price should! see the manager or one of his assist*1 ants before the week is out. A movement is on foot among the Finnegans and Flahentys of the Univer sity to celebrate the 17th of March in a manner befitting the glorious day. A meeting is scheduled at one of the fra ternity houses, next week, for the pur pose of drawing up adequate plans, and deciding upon the proper color for the day. Tt is reported (that an offer from Mique Stasney to deliver the oration of the day has been rejected by the committee in charge. Home rule will be threshed out, and Oirish confetti playfully tossed about.