OREGON
EMERALD
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
VOL. XIII.
EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 14, 1912.
No. 30
OREGON BASKETBALL
TEAM OFF ON TOUR
OF INLAND EMPIRE
GETS CLEANED BY UNIVERSITY
OF WASHINGTON IN TWO
STRAIGHT GAMES
JAMISON HURT IN FIRST 0. OF W. GAME
Will Play Spokane Tonight and Walla
Walla Y. M. C. A. Tomorrow
Night.
The Varsity basketball team started
its barnstorming expedition last Sat
urday night by trimming the three
Portland High School teams. Each
of the prep teams played fifteen min
utes against the Oregon five, the final
score being 72 to the preper’s 14. No
definite news has been received con
cerning the game with Whitworth on
Saturday night. The Portland and
Eugene daily papers received no re
ports and nothing has been heard
from members of the team. An un
confirmed rumor reached Graduate
Manager Geary that the Varsity
trimmed the Tacoma collegians about
40 to 20.
Monday night the Varsity met with
an unexpected reverse at the hands of
Washing-ton, losing by the score of 30
to 18. Capt. Jamison received in
juries in this game that kept him off
the floor last night and Washington
came across again with a narrow mar
gin of 11 to 10. Freshman Rader
proved to be the Varsity’s mainstay
and succeeding in annexing eight
out of Oregon’s ten points, Walker
securing the other two. The team
left for Spokane last night, where
they will meet Gonzapa College to
night.
Graduate Manager Geary received a
letter from Dr. Sweetland of Wil
lamette today, asking to cancel the
game scheduled for Salem on Feb
ruary 21. Sweetland gives out a hard
luck story about a badly crippled
team and does not think they will be
able to make a credible showing
against Oregon. The general opinion
of the campus agrees perfectly with
Dr. Sweetland.
Thursday and Friday the Oregon
five plays Pullman and on Saturday
night meets the Walla Walla Y. M. C.
A., which is nothing more or less than
the Whitman team in disguise.
WHITMAN COLLEGE MAY BE
REMOVED TO SPOKANE
A movement is on foot to remove
Whitman College from Walla Walla
to Spokane. The plan is to combine
Whitman and Spokane College and
form a non-sectarian college with the
campus situated on the Fort Wright
grounds, provided the movement to
abandon the fort is carried out. This
plan has been pushed by prominent
men of the Inland Empire, and al
though non-commital there is every
reason to believe that the move is fav
ored by the Whitman officials.
The Walla Walla institution has
seemingly been on “its last legs” for
the past several years, and the re
moval to Spokane is looked upon as
a solution of its financial difficulty.
Situated there, a large growth is pre
dicted, and the ability to compete to a
better advantage with the larger in
stitutions of the Northwest.
The proposed campus site at Fort
Wright comprises 1022 acres, and has
buildings valued at $200,000, thus
forming ample opportunity for uni
versity development. These buildings,
it is claimed, could readily be used
for college purposes.
Y. M. C. A. EDITION WILL
APPEAR FEBRUARY 24
The Y. M. C. A. special edition of
the Emerald will come out February
24. This will be the fifth annual edi
; tion devoted exclusively to the Y. M.
C. A. The only break in the custom
of devoting one issue to this purpose
every year occurred last year when at
tending circumstances prevented ad
herence to the custom.
The special staff for this issue has
been chosen. It consists of Ed Himes,
editor-in-chief, A. B. Cash, managing
editor, the cabinet officers, Jones,
Motschenbacher, Pattee, Geisler, R.
Heider, Calkins, and “Dutch” Young,
as associate editors. Zimmerman as
business manager, and Alfred Collier,
assistant manager.
GREAT FUN THAT DANCE
Matinee Hop Delights Students, Who
Throw Formality Aside and Enjoy
Afternoon.
Did you attend the Matinee dance
last Saturday afternoon? Well, if you
didn’t, you missed one of the most en
joyable and successful dances yet
given by the Student Body.
About seventy-five couples were
present; all formality was thrown to
the winds, and everyone got in and
had a good time.
The orchestra of five pieces dis
pensed a line of rhythm that was ir
resistable and the floor, after Man
ager Roberts had coaxed it with a lit
tle dust, gave up its usual attraction
and allowed the couples to glide over
its surface unhindered. And say, you
should have seen the dresses of the
girls—looked just like they do on the
campus, except that their hair was
combed. The eagle eye of the Emer
ald looked in vain for some fair
damsel with party dress of silk and
chiffon (I guess chiffon fits here;
have to have something to go with
silk to make the sentence euphoni
ous). The Gamma Phis looked
mighty cute in their middies and—
but personalities must be avoided for
fear I be called partial. Anyway,
everybody said it was some dance
and hope to see another one sched
uled in the near future.
Co-ed Debate With U. of W. Not
Settled Yet, Washington Sounds
Sentiment.
As the contract submitted by the
Committee on Oratory and Debate, at
Washington’s request, has not yet
been signed by the debate authorities
of the latter institution, there is noth
ing definite concerning the Co-ed De
bate between the Universities of Ore
gon and Washington.
The contract submitted by Oregon
called for two debates, the one this
year to be held in Seattle, April 3.
The visiting team, which will be
Oregon’s representatives if the for
ensic affair is held, submits the ques
tion, giving Washington the choice of
sides. Three debaters and a chaper
one were provided transportation by
the terms of the unsigned agree
ment.
It was at Manager Zednick’s sug
gestion that the debate be held, and
according to Coach Leroy Johnson,
the Washington people are delayed
in signing the contract on account of
indefinite sentiment in its favor at
the northern institution.
Seniors Attention.
Senior Summarus for the Oregana
must be handed to Ed Bailey or left at
the Book Exchange before February
25.
THREE TROPHY CUPS
TO BE AWARDED IN
GOLF TOURNAMENTS
LEADING JEWELERS TO PRE
SENT SILVER MUGS FOR WIN
NERS OF GOLF
PRESCOTT AT WORK ON ARRANGEMENTS
Increased Membership Desired to Put
Game On Good Financial
Footing.
Three beautiful trophy cups donated
by Laraway, Smart, and Lucky, the
popular Eugene jewelers, will be
given for a men’s handicap golf tour
nament, men’s open tournament, and
a handicap tournament for women,
all of which are to be played off in
the near future.
President Prescott, of the Golf
Club, is working on the preparatory
plans and as soon as possible will an
nounce the dates for the competition,
and arrange the entries and handi
caps. Only club members will be
allowed to compete and the games
will be played strictly according to
the recognized rules.
The Smart cup will be given to
the winner of the men’s handicap
tournament; the Lucky cup will go to
the winner of the women’s handicap,
and the Laraway cup to the cham
pion player in the open tournament.
Golf is attracting greated atten
tion this season than ever before in
the history of the game, in Eugene.
The membership of the club has
jumped to fifty, and as many more
have signified their intention of join
ing.
The greens and general course is
in almost perfect condition, some fifty
dollars having been expended for gen
eral improvements.
President Prescott desires all
students, faculty and townspeople who
are interested in golf, especially those
who desire to enter any of the tour
naments, to join the club at once. The
organization is in debt for a consid
erable sum for work that has been
contracted already this season. The
special rate of 50 cents to stoudents
still holds.
SOPHOMORES HOLD SPECIAL
MEETING THURSDAY AT 4
A special meeting of the Sopho
more class has been called for Thurs
day, Feb. 15, at 4 P. M., in Villard
Hall. Two delegates to the Orator
ical Convention at Forest Grove will
be elected. The question of awarding
class numerals will again be brought
up and Treasurer Grout will submit
a plan for collecting delinquent class
dues. The proposition to elect officers
in the spring instead of in the fall will
also be decided. All Sophomores are
urged to be present.
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* SMOKER FOR *
* LINCOLN HIGH *
* _ *
* A Smokerless Smoker, with the *
* co-eds in the balcony, will be held *
* in the University Men’s Gymna- *
* sium at 4 o’clock, Friday after- *
* noon, in honor of the Lincoln *
* High School Minstrel Club. *
* Songs by the Glee Club, three *
* minute speeches by the fire eaters, *
* wrestling and other athletic *
* events will be programmed for *
* the entertainment of the “prep- *
* ers.” All the students of the *
* University are expected to at- *
* tend. *
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MARRIAGE OF JULIET CROSS
AND TOM BURKE ANNOUNCED
Miss Juliet Cross and Mr. Thomas
A. Burke, both members of the class
of 1911, were quietly married, Wed
nesday, February (>, at Mrs. Burke’s
home in Gladstone. Georgia Cross
the bride’s sister, was maid of honor
and Stanley Young, Mr. Burke’s fra
ternity brother, was best man. Mrs
Burke is a member of the local chap
ter of Chi Omega, while Mr. Burke is
a Sigma Nu. They are at home in
Gladstone.
Edward Bailey, B. S. 1882, is a sur
geon in the United States army, sta
tioned on the U. S. T. “Burnside,’
Seattle, Wash.
NEW NATIONAL GRANTED
Delta Sigs Land Phi Delta Theta
Which Will Be Eighth Fraternity
in College.
The announcement was made Iasi
Friday that the Delta Sigma Fratern
ity had been granted a charter of Ph
Delta Theta, one of the oldest anc
largest of the national college fra
ternities.
Phi Delta Theta was founded at
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in
1848, and has experienced a conserva
tive yet steady growth since that time
until at present there are 73 chapters
in the leading colleges and universi
ties of the United States and Canada
They are nearly one hundred active
alumni clubs and the roll of member
ship is approximately 18,000.
On the Pacific Coast there are
chapters at the Universities of Wash
ington, Idaho and California and
Stanford University.
Nothing definite is known at pres
ent as to the date of installation, but
it will probably be about the first of
May. Phi Delta Theta, after being in
stalled here, will be the eighth Na
tional fraternity in college.
Mrs. Helen McKinney Arnspiger is
at home in Medford, Ore.
Mrs. Stella Robinson Littler, B. A.
1897, is living in Albany, Ore.
EXAMS THING OF PAST
Fifteen Flunks, Seven All A Cards,
Mark the Extremes of the
Registrar’s Records.
The examinations and the coming
out of the grades brought out" the
usual number of flunkers. There were
fifteen of them, all of whom were
men. As an offset, there were seven
straight “A” cards, a much smaller
number than ever before. Those who
were so fortunate as to getthem were:
Clementine Cutler, Ella Moulton, Metu
Goldsmith, Beulah Stebno, Ethel San
born, Ben Williams, and Chas. N. Rey
nolds. As a whole, the grading this
semester was much stiffer than ever
before, and a smaller number of high
grades were given out. The new plan
of having examinations only two
hours in length seems to have been
very satisfactory. There were some
few cases where students had too
many examinations in one day, but
the faculty hopes to remedy this dif
ficulty with ease.
Thus far, thirty new students have
enrolled, and almost all the old stud
ents have registered. The new rule
of paying a fee of two dollars if reg
istering late seems to be very effect
ive in bringing in the usual loiterers.
Estella V. Armitage, B. A. 1903, is
now teaching in Washington High
School, Portland.
OREGON TO RECEIVE
RECORD SOPPORT AT
IMPORTANT DERATE
VARSITY DEBATERS EXPECTED
TO EXCEL IN DISCUSSION OF
JUDICIAL RECALL
HOPEFUL MEN ALL EXPECT TO BE ASKED
Ticket Sale Commences On the Cam
pus Thursday and Bin' Sum
Must Be Raised.
Oregon students will be treated to
a debate on February 23, which prom
ises to be one of the best ever heard
in Villard Hall, and to wipe up all
previous records along the lines of a
full and enthusiastic attendance.
The team which meets the varsity in
this forensic struggle is none other
than the strong Utah combination,
which succeeded in administering the
sole defeat to the phenomenal Oregon
team last year. The question, the
“Judicial Recall,” is a live one, one of
the foremost political issues of the
day, and Oregon has two debaters in
Earl Jones, the hard working stud
ent-orator, and Peter Campbell Crock
ett, the willy Scott of Pendeltan re
nown, who promise to fulfill the high
est hopes of Oregon’s supporters.
But the fullest measure of credit
for the popularity of the Oregon
Utah debate, and the reason for its
assured financial success, falls to
the women of the University, and the
novel and original Leap Year dance,
which will be the joint attraction for
the evening. The credit for plan
ning the leap year dance, at which
function the women will act in the
full capacity of escorts, belongs to
Nellie Hemenway and Cecil Miller.
The sale of tickets will be com
menced on the campus Thursday
morning, and will last until next
Wednesday. The tickets will sell for
75 cents and will admit one couple.
For individuals, tickets will be sold
for 50 cents. It was thought exped
ient to make this special rate, as some
of the ladies have expressed a desire
to “stag it.” The tickets will be sold
by Nellie Hemenway, Bess Cowden,
and Jessie Bibee.
“Unless one hundred dollars is
raised by this sale, the dance will not
be held, is the statement of Man
ager Geary, who is emphatic in his
demand for liberal support of the
coming debate, the total cost of which
will approximate $200.
Manager Geary is reported to have
been guilty of giving out that the
young lady who was so fortunate as
to land him for the evening would be
admitted to the dance and debate free
of charge. Never in his social his
tory has the genial graduate manager
experienced the run of popularity ac
corded him during the past week.
The judges for the debate have
been selected. They are Alfred
Schmidt of Albany, Edward M. Sharp
of Albany, and Ralph D. Hetzel of
Corvallis.
JUNIOR AM) SENIOR PICTURES
TO BE FINISHED FEB. 17
All junior and senior pictures must
be in by February 17. Any junior or
senior who has not had his or her
picture taken by that time, will not
appear in the 1913 Oregana. The
work is being handled rapidly by the
photographers and Karl Onthank
hopes to send the junior, senior and
faculty solios to the engravers dur
ing the coming week. All the fratern
ity and sorority work, including The
Friars Club, and Scroll and Sript,
must be in by February 25.