OREGON
EMERALD
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
VOL. XIII.
EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER ti. 1911.
No. 19
OREGON MAY ADOPT
GRADUATE COACHING
EOR ENSUING YEARS
CHANGE OF SYSTEM IN FOOT
BALL INSTRUCTION AT ORE
GON NEEDED
PROMINENT ALUMNI IN FAVOR OF PLAN
Pat McArthur Heads List of Those
Who M ould Give New Scheme a
Tryout.
Now that the football season has |
been laid to rest and the last solemn j
requiem has been chanted over the re
mains, Busher Brown’s official mourn
ers have turned their attention to less
strenuous issues, among which the se
lection of a coach for the 1912 season
looms up as most prominent.
The sentiment here in favor of giv
ing the graduate coach system a trial
at Oregon, which has been steadily
gaining ground about the campus,
came to the front in an article in last
Sunday’s Oregonian. This article re
viewed the history of football at Ore
gon and gave the arguments in favor
of the graduate coach system, and a
long list of gridiron stars, who have
helped make Oregon famous, and who
are eligible for the coaching staff.
A rumor, however, that has served
to upset the movement and leave mat
ters in a more or less pendant state
is that Hugo Bezdek, one of the most
successful coaches Oregon has had,
and who has just finished the season
as tutor for the University of Ar
kansas squad, is ready and anxious
to return to Oregon in his former
role. The general sentiment of stud
ents and alumni is, however, that un
less a man of exceptional and estab
lished ability, like Bezdek, can be se
cured, the graduate system should be
introduced.
The committee which will decide the
question, will be composed of the cap
tain and manager of the team, one
member of the faculty, and a fourth
man from the athletic council, to be
appointed by President Campbell.
“Pat” McArthur, who has been
called “the father of football at Ore~
gon,” former football manager, and
selecter of all-North west teams, is
perhaps the most active champion of
the proposed system. He is sending
two articles on the subject to the
Emerald, the first of which is pub
lished in this issue.
Dave Graham, of Eugene, former
football manager, prominent alumnus
and instructor, said yesterday: “I am
strongly in favor of the graduate sys
tem eventually, if not at once. At
first it might be advisable to employ
an Eastern man familiar with late
football, to work with the alumni and
under them. Oregon has developed
as good football material as any in
stitution, and these men know the
conditions and have the welfare of
Oregon most closely at heart.”
“Sap” Latourette. Oregon’s star
quarterback for the past four years,
and a member of the Athletic Council,
said: “I am in favor of the graduate
system because it will be a staple sys
tem. What reverses we have suffered
in football, have been largely due to
frequent changes in coaches.”
Homer Jamison, prominent in vars
ity athletics, expressed himself rather
favorably on the subject. He says,
“The possibility of obtaining a first
class Eastern coach is not to be con
sidered, as we are not sufficiently well
fixed financially to compete with the
larger colleges. The graduate coach
ing plan may prove the solution to
Oregon’s football problem.
Y. M. DELEGATES TO GATHER
AT BIG SALEM CONVENTION
The 12th Annual Convention of the
Young Men’s Christian Association of
Oregon and Idaho will be held from
Friday to Saturday of this week in
Salem. This convention will include
all of the Y. M. C. A.’s of the two
states, both student and city organi
zations. Speakers of prominence in
the work, both in the United States
and in foreign countries, have been
secured to address the delegates.
The U. of O. Association is organ
izing a delegation to represent the
University, and Secretary Coyl is
still looking out for more men to take
with him.
Willamette University is going to
entertain the student delegates.
William Kiltz, TO, is selling real
estate in Vancouver, Washington.
SOPHS’PLANS COMPLETE
Unique Features Excellent Music
and Good Time Promised for
Hop Saturday.
Arrangements for the Sophomore
dance are now completed and from
all reports it promises to be a success
ful affair. Little definite news has
been given out, but if all goes well,
this dance will be unique in every
feature.
The class numerals outlined in
electric lights will decorate one end
of the hall, while around the balcony
will be hung skins of the different
fraternities.
The refreshment committee re
ports that there will be no “eats,”
but plenty to drink. They purpose to
have punch served in the wrestling
room, as well as the regular room, so
that there will be no difficulty in
serving.
The orchestra will be a large one,
and all the latest music will be
played.
The patronesses are Mrs. Kehr,
Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Bovard, Mrs.
Doris, Mrs. Rader, and Mrs. Pen
nell.
Fraternity Expansion.
A leading National Legal Fraternity
is considering the installation of
chapters in law departments of lead
ing colleges of this state.
Students or local societies, who
would consider affiliating with a Na
tional Legal Fraternity, are advised
to communicate with Supreme Clerk,
W. H. Thomas, Riverside Ave., Cleve
land, Ohio.
GLEE CLUB TO MAKE
DEBUTMONDAYNIGHT
AI EUGENE THEATRE
WILL PRESENT PROGRAM SAID
TO EXCELL ALL PREVIOUS
EFFORTS
PRESCOTT SAYS SKETCH IS BEST YET
David Campbell, Kenneth Frazer,
Harry Ding, and Burns Powell,
Are Soloists.
I
The Glee Club, which will make its
debut next Monday night, December
11, 1911, at the Eugene Theatre, is
the first Oregon Glee Club not direct
; ed by Prof. Glen. Unusual interest is
being attached to the club this year
on account of the changed director
ship and predictions as to its success
are being heard everywhere.
The club men, however, are unan
imous in declaring that their club is
entirely up to the standard of any
previous club and that the program
is the best ever.
This club is fortunate in having as
one of its soloists David Campbell,
pianist, who scored so well in a recent
recital. Other soloists are Kenneth
Frazer, the little man with the big
voice, Harry Ding, the Chinese stud
ent, who will sing songs in his native
tongue, and Burns Powell, who will
execute a triple tongued solo on his
trombone.
The program is well stocked with
sketches and stunts—Norton Cowden
in “Made for a Night,” appears as a
beautiful young lady, and with great
success; “Birds of a Feather,” is a
sketch of college, giving Melvin Og
den, Vernon Vawter and Burns Powell
a chance to delineate fun and music;
and “Mr. Crane Visits Oregon,” the
jewel of the program, is pronounced
by Bert Prescott, who has heard the
club concerts for the past ten years,
and who inspected the club last night,
to be the best ensemble sketch ever
put out by an Oregon club.
The following is the program:
1. Two Oregon Songs—“Oh, Ore
gon” (Glen) , “Days at Ore
gon (Nelson) .
Glee Club.
2. Baritone Solo—“On the Road
to Mandalay” .
3. “Maid for a Night,” a ten
minute farce, in which are in
troduced:
George.Norton Cowden
Continued on third page.
CLASSES WILL ADOPT PLAN
OF REUl’LAR ASSEMBLY
A new plan for assemblies has been
originated whereby each class can
bold individual assemblies. A cer
tain date or number of dates is to
be selected, on which the classes shall
meet with their advisers to discuss
individual class matters. The pur
pose of this plan is to instill more
spirit and union within the separate
classes. These assemblies, however,
will not interfere with the regular
annual class assemblies. It is hoped,
this new plan will do away with a lot
of meetings of minor importance and
will in course of time prove to be a
very beneficial method of class meet
ing.
The places of meeting will be Sen
iors, Prof. Dunn’s room, Juniors,
chemical lecture room, Sophomores,
ladies’ gym. and the Freshman, as
they have the largest class, have been
alloted the auditorium.
BASKET BALL IS SLOW
Clubs and Sororities Showing Hut
Little Interest in Developing
Teams
So far very little interest has been
shown by the girls in the basket-ball
series which are scheduled to begin
shortly. The Oregon Club, Beth Rhea
and Gamma Delta Gamma sororities
alone have teams practicing for the
games, to be played for the Hayward
cup which was won last year by Gam
ma Delta Gamma and which is to be
come the permanent property of the
team winning it two successive sea
sons.
The inter-class series will also be
played. The Sophomores and Fresh
men are already at work and things
look as if the Juniors and Seniors will
soon start practice.
Miss Thompson, Dr. Stuart’s assist
ant, who played for several years at
Ann Arbor, will have charge of the
games and practice and will coach
the teams.
Dr. Stuart will call a meeting in a
few days to arrange the schedules and
is anxious that the girls show an in
creased interest in the games.
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* GLEE CLUB CONCERT *
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* The box office for the Glee *
* Club Concert will open at 10 A. *
* M. Saturday. *
* Lower Floor .$1.00 *
* First two rows balcony. .. 1.00 *
* Last four rows balcony.75 *
* Gallery .50 *
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University of Oregon Glee Club for 1911.
Top row, from left to right—Walter Dobie, of Eugene; Leon Bradager, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Ira Man
ville, of Eugene; Del Stannard, of Portland; Erwin Rolf, of Eugene; Glen Story, of Pendleton; Vernon
Vawter, of Medford; Burns Powell, of Monmouth, President and Leader.
Middle row—Harry Ding, of Portland; Walter Fisher, of Roseburg; Jerry Martin, of Klamath Falls; Melvin Og
den, of Portland, Director; Harold Grady, of La Grande; Homer Maris, of Portland; Vernon Motcham
bacher, of Newberg.
Bottom row—Raymond Giles, of Eugene; Brook Dickson, of Pendleton; Harold Quigley, of Portland; Earl Fort
miller, of Albany; Bert Gerard, of Pendleton; Raphael Geisler, of Portland; Lee Morrison, of Eugene.
Ml AND DAILEY OF
ALL-NQRTHWESTTEAM
GEO. VARNELL. OF SI’OKANE
CHRONICLE, PICKS OFFI
CIAL HONOR TEAM
KELLOGG LOSES CENTER TO HARTER
Latourette Loses to Coyle Because of
Injuries and Series of
Bad Luck
Geo. Varnell, of the Spokane Chron
icle, who is regarded as the leading
football authority of the Northwest,
uttered the final word on All-North
west football selections when his line
up of stars appeared in last Sunday’s
paper. There was considerable dis
appointment on the campus over his
selection of Harter, of W. S. C., over
Bob Kellogg for center, but the Spo
kane man picks the official all-star
team, so the lineups selected by Ros
coe Fawcett and others must pass
into the discard. The team selected
by Varnell lines up as follows:
Ends, W. Grimm and Sutton, Wash
ington; tackles, Laird, W. S. C., and
Bliss, Washington; guards, Bailey,
Oregon, and G. Harter, W. S. C.; cen
ter, J. Harter, W. S. C.; quarter,
Coyle, Washington; halves, Muckel
stone, Washington, and Main, Ore
gon; and fullback, Niles, Whitman.
Every selection so far has included
Coyle, Main, Muckelstone, and Niles
for the backfield. The different theo
retical lines, however, differ widely.
The conference forwards this year
were average without any Pinkhams,
Moullens, Polly Grimms or Eakins
to scintillate and catch the critics’ eye
with their spectacular work, hence
the varying selections. The only rul
ing factor in the line selections
seemed to be weight and the guard
and tackle positions look as if they
were awarded on beef alone with a
fine disregard for the much talked of
speed, etc., required in the polite foot
ball of today. If this is the case,
however, Ed Bailey’s two hundred and
thirty pounds of beef has dazzled the
dopesters into giving Oregon an unan
imous choice for a line position.
Kellogg’s position at center was
the hardest to fill for any man in the
Big Six on account of the direct pass
tried out this year at Oregon and the
credible way that Kellogg executed
his end of the innovation gives the
Oregon “stude” a feeling that the
Baker City boy deserves the place on
VarneH’s team.
The choice of Warren Grimm, the
big Washington end, who performed
so brilliantly in the three seasons
previous, was somewhat of a sur
prise. Grimm failed to play his
usual brilliant game this year and
was condemned by many when he
failed to get away with every for
ward pass for a touchdown. He was
on the receiving end of more com
pleted forward passes than any other
end of the year and made more yard
age on this play, so he is at least en
titled to consideration. Captain
Mains place was secure from the
start and “Bill’s” work is too well
known to chant an eulogy. Sap La
tourette fell from grace with critics
on account of injuries and the bril
liant team behind Coyle.
Roy “Buck” Kelly, ’07, grows apples
near Hood River, besides belonging to
the University Club of that city.
Harry Lowell, ’09, one of the Varsi
ty’s champion relay (piartet, Is in the
surveying business in Eugene.