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VOL. XII EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1911 No. 60 1911COMMEHENTTO BE MOST ENJOYABLE EXCELLENT PROGRAM OF MUSIC IS PROVIDED FOR NEXT WEEK DR. YOUNG AND DB. KANE TO BE SPEAKERS Week Will Begin With Baccalaureate Sermon by Dr. Young, of Portland Judging from preliminary arrange ments and the personnel of the pro grams, musical and oratorical, the class of 1911 will mark the conclusion of its undergraduate existence with one of the most brilliant and impres sive of all the forty-three Commence ments that the Oregon campus has witnessed. One of the features of the week,! the Commencement chorus, promises to eclipse all previous musical attrac tions. Professor Glen, Dean of the School of Music, has organized an orchestra of twenty-five pieces and a chorus of fifty voices, including such musical stars as Miss Lilah Prosser and Mr. William Lai. The chorus will sing several ensemble numbers during the Commencement exercises. The piece de resistance will be Kin der’s “Festival- Te Deum in F,” in which Professor Glen, Miss Prosser, and Mr. Lai sing solo parts. The week opens with Baccalaureate Sunday, June 18. Dr. Benjamin Young, of the Taylor St. Methodist Church, Portland, will deliver ihe Baccalaureate sermon in Villard Hall, at ten o’clock. His subject is not yet announced, but all who have heard Dr. Young speak most highly of his persuasive power and pred ct an im pressive and effective sermon. Dr. Franklin Kane, President of the University of Washington, will de liver the Commencement Day ad dress. The senior picnic, while not at this time definitely scheduled, is announced as coming some time between the end of examinations and Baccalaureate Sunday; Saturday is thought by many to be the most desirable date. The head of the mill race will probably j furnish the location. “BARNEY” OLDFIELD BELOVED OF THE GODS OF GOOD LUCK Dame Fortune is not only smiling: upon Barney Oldfield these days, but is laughing out loud at that surprised individual. It all started when Bar ney received a letter which stated that he had been left a neat little sum as a bequest and which enclosed a substantial check. Barney imme diately changed from near socialistic to tendencies toward plutocracy, and straightway invested a portion in some good jewelry. The final blow came this week when holding the mystic number 40 he also inherited Jack Lucky’s photo grapher’s outfit, including a fine camera tripod, printing frames, etc. Since then Barney has developed an artistic streak and going in strong for the realistic has photographed in characteristic poses. Kronenberg, Ferguson and other study models. He is wondering where the light ning will strike next. The cast of the Senior class play will hold a picnic probably at O’Briens \ Friday. SCROLL AND SCRIPT INITIATES TO BE BANQUETED WEDNESDAY New members of Scroll and Script, the women’s honor society, will be formally banqueted at the Wisteria tea rooms of the Osburn, Wednesday afternoon, June 1?. The banquet wii' be preceeded by initiation ceremonies in the afternoon at the Music School rooms. These affairs were originally planned for Saturday, but were moved up because of the crush of work in cident to graduation. PAY SOON AS POSSIBLE. Hawkins Subscriptions Should Be Paid Soon To Vawter or Briedwell. It is important that those who have j subscribed money toward sending-; Martin Hawkins to represent the Uni versity of Oregon in the National games at Pittsburgh this month, pay up as soon as possible. President Collier has appointed Ver non Vawter and Paul Briedwell a committee for collection and they are officially empowered to take the money. Those who are financially em barrassed till they reach home, may send the money to Registrar Tiffany, who will handle and audit all the ac counts. About $180 has been pledged and this with what can be further raised, will be sufficient to defray the win ner’s expenses, if it can all be col lected. The games are held on the last days of this month and “Hawk,” with Trainer Hayward, will start about the time of Commencement. The champion hurdler has kept rigid training and is now running much faster than during the regular track season, and unless too badly affected by the change in climate, Bill expects him to make a most creditable showing. Pretyy Culmination To Life Romance of University’s Second Elbert Hubbard. The long standing life romance of this rag time philosopher and erst while editor of the Emerald, was ab ruptly culminated in an extremely quiet wedding this noon at the home of the bride, Miss Ethel Johnson, at 193 East Tenth Street. The bridegroom came in on the late train last night and instead of stay ing at the Dorm, as is his wont, put up at a hotel. This morning he ap peared a the bride’s home and in the presence of Mrs. Emma Johnson, Mrs. W. W. Calkins, and Miss Jessie Calkins, the knot was tied that term inated “Skippers” career as a bach elor and philosopher. Sending, the suit cases ahead to avoid suspicion, the bridal party boarded the noon train at the water tank and are now on their honey moon in Portland, where the groom holds a responsible position in the city engineering department. He was heard to boast that the last Emerald was out and that the news of his escapade would not be widely disseminated, as he thought his get away had been unobserved. Ben Williams, ’10, is back in the city after finishing the year as as sistant principal of the Oakland High School. WHO WILL 6ET TQ VOTE Hill GiMO MANAGER? QUESTION BEING CONSIDERED OF WHETHER OLD OR NEW OFFICERS WILL VOTE ONLY TWO APPLICATIONS ARE YET IN Leslie Dobie and Arthur Geary Are Only Candidates Who have Come Out As Yet. A nice legal problem is presenting itself to the student body authorities as to just who will elect the recently provided for graduate manager. The new executive committee takes office Monday, but the Athletic Coun cil holds over till September. At the same time Hawkins is the only mem ber of the old council still in the city, so that a quorum would be most diffi cult to obtain for a meeting. Appli cations for the position have not yet arrived in any number, so that action cannot be taken yet for some days. Retiring President Collier and his committee believe they should have a hand in the election, as does also President Ray and the incoming offi cials. Meanwhile the question is left undecided until President Campbell’s advice can be obtained on his return from Salem. So far there are but two receptive candidates in the field for the new position. They are Leslie Dobie, ’ll, and Arthur M. Geary, ’10. All con cerned are agreed that sufficient time should be given for the news to be spread among the alumni and for ap plications to be filed. Nevertheless, it is important that the new manager be installed this spring, so as to look over the field and forecast the year’s work. Just how the muddle will be settled is in doubt until a conference shall be held on President Campbell’s return. The library would like to buy to complete its files, the October, ’08 Monthly and Nos. 1, 14, 48 of Vol. II of the Emerald. Ed Hines, theasurer of the clas of 1912 reports $93.15 surplus on hand. TOM M. A. A. G. TEAM Famous Oregon Coach Will Take Several Men To P. N. A. Meet In Seattle. Bill Hayward leaves this afternoon for Portland, where he will begin training the Multnomah track team for the P. N. A. meet to be held in Seattle the last of this month. Tho he does not expect to win the meet, he does expect to make a good showing with the “Winged M.” men. He is taking with him from the Var sity squad Bill Neil and Captain Haw kins and perhaps also Ben Williams and Sap Latourette. The latter two will go if they can get back into prime condition. The Seattle Athletic Cluh has signed up the pick of the University of Washington track team for this meet and as Bill always likes a chance at Washington, he is entering into his present duty with zest. Victory in the meet is practically impossible for the M. A. A. C. squad, yet the Oregon men are counted on to win several svents. “HIPPO” STRONG AND HUGGINS RIDE FIERCE ACACIA GOAT The Acacia Fraternity held an ini l tiation last Saturday evening in the | Masonic Temple. Among the out of town guests were J. F. Robinson of Portland and F. M. Hofer of the Uni versity of California. Those initiated were: Leigh M. Huggins, Bert L. Strong, and Verner A. Gilles. W. E. Grace of Portland was initiat ed as an Honorary member. After the initiation a banquet was! served at the chapter house. NEW CUP FOR ’12 SEASON Emerald Will Put Up Substitute For Famous Doughnut Cup Now Gone Forever. As the famous Doughnut trophy cup has been won twice successively and will be permanently retained by the Sigma Nu Fraternity, the Ore gon Emerald wil put up a similar trophy for the interfraternity base ball league. The same conditions will govern in the contest for the Emerald cup as have obtained in the Doughnut league, and it is hoped to keep prac tically the same organization alive. Much good has been attained and much interest aroused in the past three seasons of intra-collegiate base ball and it seems the unanimous con sensus of opinion that the league should be kept alive. Although the 1912 baseball season is yet far in the distance, the offer is made now, that the various disappointed Doughnut teams can begin drafting men and start early summer training for the new cup race. Hard work is a great solace for disappointed aspirations, and it is hoped that in the eiTorts toward putting out winning 1912 teams, numerous and sundry heart burnings may be forgotten. TO START FUNNY SHEET New College Publication To Be Born —Will Try Desperately Hard To Be Humorous. If the proposition can be financed, as there seems every reason to believe it can, Oregon next fall will have a funny paper or at least a professedly humerous sheet. Since the untimely demise of the Doughnut, the college has been with out a “Punch,” and tho Collins has injected illuminating, tho spasmodic, flashes of wit into the monthly, thereis a pressing need of humor here. Realizing this defficiency, sev eral of the college near Mark Twains have agitated the question and now have the scheme fairly well organ ized. It is planned to start the paper on a modest scale and if its success war rants it to increase gradually to some thing approximating the Stanford or California magazines. A name has not yet been selected for the proposed publication. Something apt and characteristic of the college is desired and the originators are hoping for a happy inspiration this coming sum mer. While modeled somewhat upon the; stvle of the late Doughnut, the new sheet will partake more of the maga zine type and will contain drawings and photographs—finances permit ting. APPROPRIATIONS MAY BE MULE AFTER ALL EVIDENCE OF GIGANTIC FRAUD FOUND IN CONNECTION WITH REFERENDUM PETITIONS SAID THAT 8000 NAMES AHE FALSE Higid Investigation Is Being Conduct ed Into Legality of Parkison's Petitions. Today’s Oregonian contains a sen sational first page story relative to wholesale fraud in connection with the referendum petitions on the Univer sity appropriation bills, which it is said will invalidate the petitions and make the money grant available. Just how great the percentage of fraud is and how accurately it can be traced down are as yet matters of speculation, but it is said that of the 12.000 names on the petitions, at least 8.000 are tainted. The investigation has been in charge of Hon. W. T. Slater, ex-Supreme Court Justice, who has been assisted in the work by William Wright of the Burns detec tive agency. The scrutiny has been carried on for the past two weeks and the evidence seems to be over whelmingly against the legality of the referendum movement. It is suspected that the names and addresses were taken out right from the city directories and filled in by one man in some Portland office. Those familiar with the workings of the referendum petitions say that fraud or forgery on one of the peti tions invalidates all the names and that it will be a comparatively sim ple matter to throw a majority of the petitions out of court. Detective Wright is on the trail of the men supposed to be implicated in the forgeries, several of whom have already left the state. It is ex pected that criminal action will be taken against twenty or more. When seen on his return from Sa lem this afternoon, President Camp bell said: “Much of the outcome of the affair depends upon where the court imposes the burden of proof, as it will be dif ficult for the petitioners to prove the validity of the names. Our case will be taken into court soon and prose cuted thoroughly.” COACH BITCHEN WILL COACH II. of W. DEBATE ON SUBSIDY Instructor Gustave Buchen left for the East on the early morning train Thursday morning. He will go direct ly to Wisconsin via the Great North ern and will be in Madison all sum mer attending the University summer school. lie purposes to linish up his law work before the end of next year. During the coming collegiate year he will be assistant in the public speaking department and will coach two debates on the ship subsidy ques tion. Having the same question as this year to deal with, he purposes to handle it in the method that was so successful here. Before his departure he was presented by many tokens of appreciation by his friends here at Oregon He is followed by the best wishes of a host of friends and in re turn says he feels nothing but the kindest regard for the University of Oregon. Miss Julia Burgess left Monday to spend the summer in Europe.