VOL. XIII.
EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY. JANUARY 13, 1912.
No. 24
THE STUDENT BODY
FINANCES NEED A
LITTLE ATTENTION
GRADUATE MANAGER’S ECO
NOMICAL ADMINISTRATION
HARD ON UNIVERSITY
CONDITION $500 BETTER TRAN IN 1911
Deficit at the End of the Year Will
Be In Neighborhood of
81.500.
At present the finances of the stu
dent body are about even; there are
neither debts to be met nor funds in
the treasury. However, at the end
of the year, when all the bills will
have been presented, a deficit of about
$1,500 is to be expected. Despite this
large debt, the management feels en
couraged, since this will mean a re
duction of about $500 from the de
ficit left at the end of last year.
Football is about $180 to the good.
The largest item of expense was the
cost of the coaching, $2,550. The
management may have to pay Idaho
$100 to $150 for cancelling the foot
ball game scheduled with that team
at the time of the death of Virgil No
land.
Basketball may or may not come
out ahead, for it is impossible to tell
at this early date. The estimated de
ficit for track will probably be about
$300, since no meets are scheduled
for Eugene. Basketball will proba
bly pile up about $200 debt.
Oratory and debate have not yet
made any report. It is probable that
a deficit of about $300 will be in
curred, $200 of which will be in bring
ing the Utah debating team to Eu
gene. The Oregon Monthly at the
last date of balance were $4.86 behind,
while at that time there was an out
standing bill of about $100 for print
ing, and this week another issue goes
to press, making a total of $200 debt.
The receipts from subscriptions and
advertisements will remove about
half this amount, so that the Monthly
will probably be about $100 in debt
at the end of its year of publication.
The Glee Club is about $200 behind,
a good record, since only once before
has there been so small a deficit. In
other years, when the finances of the
club appeared more successful, it was
on account of a large apportionment
from the student body, while this year
the management had to start out with
nothing ahead.
The financial condition of the stu
dent body is in a much better shape
now than last year at a correspond
ing time. Under the graduate man
ager system the initial debt of $2,040,
including interest on the money bor
rowed last year, will be reduced to
about $1,500 at the end of this year.
Under the present economical man
agement. the student body is expect
ed to remove all debts in a year’s
time and begin to maintain a surplus
in the treasury for all occasions.
DEBATE WILL BE HELD
IF GIRLS SHOW SPIRIT
There has been some question lately
as to whether there will be a co-ed de
bate this year. Manager Geary states
that it rests entirely with the student
body. It the girls turn out and
show that they want to keep up their
former glory, there is no obstacle in
the way. Washington has signified
its desire for a contest and will pay
all expenses of the Oregon team on
their trip to Seattle.
OTHER INSTRUCTORS TAKE
PROF. FRINK’S CLASSES
Because of Prof. Frink’s illness, his
classes have been turned over to other
engineering instructors. Prof. Mc
j Allister has taken bridge engineering,
Mr. McClain has the class in railroad
engineering, and Dr. Leonard is
teaching contracts ' and specifica
tions.
Prof. Frink’s illness has been very
serious and has necessitated an oper
ation for cancer of the stomach.
For a while the outcome of the opera
tion was extremely doubtful, but at
present he is slowly convalescing, al
though still in a rather precarious
condition.
Professor Frink is in San Fran
cisco, where he was visiting his mo
ther up to the time of his illness. It
is not expected that he will resume
class work at the University this
year.
LAST MONTHLY READY
Innovation in Form of College and
High School Exchanges Will
Appear.
The January issue, probably the
last issue of the Oregon Monthly, will
soon be ready for distribution. It is
an all story number and contains sev
eral good articles. One particularly
good one, according to the editor, is
an essay on Daniel Webster by Ralph
Moores. Daniel Webster’s birthday
occurs on the eighteenth of the pres
ent month and this article, therefore,
will doubtless be of unusual interest.
The Monthly also contains a complete
report of Judge Galloway’s ruling in
the Referendum case. The result of
Dr. Babcock’s investigation of the
University is also published. Dr.
Babcock was appointed by the Com
mission of Education to inspect all
schools of higher education through
out the country and to give a de
tailed report of them as regards their
various standards. He visited Eu
gene during the Thanksgiving holi
days.
In addition to this, a special High
School and College Exchange Depart
ment will appear, which promises to
be an interesting innovation. Mar
garet Rohse has charge of the de
partment.
The usual number of stories, poems
and jokes complete this issue.
PROF. DUNN WRITES ARTICLE
OF INTEREST TO STUDENTS
The University bulletin for Decem
ber, which has just made its appear
ance, contains an interesting and
instructive article, written by Prof.
Frederic S. Dunn, head of the Latin
department. The article, “The Last
of the Sequani, A Study in Recon
struction,” is a survey of Gallic his
tory, and deals with the story of the
last king of the Sequani in the time
before Caesar came as governor. It
gives an account of the history of a
nation of which little is known, and
is of especial interest to students of
Caesar.
ENGINEERS WILL .MEET TO
DISCUSS VACATION TRIP
The Engineering Club will hold its !
regular meeting on Tuesday evening
at 7 o’clock, in Prof. Dunn’s room,
Deady Hall. All engineers are re
quested to note especially the change
of the day and hour of the meeting.
The new business to come before
the club is the subject of the Spring
vacation trip for engineers. The pro-,
gram consists of a talk by Harry
Devereaux on concrete dam construc
tion near Monroe. Mr. Alvin Meyers,
superintendent of the Eugene water-;
works, will give a talk on “Waterways I
and the Engineering Connected With
It.”
FRATERNITIES MAY
GET TOGETHER ON
PLEDGING SYSTEM
SEVEN* ORGANIZATIONS FAVOR
ANY CHANGE THAT WILL
ARREST ABUSES.
STRICT PAN HELLENIC IS NOT FAVORED
Fraternities May Hold Conference At
Which the Proposition Will
Be Discussed.
By a thorough canvass of the Na
tional fraternities in college the Em
erald finds the sentiment almost en
tirely favorable to a conference of the
Greek organizations, at which confer
ence rules, tabooing the ancient prac
tice of pledging men outside of col
lege, may be adopted, and lived up to
strictly.
All oi the bunches have evidently
discussed the measure that was
brought up by a recent signed article
in the Emerald, and most of them are
fully decided upon what course to
pursue, should definite action be fol
lowed out. All are agreed that to
suppress the tolerance of prepers
sporting a pin for a number of years,
then failing to show up at college,
would be a laudable move.
The measure will be thoroughly
threshed out when the representatives
of the different organizations get to
gether.
The sentiment as expressed by the
presidents or leading seniors in each
of the seven bunches follows:
Chandler, Sigma Nu—-“If the other
bunches can agree not to pledge out
side of college, we will be in. How
ever, we do not feel like entering in
to any elaborate system of pan Hel
lenic rules.”
Turner, Alpha Tau Omega—-“We
have not fully decided upon our stand
in this matter, but should the bunches
decide to hold a confernece as a
means of coming to an understanding,
we will do our part.”
Smith, Acacia—“We think the plan
is a good one and you may depend
upon us entering into the agreement
whereby the new system may be gov
erned.”
Continued on fourth page.
INDOOR MEET PUNNED
Wrestling Matches Will Interest
Spectators Along With Other
Events.
Bill Hayward has announced that
an indoor track meet will be held in
the Gym sometime in the near future.
It will probably be conducted on the
same plan as the one held last year
and will undoubtedly give a line on the
new material. In addition to the
usual program of weights, jumps,
vaulting, and races, Bill says he will
hold an Interclass Wrestling contest.
At present there are about thirty men
in the wrestling class and, as they
sire all anxious for a contest, a lively j
Lime will ensue. The exact date has \
not yet been decided upon because at
the present time the gym is in con
stant use and until the basketball sea
son has been completed, no definite
late can be decided. However.
Bill says the exact date and
ill the plans will be completed in a
•ouple of weeks and at that time any
aspiring candidate for track or
ivrestling honors can place his name
m the entry list which will be posted
n.the gym.
BOTANY 7 NAME OF
COURSE CALLED NEW
In a recent number of the Emerald
the Botanical Department was quoted
as giving- a new course for next se
mester.
This is a slight error, as the course
in question will be found described in
the catalogue as Botany 7 “Economic
Botany.” rlhe work for the coming
semester will be concerned with some
of the common vegetable food sub
stances, their dietetic value, common
adulterants, and greatest economy in
selection.
This will be a two hour course, one
laboratory period and one lecture,
open to all who have had a half year
of botany or its equivalent, which will
include high school botany.
Mrs. Wm. Kramer (Miss Adele
Pickel), ’02, is living at Valdez,
Alaska.
LEAGUE DEBATERS WORK
Contests for Championship of Five
Districts Taking Place—Finals
Held in Eugene.
The schools of the Oregon High
School Debating League are doing
earnest work on this year’s debates,
according to LeRoy Johnson, secre
tary of the league. Many of the pre
liminary debates have already tak'en
place, but the semi-finals and finals
remain yet to be threshed out.
The state is divided into five dis
tricts—Southern Oregon, Coos Bay,
Central Oregon, Columbia River, and
Eastern Oregon. Each district holds
preliminary debates to decide its own
champion. The inter-district cham
pions then debate for the state cham
pionship. Coos Bay will meet South
ern Oregon sometime this month and
the winner will debate Central Ore
gon.. The victorious team will then
meet the winner of the Columbia Ri
ver-Eastern Oregon debate for the
state championship. The final debate
will be held at the University some
time next June. The winning team
will be awarded a beautiful silver
loving cup.
The League was formed by Prof.
E. E. De Cou and has been greatly
encouraged and aided by fiyulty
members of the University. It has
proved to be very successful and of
great value in developing debators
and at the same time building up the
High Schools of the state and bring
ing them in touch with one another.
VARSITY GIRLS MAY MEET
WASHINGTON IN TENNIS
Plans are now being considered to
hold a co-ed tennis tournament at
Oregon next spring, when the tennis
championship of the Northwest is de
cided between Oregon and Washing
ton.
Miss Mildred Bagley, president of
the Girl’s Tennis Clan at Oregon has
been in communication with Manager
Zednick of Washington and the latter
seems to be in favor of the dual event.
The final decision of the Washing
ton authorities will be made this
week and the matter here has been
turned over to Manager Geary, who
will take it before the athletic coun
cil for consideration.
Mr. Theo. P. Holt, Professor of
Mining, ,’07, U. of W., was married
Christmas day to Miss Ruth Chand
ler, of Salt Lake City.
Mrs. I. H. Amos, of Portland, a
national committeeman of the pro
hibition party, was a dinner guest at
the Delta Sigmas Tuesday evening.
Bob McKenzie, ex-’lO, has been
visiting at the Sigma Chi House
since Sunday. McKenzie is holding a
surveyor position with the Pacific
Ireat Western line running from Eu
gene to the Coast.
NEW GRADING PLAN
DECIDED UPON IN
FACULTY MEETING
MISSOURI SYSTEM OF MARKING
MEMBERS OF CLASSES ON
PERCENTAGE BASIS.
PRESIDENT ASSURES NO RADICAL CHANGE
Automatic Adjustment Expected to
Work Out New System After
Period of Time.
A new system of grading which is
guaranteed to be a panacea for all the
the evils of the present system, was
adopted at the last faculty meeting,
and will be put to a test next semes
ter. This latest and most modern
method of grading is that now used
at the University of Missouri, where
it has been successfully tried out for
several years.
The object of the new system is the
unstiffening of “stiff” courses and the
depiping of “pipe” subjects. At pres
ent it is found that there are courses
in which the majority of students se
cure a high mark, while there are
others in which an “A” is a rarity. It
has also been found that there is a
class of fifty per cent of the grades
which fall under the classification of
“normal” or “average,” twenty-five
per cent are above “normal,” and the
remaining twenty-five per cent “in
ferior.”
Under the new system the grades
will be so given that the students will
be divided into these classes. To
fifty per cent the grade of “M,” or
medium, will be given, five per cent
of the higher class will receive the
highest grade, “H,” while the remain
ing twenty per cent will receive the
mark “S,” denoting superior work.
The lower twenty-five per cent will be
divided on the marks “P,” signifying
pass, and “F,” denoting failure.
President Campbell states that
there is some misunderstanding
among the students concerning the
operation of the new system. It is
possible that there will be all high or
all low marks, as at present. The
proportions which are to be strived
for will not be reached in any one
year, but over a number of years.
In other words, no attempt will be
made at first to pass a certain per
cent and flunk a certain per cent of
the students, but in time such a re
sult will be obtained by the automatic
adjustment of the system. In order
to alleviate the apprehensions of the
students, President Campbell will eluc
idate at next Wednesday’s assembly
and explain the inner workings of the
plan.
It is reported that unanimity of
opinion was lacking at the meeting
of the faculty at which the step
was taken, and that several promin
ent instructors are still strongly op
posed to putting the scheme into
practice.
BEN WILLIAMS RECOVERS
AND WILL BREAK RECORDS
Ben Williams, the star varsity
polevaulter, has not submitted to the
operation upon his knee, as was re
ported in recent issues of Portland
and local papers. The ex-track cap
tain expects to recover from the dif
ficulty without permitting an opera
tion.
Varsity track boosters are unanim
ous in the hope that the premier
vaulter will again be able to clear the
high bar for Hayward’s championship
contenders this coming season.