OREGON
EMERALD
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
VOL. XIII.
EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1911.
No. 6
YOU ARE LIVING YOUR
HAPPIEST DAYS NOW
PRES. TAFT CHARACTERIZES
OUR PRESENT LIFE AS
STATED ABOVE
NOW IS THE TIME TO FORM IDEALS
Though Suffering From a Sore
Throat, the President Makes
Himself Heard.
Greeted by the famous “Boola
Boola,” of Yale, supplemented by
several rousing Oregon “Oskey Wow
Wows,” President William Howard
Taft stepped to the rear platform of
his train as it stopped at the campus,
at 1:20 P. M., Thursday, and deliv
ered a three-minute talk to the as
sembled students.
Although suffering from an affec
tion of the throat, which made his
voice rather huskey, the president
spoke so slowly and clearly that he
was distinctly heard by everyone
present.
After the train stopped, there was
a delay of a few seconds, during
which Mr. Taft was busy inside the
car “touching up his throat,” as he
expressed it. The students voiced
their impatience by shouting, “We
want Taft!” and at that instant the
smiling chief executive appeared,
saying, “You shall have him.”
Mr. Taft said, referring to the sing
ing of “Boola Boola” by Busher
Brown’s cohorts: “I have been de
layed a few moments getting my
throat touched up, but from what I
just heard, I judge that you know
a good song. I always feel at home
in a gathering such as this, having
been a student myself, and I want to
tell you, that you are now enjoying
the happiest and most profitable
period of your lives. You don’t have
to provide for a family and spend
your time in earning a living, as you
will later, and therefore you have the
opportunity for the development of
altruism and high ideals.
“The greatest benefits gained at
college are not derived from books,
although that helps. They are gained
in the good fellowship and the high
ideals formed. One of your strong
est influences in later life, tending to
make you a good fellow and a
straightforward man, is the ties
formed at college. You will endeavor
then, as you do here, to so live that
your actions will be approved by the
fellows with whom you associate, or
have associated.”
The last words of the brief talk
were delivered as the train was pull
ing out, and Taft’s good-bye and
wave of the hand were answered by
a parting Yale yell.
Y. W. NEWS BUDGET SHOWS
ACTIVITY IN ASSOCIATION
Monday afternoon Prof. Reddie
will speak upon “Science and Reli
gion” in the Women’s Gym. This will
be the first of a series of scientific
lectures to be given this semester by
several of the University profes
sors.
President Campbell has set aside
Monday afternoons from four until
five for the Association meetings.
There will be no classes, nor confer
ences for the girls at this time, and
the class presidents have been asked
not to call meetings for this hour.
The Employment Bureau, which
has been conducted for several years,
is again in operation. This bureau
will find positions for girls desiring
work and also fill positions for those
needing help. All such applications
should be made to Ermel Miller, at
the Y. W. office.
WOULD-BE THESPIANS TAKE
SECOND DEGREE TO QUALIFY
>The Dramatic Club held its second
tryout Thursday evening in Villard
Hall. Several who tried and failed
at the first tryout, came forth with
renewed energies and gained a place
on the probable list. Those who
made it were: F. A. Dudley. Alfred
Skei, Hazel Barta, Allie Phillips,
Kathryn Carson, Ruth Peters, Aletha
Emeric, Beatrice Lilly.
In the near future more trouble
awaits those whose names are on the
Probable List. They will be put
through a test concerning their
knowledge of general stage business,
and if they pass this satisfactorily,
they will have at last qualified for
membership in the exclusive circle of
actors in the U. of O.
H. GEORGE JR. TO SPEAK
Promoter of Single Tax Theory Will
Expound His Doctrines to
Eugene People.
The people of Eugene are fortunate
in having an opportunity of hearing
Hon. Henry George, Jr., Monday
evening, at 7:15 o’clock, in Villard
Hall.
Mr. George, who is congressman
from New York, has been secured for
this lecture through the efforts of the
local Henry George Association.
His subject, “Land Value Tax
ation As a Substitute for the
General Property Tax,” is one in
which every citizen of Eugene and the
State of Oregon should be interested.
An amendment providing for the Sin
gle Tax will be on the ballot at the
next election and Mr. George will dis
cuss some of the merits of the pro
posed system.
Mr. George’s father was the orig
inator of the single tax theory, and
as Mr. George, Jr., has traveled
through the countries where the sin
gle tax in a modified form is in oper
ation, he will have some interesting
facts to disclose.
No admission will be charged.
6LEECLIIB STOCK JUMPS
Morrison Returns and Robison and
Dean Collins Collaborate on
Travesty.
The stock of the Glee Club jumped
ahead this week with the return of
Lee Morrison, the famous tenor of
last year’s club. Up to the first part
of the week it was thought that Mr.
Morrison would not return to college
this year. His return removes all
“tenor” worry.
“Beauty” Robison and Dean Col
lins, graduates of June, 1911, are
writing a playlet for the club. It is
to be an ensemble act in the form of
a travesty on Mr. Crane, the cele
brated anti-college man. In the
course of the act Mr. Crane visits the
University of Oregon and is “gently”
surprised with the life he finds
there.
Tentative plans are under consider
ation for the chartering of a boat to
take the Glee Club on a cruise up
and down the Columbia and Willam
ette River, giving concerts at the
various cities. In the proposed itin
erary are: Astoria, flood River, Van
couver, and St. Helens.
Plans for double concerts are also
being considered at Eugene and
Portland, subject to the satisfactory
arrangement of rates and dates.
Buy slide rules now. Bargain
prices. Himes, 52 Dorm.
UNDERCLASSMEN'S D*Y
TO BE NEXT SATURDAT
SOPHOMORES AND FRESHMEN
WILL VIE WITH EACH OTHER
FOR HONORS
PUSH BULL SECURED FROM HUNT CLUB
Presentation of Cup to be Made at
Informal Dance Held in the
Evening.
Saturday, October 21st, is the date
set for the first Freshman-Sophomore
Contest Day, to be pulled off on Kin
caid Field, and it promises to be one
of the big: events of the year. The
plans for the day are in the hands of
the Juniors, who are leaving- no stone
unturned to make it successful, in
which event it will be made an annual
occurance each Fall.
The main event of the day will be
the Push Ball contest, with about fifty
on a side. Arrangements have been
made with the Portland Hunt Club for
a ball, which will be here the latter
part of the week. There will also be
a tug of war, with ten men on a side,
a half mile relay race, composed of
sixteen men, a free for all sack race,
and a rooting contest. Both classes
are sparing no effort to make the
rooting contest the most spirited and
artistic exhibition ever pulled off on
Kincaid Field.
In order to not interfere with the
Varsity football practice, the events
will start promptly at 2 o’clock. Field
marshals have been appointed and the
field is to be kept clear at any hazard.
In the evening an informal dance
will be given at the Gym, when the
cups will be awarded to the winners.
WILL ERECT GIRLS HALL
Bishop Scadding Promotes Move
ment for Episcopal Home for
Girls of University
Providing the referendum litiga
tion terminates favorably for the
University, Episcopalian friends in
the state will erect a private dormi
tory for girls. Bishop Scadding, the
head of the church in Oregon, while
in Eugene this week made provision
al arrangements for the early con
struction of the proposed building.
A ninety day option has been taken
on a splendid $2400 building site On
the corner of President Campbell’s
residence on Thirteenth Street. The
plan is to float a $15,000 bond issue
in $100 denominations, the shares of
which are to be sold principally to Eu
gene and Portland laymen.
Though the church is to be sponsor
for the entire arrangement, it is not
a charitable undertaking. Living
fees will be charged and all affairs
will be transacted on a business-like
basis. <A house mother will be in
charge of the hall, which is planned
to accommodate some twenty girls.
The idea has been developed in res
ponse to requests expressed by vari
ous mothers throughout the state who
feel hesitancy in sending their daugh
ters to the University because they
~re uncertain of finding suitable and
ple« -ant places to live. Residence in
the new hall will not be restricted
to women of the Episcopalian or any
other Christian faith and the general
rules of government will be similar
to those of the Pan Hellenic sorori
ties. This home in fact will fill very
much the same place in the Univer
sity that the Mary Spiller house now
does and will be conducted largely
upon the same plan.
BEAUTY ROBISON HERE
WITH WISE PURPOSE
Lots of pip, fellows!!! “Beauty”
Robison is here. He has arrived to
tell us how he has organized the
barristers, physicians and surgeons
of the Portland departments of the
University. It is the consensus of
opinion on the campus, however, that
Beauty’s visit is a Wise idea. The
funereal gloom that pervades the
campus must be dispelled and Beauty
is here to do it. Otherwise we might
not have seen the father of Smoke
less Smokers until November 18th.
Beauty is some organizer and the
Varsity will be supported by the laws
and medics in Portland with some
thing new and novel in the way of
songs and yells when we go north to
meet Washington and Multnomah.
FROSH PLAN DESTINIES
Budding Orators Hold Yearlings
Spellbound With Samples of
Statesmanship.
Weighty problems were considered
at the meeting of the Freshman
class held at 4 o’clock Wednesday
afternoon in Villard. The proposed
constitution was placed on the dis
secting table, torn limb from limb,
and ably put together again by the
profound statesmen of the class. In
the line of oratory the efforts of
Demosthenes Dineen, Cicero Curry,
and Daniel Webster Grady, call for
particular mention.
A tax of one dollar per head was
voted on all members of the class,
and as the Frosh now number 325,
it is expected that an ample sum to
cover all expenses will be secured.
The class this year hopes to make
the annual bonfire and dance more
successful, if possible, than any given
by a former Freshman class.
A class editor and the class ex
ecutive committee, as provided by
the constitution, were elected. After
forming plans for the football game
and push-ball contest with the sopho
mores, the class adjourned to meet
again at an early date.
H0WLS0F6LEAGHERITES
Jimmy Roberts, Salaried Sporting
Editor, Picks Up Splinters From
the Bleachers.
Coach Warner made another shift in
the Varsity lineup when Poland, the
big freshman guard was shifted over
from the scrubs. Noland’s work has
improved wonderfully in the last two
weeks, and the big blonde looks like a
fixture on the first squad.
Thursday night Sap Latourette was
sent in at quarter on the Varsity for
scrimmage practice. The way the
old leaguer handled the ball and ran
back punts, caused some of the fol
lowers of “Bush” Brown to forget
and let their pipes go out. Latour
ette hasn’t lost any of his old cunning
and it is a good bet that the old war
rior will land all-northwest quarter
back.
Kaiser has been temporarily out of
scrimmage on account of a sore
shoulder and a bruised hip.
Ben Chandler’s work at end has
been on the big league order. Chand
ler is a rattling good defensive end
and is good at the receiving end of
forward passes. The “Sea Gull” looks
like a worthy successor to his brother
Weary.
Capt. Main is doing some good
place kicking. Bill has been booting
the ball over the posts from the forty
yard line.
SOPHS TRIM FRESHMEN
IN MAGNIFICENT GAME
SECOND YEAR MEN RUN UP BIG
SCORE IN ANNUAL COMEDY
ON KINCAID FIELD
EXTRA BALLS ADD ZEST TO FRANTIC PLAY
Loyal Supporters of Both Classes
Turn Out and Cheer Determined
Participants.
Promptly at 1:43 this afternoon,
when “Machuntz” Kimball, the
plunging halfback of the Sophomore
team, wiped the mud from the toe of
his trusty shoe and booted the pig
skin far into the territory of the year
lings, began the greatest game in the
history of football at Oregon. For
four quarters the battle of the Titans
raged and when Referee Latourette
blew the whistle, announcing the
close of the game, the Sophs led by
21 to 0. The feature of the game was
the wonderful run of Benson, the
dashing end of the ’l l team. Never
since the days of Eckersall has such
a run been made on the American
gridiron and the prolonged cheering
from the stands lasted fully fifteen
minutes. Benson intercepted a for
ward pass of the freshmen and ran
seventy yards through a broken field
for a touchdown.
A new feature of football devised
by Walter Camp, to be used next year
was tried in the game. Several balls
were used, instead of one, In order to
give everybody an opportunity to run
with the ball. One freshman end
caught a long pass from “Bush”
Brown and made several yards before
being downed, thus winning the in
stant approval of the spectators in
favor of the new style of play. In the
third quarter Umpire Jamison called
for volunteers to go into the game to
help the frosh, which was heartily re
sponded to by several first year men.
They overdid it, however, as the field
became too crowded.
The scoring was done by Reynolds,
Benson and Stannard, who made a
touchdown apiece. Stannard made a
place kick from the 85 yard line and
kicked three goals from difficult
angles.
The Woman’s Council will hold a
meeting Thursday to decide upon the
time and nature of their entertain
ment.
SOPHOMORES ISSUE LIST
OF FRESHMAN SINS
Freshmen Told to Beware of the Eye
That Sees and the Terror
That Flies.
I here is considerable excitement
about the campus this morning over
the appearance of a poster, which
has been generously distributed on
fences and telephone posts around the
University. The poster is in the form
of a warning to the freshmen and
characterizes them with a quantity of
alliteration, telling them to read,
peruse and ponder over a half dozen
or more of their sins which include,
“your trousers have detached no
splinters from Kincaid bleachers,” and
“you have increased in freshness to
the limit infinity,” wherefore the
Great Eye sees again and Walking
Danger stalks once more. It winds
up with: Be warned. It has been
ordained that ye shall be meek; ye
shall be mild; ye shall be deferent to
upperclassmen. This rule shall apply
particularly to Sophomores. And
closes with a final mention of the “Eye
that Sees” and the “Terror that Flies
by Night.”