UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
VOL. XIII.
EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1912.
No. 37
OREGON WILL CLOSE
OASKETBALL SEASON
WITH WASHINGTON II.
OUTCOME OF GAME WITH
STRONG NORTHERN TEAM
VITAL TO CHAMPIONSHIP
OREGON SQUAD IN TRIM FOR CONTEST
Captain Jamison’s Followers Expect
Fast and Furious Struggle With
Invaders.
The crowning' event of the inter-col
legiate basketball season occurs next
week, when the Washington tossers
meet the Varsity on the home floor in
a brace of games that will have a
large bearing on the outcome of the
conference championship.
At the present writing Washington
remains undefeated with Oregon a
close second with only two defeats,
both of which were administered by
Washington on the recent northern
trip. Providing the Varsity defeats
the northerners both games and 0. A.
C. succeeds in taking a game from
them, Oregon will be returned a win
ner for the bunting. An even break
here and both games with Corvallis
will reverse the order and Washing
ton will pull through in the lead.
Washington is coming with a
stronger team than the one that met
Oregon in Seattle, due mainly to the
re-instatement of Capt. Olsen, who has!
straightened out his difficulties with
the faculty. Olsen will work with
Staatz at forward. Staatz was re
sponsible for the big score in the first
game at Seattle, scoring twenty-two
out of Washington’s total of thirty.
Olsen is probably the best forward ex
cept Jamison in the conference and
the pair will undoubtedly give the
Oregon guards lots of trouble. Keeler
and Sutton will be used at the guard
positions with Savidge, the freshman
phenom. at center. Savidge is the
only center that has come near to
holding his own with Fenton this sea
son. Keeler and Sutton are both play
ing their first year on the team, but
have developed into good stick tight
men.
In a man to man comparison Wash
ington iooks as strong as Oregon.
Capt. oamison and Fenton are the
only men on the Oregon team that
seem to have any edge over their
rivals and this is apparently none too
great. As teams it is about a toss-up,
and edniance and fight will probably
be the deciding factor.
Coach Hayward has given the Ore
gon team a few days lay off to over
come the recent tendency toward stale
ness. Active practice will be resumed
Monday and the team is expected to
be in the pr:me condition of the sea
son when they step on the floor Thurs
day night.
JIMMIE ROBERTS.
G. L. Febiger, captain of the Uni
versity of Washington tennis team
has left the University to enlist as a
private in the army at Manila.
Girls Hold Smoker.
A “Pink Smoker” was held by the
girls of the Senior Class in the Folly
Hall on Friday afternoon. Dancing
was in dulged in from four until six
o’clock, when a * sumptuous banquet
was held, presided over by Miss Jane
Knox. The toasts were of a hum-1
orous nature. Miss Thompson spoke
on “The Value of College Cases,” and
Dr. Stuart on “The Evils of Basket- j
ball.” Impromptu toasts were given
by other Senior girls.
LMVEHSITR ORATORS
MAY TOUR THE STATE
Dr. Schafer has recently returned
from a visit to the granges of the in
terior part of the state, where he re
ports an intense interest among the
farmers in respect to the important
political issues of the day, particul
arly in regard to some of the proposed
innovations in the taxation system of
the state.
In view of this, Mr. Johnson, of the
public speaking department, is plan
ning to educate a bunch of amateur
debaters to travel through the state
next fall previous to the November
elections. The debaters are to work
in groups of four and will expound the
doctrine of tax reform and other im
portant issues for the edification of
the public mind.
SUBJECTS ANNOUNCED
Failing-Beckman Contest brings Out
1912 Orators and
Titles.
In anticipation of the Failing-Beek
man contest, held during Commence
ment Week, the Faculty Committee'
posted a list of provisional subjects
for the aspiring Senior orators.
All contestants were expected to
hand in their names and subjects to
the Registrar today, but up to a late
hour this morning, only a few of those
expected to signify their intention,
had done so.
Those who have announced the ti
tles of their orations are Chester
Moores, “Geo. H. Williams”; Miss
Grace Adams, “The New National
ism”; William St. John, “Counting
the Cost.” Others who will compete
for the two prizes are Miss Fay Clark,
J. Hunter Howard, Miss Pansy Shav
er, Ralph Moores, and Mr. Pickett,
winner of the Inter-Collegiate Orator
ical Contest.
Among the subject proposed by the
faculty are, “The Oregon System,”
“The University Ideal,” “Unwhole
some Prejudice,” “Life and College
Life,” “The World in Us, and the
World About Us,” “The Superfluous
in Education,” “The Undiscovered
Country—An Interpretation of Un
rest,” “Life and College Life.”
LAW STUDENTS PREPARING TO
MEET OPPONENTS IN DEBATE
OREGON LAW SHOOL, Portland,
Ore., March 8.—These are busy days
for the debaters of the Law School.
Manager Louis T. O’Brien has ar
ranged for a preliminary debate to be
held on Friday, March 8, 1912, be
tween the members of the two teams
of the Law School, in order to famil
iarize themselves more thoroughly
with the question, which they will
have in their debates with both the
University of Washington and Wil
lamette University i. e.: Resolved,
“That all State Judges be Subject to
Popular Recall.” Team number one
will be composed of Beauty Sobinson
and Cicero F. Hogan; the former is
well known to Varsity people, while
Hogan gained fame as a debater and
orator when advocating Single Tax
last year in Portland. Team number
two will have Singletary, Peters and
Pain, the latter well known in High
School affairs in Portland when a
student there a few years ago.
Manager O’Brien has now made all
arrangements for the debate with
Willamette on April 12th, and will go
to Seattle next week to close up af
fairs for the Washington debate,
which will be hold in Seattle on or
about April 5th.
Mrs. Risley and Miss Olive Risley,
of Milwaukee, are visiting Ethelind
Risley at the Tri Delta House.
DAVID PICKETT WINS
STATE ORATORICAL
CONTEST FOR OREGON
“A MODERN PARODY" PROVES
TO BE THE WINNING ORATION
AT FOREST GROVE
WILLAMETTE U. WINS SECOND PLACE
Oregon Has Won Three Firsts and
Three Seconds in the Last Six
Years.
The State Oratorical Contest was
again won by the University of Ore
gon at Forest Grove last night
through its representative David Pick
ett. The subject of Pickett’s oration
was “A Modern Parody.’’ Willam
ette Oniversity was awarded second
place and McMinnville College third
place.
David Pickett is a Senior in the
University, having hailed from the
wilds of Eastern Oregon three years
ago. He ran as a dark horse in the
oratorical contests this year, not en
tire because he is dark complexioned.
but because of his modest and retir
ing disposition, which does not allow
him to advertise his merit. Like all
great men, except President Taft,
Pickett is a migit, weighing in the
neighborhood of one hundred and fif
teen pounds, and stretching towards
the heavens to the extent of five feet
four inches. He is an interstate de
bater this year and is considered one
of the strongest men on the teams.
The Oregon people are quite proud
of the University’s record in this ora
torical league. In the last six years
Oregon has not fallen below second
place and three years was awarded
first place. In 1907 Francis Galloway
represented Oregon and won second
place. In 1908 Robert Prescott won
first place by unanimous consent of
the judges. In 1909 Jesse Bond won
second place. In 1910 Harold Rounds
won second place, and first places
have been won the last two years by
Carlton Spencer and David Pickett.
The State Oratorical Contest in
cludes the Universities of Oregon,
Willamette and Pacific, Colleges of
Albany and Newberg, and 0. A. C.
6EMV SUBMITS REPORTS
Executive Committee Accepts Basket
ball Data and Appoints New
Emerald Manager.
At the meeting of the executive
committee held Thursday night, con
siderable business was gone over in
the way of accepting financial reports
and a new manager for the Emerald
was appointed to serve for the re
mainder of the college year.
Manager Geary submitted reports
on the Inland Empire trip as well as
the various basketball games, which
have taken place in Eugene. Wendell
Barbour was appointed to fill the
managership left vacant by Allen
Robert’s resignation.
A ruling was also made by which
all financial reports in the future
must be accompanied by the requisite
vouchers.
In concluding the business of the
evening, the date for the next student
body dance was fixed to follow the
second Washington game in order
that the visiting team may receive a
sample of Oregon hospitality.
DELTA SIGMAS ENTERTAIN
COLLEGE WITH DANCE
Friday evening, the Delta Sigmas
gave their annual formal dance in the
men’s gymnasium. About one hun
dred couples tripped the light fan
tastic to the tsrains of Hendershott’s
best.
The gymnasium was attract
ively decorated and the lights were
softened with red coverings. The pa
trons and patronesses of the dance
were: President and Mrs. P. L. Camp
bell; Professor and Mrs. R. H. Dear
born; Professor and Mrs. E. E. De
Cou; Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Lott; Mrs.
Ellen M. Pennell; Mrs. O. J. Geisler;
Mrs. A. A. Bancroft; Mrs. B. M.
Smith; Miss Mary Morgan; Mrs. J.
B. Labor; Mrs. W. L. Barbour, and
Mr. H. W. Thompson.
A number of out of town guests
were present.
SIX SCHOOL DAYS-WHAT?
Rumor Says Faculty Members W’ould
Work Students Like People in
Real World.
The rumor floating about the cam
pus, refusing to sink, in spite of the
efforts of the faculty to make it do
so, that the faculty is considering, or
will consider, springing another of its
advanced measures upon the students
shortly. This time the question of
intra-collegiate athletics gets a rest,
the system of grading is left alone,
and the posting of grades goes beg
ging; in fact, the quality of our work
is not attacked, for once. This time
it’s the quantity that seems to need
Axin’. In other words, rumor has it
that some three of the prominent
members of the faculty wish to raise
the number of school days in a week
from Ave to six days, thus holding
school on Saturday. The argument
runs something like this: Everybody
but students works six days in the
week, and why should students be ex
cepted ? Students do not work enough
as it is, and anyway we can give the
taxpayers more for their money if
we have school six days.
There is no doubt but that the stu
dents will approve of the plan with
the agility a flea does a hand that
would annihilate it.
ROOTERS WILL LIVEN
WASHINGTON GAMES
There is a movement on foot among
the enthusiastic basketball supporters
in the student body, to attempt spirit
ed and organized rooting at the Wash
ington games, which are scheduled
for next week.
It is the opinion of the
athletic authorities that more
lively support at the indoor games
may result in a keener and more gen
eral interest and at the same time
encourage the efforts of the active
participants.
It is expected that a liberal turnout
of vociferous rooters will be collected
along the brass railing at the next
games, which practically decide the
basketball championship. This will
be a feature that has been decidedly
wanting in the previous games.
FRESHMAN WILL HOLD
FORTH IN NEXT ASSEMBLY
Next Wednesday the regular assem
bly hour will be given over to the
freshman class, who will entertain the
other three classes with the following
program:
Reading—“His Wedded Wife,’’
Beulah Stebno.
P’'<*shman Trio—Brook Dixon, Har
old Grady and Bertrand GerarO
Address—Fred Hardesty.
Piano Duet—Vern Apperson, Ralph
Young.
EMERALD ELECTION
OFFERS CHANCE FOR
PRESIDENTIAL TIMBER THOR
; OUGHLY COMBEI) IN EFFORT
TO FIND PROPER MEN
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM TO FEATURE
Five Judges Chosen From Prominent
Members of the Associated
Student Body.
The Emerald election and straw
vote for presidential nominee of the
United States, will be held by the as
sociated students on Tuesday and
Wednesday of next week, and the first
full returns will appear in the Wed
nesday’s issue of the paper.
This election which is the first of
its kind held among the men and wo
men of the University is expected to
bring out an interesting diversity of
opinions, and a tabulated record of
student sentiment upon the presiden
tial question and various other meas
ures of a general and timely nature.
Petitions requiring the signature of
twenty-five students have been circu
lated on the campus during the past
week for the purpose of placing the
names of Taft, Roosevelt, LaFollette,
Wilson, Clark, Bryan, Harmon, and
Debs upon the ballot. The manner in
which the loyal supporters of the var
ious candidates have entered into the
spirit of the mock election assures the
success of the Emerald’s original ven
ture.
Among the most probable initiative
measures which have been mentioned
as likely to be placed upon the ballot
are:
Woman Suffrage.
The Recall of Judges.
The Single Tax.
The establishment of the “Honor
System,” with reference to University
examinations.
Student Self Government.
The addition of $1.00 to the Student
Tax, standing for a compulsory sub
scription to the Emerald.
The following referendum measures
against the newly established faculty
rulings, have been suggested:
The Missouri Grading System.
The Two-Hour Examinations.
Besides these measures, all of which
may contain an interesting variance
of student opinion, there may be
others of equal moment.
The judges of the poles and general
officials in the Emerald election will
be Leon Ray, President of the Stud
ent Body; Ralph Moores, ex-editor of
the Emerald; Birdie Wise, Secretary
of the Student Body; Carine Deger
mark, editor of the Monthly; and Bob
Kellogg, President of the Senior
class.
The election will be held in the main
hall of Villard from one to five Tues
day afternoon, and from nine to twelve
Wednesday morning.
Only students registered in the
University and of recognized stand
ing in the Associated Student Body,
will be permitted to vote.
Freshman Defeat Albany.
The Frosh basketball team annexed
its first game last night at Albany,
28 to 23.
The game was rough and hard
fought throughout. Vosper was the
chief point winner for the Frosh, an
nexing 13 points in all. Boylen and
Parsons also played good games. The
team left after the game for Pc.*-,
land.