VOL. XIII.
EUGENE, OREGON,
SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1912.
No. 43
OREGON SOAKED TWO
TIMES IN ONE NIGHT
BY DEBATE JUDGES
LOSE IN DEBATE TO STANFORD
AND WASHINGTON UNIVER
SITIES BY BIG SCORES
JUDICIAL RECALL A JONAH TO OREGON
Oregon Debators Argue Sides Unpop
ular in Oregon and Washington
and Lose Unanimously.
While Leon Ray and David Pickett
were vainly trying to stem the tide
of defeat at home last night. Carlton
Spencer and Ralph Moores were ex
erting similarly futile efforts in Seat
tle, with the result that Oregon lost
two unanimous decisions and inci
dentally the coast championship in
debate.
The recall of judges was the ques
tion that proved Oregon’s Jonah. At
Eugene, her champions upheld the af
firmative, while in Seattle they took
the negative side, but in neither case
were the defenders of the lemon-yel
low able to convince the judges that
they had the “dope.” The only con
soling feature of the evening’s butch
ery was the fact that not only did
both Stanford and Washington have
our representative? “holding onto the
ropes.” but also “throwing up the
sponge”; aye, even did they “take the
full count,” for all six votes were
against us, so that no one can say,
“verily, it was exceeding close,” or
“it ought not to have been thus.”
Although apparently both engage
ments were one-sided, Oregon’s men
made a showing which was by no
means discreditable. Both of the
vanquished teams showed by their
presentation of the argument that
they were debating in hostile terri
tory, for here in Oregon, where the
judicial recall is not favored, they
upheld that innovation, while in
Washington, whose voters are strong
for it, our debaters were forced to
take the unpopular side.
Stanford’s representatives, who suc
cessfully upheld the California insti
tution in Eugene, were K. E. Leib,
leader, and C. C. Close, colleague.
The men who won for Washington
were Rube Hilen, leader, and John
Bovington, colleague. The judges at
Eugene were Professor R. D. Hetzel,
of the Oregon Agricultural College;
President W. U. Ferrin, of Pacific
University, and Rev. H. W. Davis, of
Eugene.
A peculiar ieature oi me wo ue
bates was the fact that the visitors
successfully introduced the to iten
tion at Eugene, that the legislature,
and not the people, should exercise
the judicial recall, while Spencer, at
Seattle, used the same argument with
disastrous results.
Although the local crowd last
night was not such as to make the
auditorium suffocating, reports from
the north indicate that the Seattle
students supported their representa
tives with enthusiasm, led by Cheer
leader Horsley, the official lung-power
developer of the Northern institu
tion.
So far as the memory of the oldest
student runneth, this is the worst de
feat ever suffered by Oregon in de
bate, and is probably the only double
drubbing ever received on a single
evening. Last year the Pacific Coast
championship was annexed, while the
year before the Northwest champion
ship was captured. Oregon’s three
defeats this season, however, put the
kibosh on all chances for supremacy
until next year.
INTER-CLASS RELAY RACE
TO BE HELD APRIL 6TH
The inter-class four mile relay race
will be held next Saturday, April 6,
at 3:00 o’clock. Each class will be
represented by teams of four men,
each man running one mile. The
winning team will be presented with
the silver cup which is now on display
in the gymnasium.
Judging from the last relay
race, the strong competition
should be between the Freshmen
and Sophomore teams, but with Mc
Clure’s 4:30 legs in action for the
Juniors, and McGuire for the Sen
iors, these teams are very apt to play
havoc with the pre-arranged dope.
A number of men are out for each
team. The tryouts will probably be
held during the first of next week.
This contest will give Trainer Hay
ward a good line on his distance men
and will also be a very interesting
meet, as all the runners will be in
fine condition.
“CUTTERS” WILL SUFFER
Excessive Cutting Will Send Student
to Dean Straub and Card to
Parents.
A system designed to keep tab on
all absences, and to prevent unnecess
ary cutting and thus help the student
who is low in his work as a result of
his habit of indolence, has recently
been inaugurated in the University.
A card system has been arranged,
based upon the professor’s daily re
ports, which shows the record of each
reported student for the past week.
When any student has what seems
to be an unnecessary number of
“cuts,” the case is reported to Prof.
Straub, who in his capacity as Dean
of the University, has supervision of
the absentees, and the student is re
quested by the office to see Dean
Straub. If in the case of sickness, the
cause of the absence from class is
sent to the office, and not to the pro
fessor, thus taking the attendance
problem from the hands of the fac
ulty. If the student insists upon cut
ting, a card will be sent to his par
ents, showing the work done by the
student in college.
It has been recommended by the fac
ulty committee having this arrange
ment in charge, to the faculty, that
students, if they want to “cut,” be al
lowed to do so, but that a correspond
ing amount of credit be withheld
from them, thus making it an unpro
fitable practice to follow.
NEW WORLD’S RECORD SET
IN HIGH JUMP AT STANFORD
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, March
29.—In the dual track meet held at
Palo Alto last Monday between Stan
ford University and Pomona College,
G. L. Horine, of Stanford, established
a world’s intercollegiate record in the
high jump by clearing the bar at 6
feet 4 3-4 inches. The cardinal team
carried off the meet by a score of 88
to 34. J. E. Wooley, of Stanford, also
set a new college record when he
threw the hammer a distance of 153
feet 1-2 inch.
FIRST OREGANA PAGES GO
TO PRESS NEXT MONDAY
The first seventy-five pages of the
Oregana will go to press on Friday
of next week. There is a large num
ber of interesting color plates, there
being four for the athletic department
alone. There are at least two dis
trict scoops in the volume this year,
one being a very new and interesting
fraternal organization, and the nature
of the other is still secret.
The cover design is new and is one
of the most attractive features of the
book.
VARSITY TALENT TO
APPEAR IN BENEFIT
FOR BASEBALL TEAM
MANGLED SCHEDULE WILL NOT
INTERFERE WITH WHOLE
SALE SUPPORT OF TEAM
RICH AND RARE PROGRAM IS THE ORDER
Chandler, Jamison, and Roberts to
Appear in Sketch *At Home”—
“Nuf Ced.”
On the night of Tuesday, April the
ninth, varstiy talent will appear on
the boards at the Folly theater in a
continuous vaudeville, given for the
benefit of the Oregon basketball
squad. The baseball receipts for this
year will necessarily be somewhat
curtailed on account of the shortening
of the 1912 schedule and in hopes of
making up the deficit in part, Bush
Brown is promoting a high class var
sity show to bolster up the tottering
baseball finances.
The performance will embrace sev
eral headliners and in order to allow
all those desirous of witnessing the
performance to attend, two perform
ances will be given. The program
will be as follows:
1. Sap Latourette and his Trou
badours.
2. Vawter and Grady, in song and
dance.
3. Cowden and Stannard, in their
clever skit, “The City Girl and the
Country Bumpkin.”
4. Apperson, fancy skating.
5. Juggling and legerdemain,
Vierick.
6. Heidenreich, up-to-date song
hits.
7. Chandler, Jamison and Roberts,
in their new and original sketch “At
Home.”
The first performance, which will
bein at 7:30, will be followed by a
comic picture film, and at 8:45, a dup
licate of the first show will be given.
An admission of 25 cents will be
charged.
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* CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS *
* _ *
* Returns of the Interclass cross *
* country run, which was held this *
* afternoon, as phoned to the Em- *
* erald office just prior to going to *
* press, announces the following re- *
* suits: Freshman Team wins with *
* twenty-seven points. Juni|ors *
* and Sophomores tie with twenty- *
* three points each. Seniors did *
* not enter a team. McClure, jun- *
* ior, finished first place, prize, a *
* gold medal. Huggins, sophomore, *
* finished second place, prize, silver *
* medal, and Pack, freshman, fin- *
* ished third, prize, bronze medal. *
* The course was 3 1-2 miles long. *
* McClure finished in 17 minutes. *
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CO-ED DEBATE TRYOUT TO
BE HELD TUESDAY EVENING
The first tryout for the girls’ debat
ing team will be held Tuesday. Each
speech may be eight minutes in length
and the candidates may talk on either
side of the question they wish. The
question up for debate, which Oregon
chose and on which Washington has
the choice of sides, is: Resolved, That
Women Suffrage Should be Adopted
by the Several States.
Those expecting to tryout are: Lu
cil Davis, Marjorie Cowan, Bess Cow
den. Ruth Stone, Helen Johnson, Alice
Cowgill, and Allie Phillips.
[ CHEMICS AND ENGINEERS
TO HOLD JOINT MEETING
Owing to a conflict in dates, the
Engineering and Chemical Clubs will
hold a joint meeting next Monday af
ternoon at four o’clock, in the Chem
ical lecture room. The Chemists will
contribute a speech by Algred Skei,
“Methods of Gold Extraction.” For
the Engineers, Graham Michael will
give a talk, “Dredging for Gold in
Alaska,” from personal knowledge
gained last summer when he was
working in a gold mine. Stereop
ticon slides will be used for both lec
tures.
The purpose of those who have se
lected the program is to furnish one
of general interest by eliminating too
great a use of technical terms. The
leaders wish the attention of students
generally called to these popular meet
ings every Monday afternoon, in
which subjects of present interest and
importance are taken up for study.
TRACK PROSPECTS GOOD
Colleges and Universities Prepare to
Make Over Another Hump for
Honors.
With the season advancing, track
prospects among the Northwest con
ference colleges are beginning to as
sume a more definite position. Wash
ington, by winning the P. N. A. in
door meet at Seattle two weeks ago,
showed her team to be a strong con
tender for championship honors. The
fact that the Seattle institution car
ried off the meet despite the fact that
their star sprinter Courtney was dis
abled and Captain Evans was inelig
ible on account of deficiency in stud
ies, shows that the Northerners are
going to put in a strong bid for North
west track honors.
At Pullman also the outlook seems
to be bright. A number of veterans
have returned and much new material
has reported for practice. Among the
new arrivals are Rock with a record
of 11 feet 4 inches in the pole vault,
and Coe, another freshman, with a 5
foot 10 1-2 inch mark in the high
jump. The great relay team of last
year is weakened by the loss of Low
ry, but there seems to be plenty of
new material to fill the gap. Cooke
is showing up exceptionally well in
the sprints, while in the longer dis
tances Williams and Lewis will com
pete. The weak spot of the Pullman
aggregation seems to be in the
hurdles, Powell being the only man
available so far.
At Idaho, with baseball off the
schedule of spring events, a large
squad has been turning out for track
and although a number of the old
stars are missing, Coach Vanderveer
expects to turn out quite a formidable
aggregation. In the weights the gem
state institution is reported as being
especially strong. With Benlough,
Phillips, Harris, Gribble, and Keefe,
all premier weight jugglers, the Uni
versity is hoping to turn out another
“phenom” this year.
Whitman has also abandoned inter
collegiate baseball this spring, and is
turning out in full force for track
work. Although no particular stars
have been reported from the Walla
Walla institution as yet, it is under
stood that Coach Hahn has a large
squad out, and has some very likely
material. The Oregon Agricultural
College, also, has a large working
squad, and much is expected on the
cinders at that institution this sea
son.
Y. M. C. A. “Health and Strength”
series of lectures might be well worth
looking into.
INDOOR MEET TO BE
UNIQUE AFFMR WHO
FIGHTS, RUNS, ETC.
WOO SUN AND BUFORD JONES,
PUGILISTS, TO MIX IN FISTIC
ENCOUNTER
TRACK SQUAD APPEARSIFOR FIRSE TIME
Sack Race, Barrel Race, Wrestling
Matches Added to Usual Track
Events.
With forty entrees already in, the
big indoor meet which will take place
in the Gymnasium next Wednesday
evening, at 7:30, is certain to be one
grand success. Wrestling, obstacle
races, sprints, distance runs on the
circular track, sparring, pole vault
ing, high and broad jumping, and
shot putting, are the events pro
grammed. It will be the first oppor
tunity to see all the college track
men in action.
The contests scheduled center on
the much talked of bout between Bu
ford Jones of the Dormitory, and
Woo Sun, Chinese blue blood, who re
cently captained the “Shorts” in their
basketball contest with the “Longs.”
Neither of the men are over five feet
in height and the fact that the sofa
pillows which Hayward calls boxing
gloves, are nearly as large as the com
batants, will add an interesting be
wilderment to the scene.
The obstacle race which will con
sist of making time through bottom
less barrels and guny sacks, will have
such notables as Ed Baily, Oleson,
Hill, Bean, and Briedwell as contest
ants. The farcical sight of a little
man lost in a big sack and of a big
man stuck in a barrel ,are among the
novelties promised in this event.
The list of entrees are:
Boxing—Brook Dixon vs. Waldo
Miller, Hardesty vs. Donald,, and Woo
Sun vs. Buford Jones.
30 yards and 100 yards sprints—
Bean, Ford, Briedwell, Hawley, Mor
ton, Jones, Fenton, Finch, D. Haw
kins, Hill.
300 yards sprint—Martzloff, Johns,
Obertoffer, Fenton, Bridwell, Hawley,
Morton, D. Hawkins.
Shot—Kellogg, Henderson. Grout,
Neil, Hawkins.
GOO yards run—Evans, Baylen, Pef
ferley, Miller, Martzloff.
1,000 yards run—Blackaby, Pack,
King, McCluer.
Obstacle race—Oleson, Bailey, Ford,
Briedwell, Hill, Bean.
High jump—Stuller, Benson.
Pole vault—Williams, McCornack,
Watson, Anderson.
High dive—Ford, Bean, McCornack,
Hawkins, Neil, Oleson.
Hattie royal—Entrees yet to be
chosen.
In order to make it possible for all
the students to attend the Indoor
Meet, a special student ticket, which
insures a reserved seat has been is
sued for 25 cents, which is half the
regular admission charge. These
tickets will be on sale to students
only, at the Y. M. C. A. book exchange
at 9 o’clock, Monday morning.
All the men entered in the events
are requested to be dressed and ready
to participate by a a quarter past
seven, as no delay in the running off
of events will be tolerated.
Wednesday evening a few members
of the Faculty were dinner guests at
the Gamma Delta Gamma house to
meet Mrs. Roth. They were President
Campbell, Professor and Mrs. DeCou,
and Mrs. Dunn, Dr. Stuart, Miss
Thompson and Miss Hastings.