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OREGON EMERALD UNIVERSITY OF OREGON VOL. XIII. EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18. 1911. No. HENRY 6E0R6E HEARD BY LARGE AUDIENCE CHARACTERIZES TARIFF AS THE WORST SWINDLE PERPETRAT ED UPON UNITED STATES LAND MADE BY GOD FOR ALL MANKIND Congressman from New York Proves Himself An Artist at Story Telling. Henry George, Jr., spoke to a large audience of students, faculty members, and citizens of Eugene, Monday even ing, in Villard Hall, on the tariff and the single tax. The lecture was inter esting and well delivered. Mr. George held his audience, to a man, through out his lecture, and proved himself to be an artist at telling stories. The lecture was mainly an exposi tion of the single tax argument, rather than a defense of it. This was a disappointment to many in the aud ience, who had hoped to have the critics of single tax answered, as Henry George, Sr., would have an swered them. Mr. George contented himself, how ever, with a criticism of the present system of taxation and of the pro posed income tax, which the United States are almost certain to adopt in the near future, and showed, wherein he considered his tax would be more just, in fact, the only just tax. "Why tax improvements, homes, trees and barns,” he said, “those things that we all want and produce by our thrift and labor?” “Why tax a man’s in come that he gets by perseverence and hard work? The ground was made for all mankind, just as much as was the air and the sun’s light. No man has a right to monopolize any portion of it and do with it as he sees fit, to the detriment of other men. Let him who uses any portion of it, pay for the use of it in proportion to its producing power.” Mr. George characterized the tariff as the “worst swindle ever perpetrat ed upon the American people,” and advocated its complete abolishment. MANAGEMENT GETS RATE S. P. Makes Two Different Rates for Oregon-Washington Game—One Allowing Stopover. Definite arrangements have been made with the S. P. Co. for reduced rates of $3.75 and $5.00 from Eugene to the Oregon-Washington game in Portland, Nov. 18. The former rate provides for the return trip to bt made Saturday; the latter allows a stopover until Monday night. Both rates go into effect on the train leav ing Eugene, Saturday, the morning of the game. Fully 1,200 people are expected from Eugene and other valley points. Washington’s rooters will be there strong, but Old Oregon never yet has been outdone. It is probable that a holiday will be declared by Eugene business men for the day. Manager Johns has promised that if the student band comes up to ex pectations. transportation to and from Portland, as well as admission to the game, will be allowed them. The team itself will leave for Port land Thursday morning, returning Sunday morning. Gladys Farrar has come to Eugene to spend a w’eek at the Gamma Phi Beta House. MONTHLY A LITTLE LATE BUT WILL APPEAR SHORTLY The first edition of the Oregon Monthly is a little late in appearing, but will be out the first of next week. If anyone wishes a copy, it can be ob tained by either signing their names on the bulletin board or seeing the managers, Leigh Huggins or Leon Bratager. After this the Monthly will be ready for distribution on the 15th of every month. A number of new features will be introduced this year. Miss Degermark says, “All critic isms and suggestions of whatever sort will be welcome, as we are anxi ous to make “the Monthly as worthy as possible.” L&toifrette GLEE TRIPS UNCERTAIN Management Experiences Difficulty In Arranging Terms in Eastern Oregon. Manager “Pat” Cecil has not yet definitely arranged the details of the Glee Club tour, as he is experiencing some trouble in making terms in dif ferent towns. Whether the club will make the usual trip to Eastern Ore gon is doubtful in view of the terms offered by the towns in that locality. The available theatres there have, so far, demanded from 35 to 45 per cent of the receipts, which would hardly make the trips a paying venture for Oregon, especially since the railroad company refuses to make special rates, as has formerly been done. Prospects for the trip south appear much brighter, though arrangements have not yet been completed. As stop-overs can be obtained on the S. P. between here and Ashland, there are hopes of giving concerts at Klamath Falls and other towns. Several Southern Oregon towns have even guaranteed the expenses of the Glee Club, should it visit them. Con certs in these towns would be ef fective as an advertising medium for the University. In spite of uncertainty, it is very probable that the management will arrange two trips instead of one as heretofore. While in Portland two concerts will be given,—probably one matinee and one evening performance. The club will make its initial ap pearance in Eugene shortly after Thanksgiving. The R. W. C. R. has secured Mr. M. E. Snedecer, of Portland, to ad dress the meeting next Friday night, the subject of the lecture being “So cial Services in America.” UNDERCLASSMEN READY FOR INITIAL FRACAS COMMITTEE FROM JUNIOR CLASS OBTAINS FACULTY PERMIT FOR EVENTS SATURDAY WILL SEE SPIRITED STRUGGLE Junior and Senior “Cops” Will Patrol Turbulent Arena in Effort to Preserve Order. At last the complete program and list of events and officials for the first annual Sophomore-Frosh field contest has been definitely decided upon. After innumerable faculty sanctions, committee meetings and conferences, the junior committee that has been fathering this proposed event, met last evening at the Sigma Chi House and completed the details of what promises to be one of the big annual occurences of the year. |The result of the meeting last even ing has been sanctioned by the Presi dent, and the program is in the hands of each class involved, so that there is only the preparation by the two classes to be completed, before the big event is pulled off next Saturday afternoon, at 2 o’clock. It was decreed by the faculty that there would be no semi-barbarous and ever dangerous tieup contest, or cane rush, or sand bag scrap. So it was up to the Juniors to evolve some sort of an affair that would give vent to the intense class rivalry as well as carry out their own idea of a class contest. This was done when a pro gram providing for a number of track events, tug of war, relay race, and the push ball contest was de cided upon. Points will be awarded for each event by judges from the upperclass men, and the class winning the high est number of events will be declared winner. Under the direction of the officials and Jamison’s “Cops,” order will be preserved, at least a part of the time, and a special effort will be made by the Juniors to prevent more than one push ball being used in that contest. HE MEET TO 00 Conference Meet to Be Pulled Off in Seattle Will Probably Be Substituted. A conference meet, to be substi tuted for the annual three-cornered track contest, which was to have been held in Seattle this year, is the sub ject now under consideration by man agers of the conferences college track teams. The conference meet would include all the Big Six—Oregon, O. A. C., Washington, Idaho, Whitman, and W. S. C., and would make the meet a larger affair than the tri angular meet. Bill Hayward and Manager Zed nick, of Washington, are both heart ily in favor of the project and have been in conference concerning it for some time. The triangular meet has been tri angular in name only for some time past, as Idaho has never been a strong nointwinner against Oregon and Washington, and the affair has prac tically resolved itself into a dual meet. Since Seattle was the logical place for the triangular meet this season, in all probabilities, if present expec tations are realized, the conference meet will be held there some time early in May. RUMORS CONCERNING NEW CLUB PROVE UNRELIABLE Once more Dame Rumor has de cided that there is to be a new club organized in the University. Whether it has for its purpose social, literary or fraternal aims, has not been di vulged, but it is nevertheless whis-; pered around that as usual the cook, dog, and house have been secured. The who, when, and where of this nebulous organization is a matter of conjecture, although the divergence of opinion ranges from a club, purely literary, composed of alumni of a prominent high school of the state, to a reorganization of a certain club that has existed sub rosa since the opening of college. VARSITY BAND TO PLAY Burns Powell Looses Cynicism of Last Three Years of Band Failures. The Varsity band held its first re hearsal last evening in Villard, and its members are very much encour aged over the prospects of a “rooter” band for the coming year. About twelve men showed up, all of whom could play fairly well, and several more have signified their intention of joining the organization. Burns Powell, after a “dicker” with “Bush” Brown, consented to di rect the band and was present at last night’s rehearsal. He vas supprised at the showing made by the men who were present, and declares that the cynicism of the last three years, over Varsity bands, has partly melted al ready. So much encouraged was he, in fact, that he consented to appear with the band at Friday’s game, the only additional rehearsal being one scheduled for twenty minutes before the game. Members of the band and all others desirous of joining it, are requested to meet at the Boy’s Dormitory, Fri day afternoon at 3 o’clock—with their instruments and “lips.” • ♦ • — EUTAXIANS FILL VACANCIES LEFT IN MEMBERSHIP ROLL The Eutaxian Society listened to an i interesting program Tuesday evening as follows: Current events, Ruth Beach, in which were mentioned the | City vs. Country Movement, and the Anglo-European Treaty; talk, Classi ! fication of Social Problems, Hilda Brant; Reading, Mildred Bagley; Parliamentary drill, president. The Eutaxians received as new members, Marguerite Egan, Hazel Tooze, Esther Maegly, Eleanor Me Claine, Catherine Kirkpatrick. VANCOUVER SOLDIERS MEET VARSITY FRIDAY STRENGTH OF VISITORS UN KNOWN AND WARNER’S MEN MAY FACE DIFFICULTY 0RE60N GOES INTO GAME WEAKENED Only Opportunity for Coach to Put Men Through Severe Tryout Before Pullman Game. The Varsity will get their first real tryout Friday afternoon, when they meet the huskey soldiers from Van couver barracks. The soldiers come as an unknown quantity and just what they will do to Oregon or Oregon will do to them, remains to be seen. Ac cording to rumors, however, the sol diers are both big and fast and are under the tutelage of Dud Clarke. The season has thus far dragged along without a practice game and the class of the team has never been shown. Now, with Capt. Main and Chandler on injured list, the outcome of the con test looks even more doubtful. This is the only opportunity to see the Varsity line up with a team of any where near the same strength before they go to Pullman on Oct. 28th, to meet the Washington “Cow” College. The team will probably line up with Kellogg at centre, Noland, Fariss and Grout guards, Hall and Bailey tackles, Bradshaw, Fenton and Chandler ends, Latourette, or Cobb, quarter, Haiser, Main, Heusner, Walker and Bean in the backfield. The famous Rah Rah band, organized a few days ago, will furnish dulcet strains of close harmony at the Var sity-Soldier game. This will be the initial appearance of the University “Sousa” band. The following were guests at the Kappa Sigma House for the week end: Horace Fenton, ’Ofi, Jack La tourette, ’07, Cecil Espy, ex-’ll, Dave Graham, ’05, “Bill’ Kiltz, ’10, Dick Halthaway, ’08, It. S. McKenzie, ex ’ll, Ted Holmes, ex-’15, and “Kenny” Fenton, Stanford, ’10. ALUMNI WILL RECEIVE Regents, Faculty, and Students Will Attend First Annual Event at Oshurn. Next Friday evening at the Osburn, the Alumni Association of the Uni versity of Oregon will give the first annual reception to the regents, fac ulty, and students of the University. For many years the Association has been active in the; social life of Ore gon, but this is their first reception to all the students. The Alumni wish to become acquainted with every stu dent attending at the present time, and especially the freshmen, since many of them have not become well established in the college residence and friendships. The Alumni Association has long desired an annual reunion of every one connected with the University, and expects an encouraging attend ance next Friday evening, at this ini tial annual event. The Beta Theta Pi fraternity are giving the freshmen girls a dance at the chapter house next Friday even ing. Hippo Gillis, ’ll, is looking after some mining interests in Wallace, Idaho.