OREGON
EMERALD
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
VOL. XIII.
EUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 3, 1912.
No. 44
ORE. AND CORVALLIS
STUDENT PRESIDENTS
CARRY CONTROVERSY
RICE OF O. A. C. EXPLAINS AC
TION OF HIS ASSOCIATED
STUDENT BODY
ANSWER OF PRES. RAY DEFINES VIEWS
Outcome of Spencerian Struggle
Awaited With More or Less Stud
ent Body Interest.
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The following letter from Ernest G.
Rice, President of the O. A. C. Stud
ent Body, dated March 28th, has been
received by President Leon Ray of the
Oregon Student Body, and shows the
atitude taken by the Corvallis Stud
ents in the recent movement to patch
up the athletic relations of the two
schools:
March 28th, 1912.
Mr. Leon Ray,
President Student Body,
University of Oregon.
Eugene, Oregon.
Dear Sir:
We are pleased to be thus advised oi
your desire to arrive at some under
standing which will guarantee friend
ly relations between the student bo
dies of our institutions. I regret
however, to note that you have mis
understood the action of our students
We have not yet resumed student re
lations with the University but have
appointed a committee to confer with
representatives of your student bod>
regarding the resumption of studenl
relations that future trouble will be
avoided.
We feel that it is not the matter oi
scheduling any particular contests
out of arriving at an understanding
which will avoid any ill feeling be
tween the students of the University
and the College in the future. We be
lieve that when this is assured, the
matter of what games and what con
tests should be scheduled is of nrino]
importance and can easily be ad
justed.
I will not attempt here to define
these matters as you probably are
fully aware of them as I am, but ]
am compelled to inform you that the
only conditions upon which the stud
ent body of this institution will con
sent to the establishment of relations
between the two institutions are
those indicated by the resolutions, (e
copy of which has been sent to you
We wish you to understand, however
that we are not asking these things
as concessions, but we are proceeding
in a manner that will in our bes
judgement be the only way to guar
antee continued friendly relations be
tween the students of the Universitj
and the students of the college. Th<
latter we most sincerely desire
Yours very truly,
1U. Vi IVIVU)
Pres. Ray Replies to 0. A. C.
President Associated Student Body
Oregon Agricultural College.
In reply to the Rice letter, date<
March 28th, Leon Ray, of the U. o:
O, acting upon his own convictions
and the advice of a number of prom
inent members of the Oregon Studen
Body, has answered the Corvallis col
legians with the following letter
dated April 2.
In his letter Mr. Ray expresses sur
prise that the Corvallis Student Bod}
had not passed a resolution, to de
finitely renew athletic resolutions.
An answer to this letter is expect
ed from the O. A. C. student leade:
Continued on page 8.
i BEN WILLIAMS’ THESIS MAKES !
! HIT WITH STATE COMMISSION
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The department of economics has j
received several letters for the mem
bers of a recent state commission, ap
pointed by Governor West to investi
gate the subject of Employer’s Lia
: bility and Compensation, in regard to
■ Ben Williams master’s thesis on that
j subject, which has just been com
; pleted.
This commission, which will en
deavor to frame a measure to be pre
sented to the next legislature, re
cently met in Salem, and were so im
j pressed with Mr. Williams’ work on
i the subject, that they expressed the
j desire to interview the writer person
ally.
j Mr. Williams’ thesis, “Principles of
Employer’s Liability and Workmen’s
Compensation Legislation,” which
treats, besides the history and the dis
satisfaction with the old remedies, the
recent movements and developments
of liability doctrines, is the first spe
cial study made of the Oregon situa
tion in regard to this line of legisla
tion.
SIMS ELECTED CAPTAIN
Varsity Basketball Guard of Two
Seasons Honored by
Team.
Sims, varsity guard of two seasons
past, was yesterday elected to the
basketball captaincy for 1913. His
college basketball career began at
the University of Minnesota, where,
in 1910, he played guard on the Fresh
man team. The next year he regis
tered at Oregon. In the pre-season
tournament he was back in the game,
performing with such credit as guard
with the champion Sophs, that he
readily cinched a place on the varsity.
Here he has been the mainstay of the
defensive department for the last two
seasons. Each year Bill Hayward has
selected Ole as all-Northwest guard.
He is a fast aggressive player, prob
ably the best in the conference for
work over the floor.
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HEAR YE! HEAR YE!
HEAR YE!
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* Four representatives of the *
* Senior class, namely Martin *
* Hawkins, Bob Kellogg, Sap La- *
* tourette, and Jim Johns, in the *
* name of the illustrious class of *
* 1912, challenge the three lower *
* classes and faculty to a track *
* meet, and promise to wipe their *
* adversary’s names off the ath- *
* letic records of Oregon. The *
* class of 1912 is desirous of giv- *
* ing one last exhibition of its *
* class. *
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LURID FEATURES PROMISED
IN COMING MONTHLY
“A special number of the Oregon
' monthly, dedicated to the high schools
of the state, will be out in two or
Hiree days,” is the statement of Miss
| Carin Degermark, Editor-in-chief of
, that publication.
While the high school issue is
11 planned primarily for the edification
’ j and enlightenment of the “preppers,”
,! the monthly will not be lacking in in
■ terest to college people, and many ex
: cellent stories and articles by prom
- inent students are promised.
, A “Who’s Who” column, similar to
that in vogue last year, will appear
- as one of the main features and gos
r sip lovers at college will be regaled
■ with a second X. Y. Z. paper, which
it is said, will be even more lurid
■ than the one in the preceding issue.
Ed Himes spent a few hours in
Springfield Monday afternoon.
SOPHS IN MEETING
ELECT MANAGER AND
EDITOR OF OREGANA
SECOND YEAR MEN TAKE FIRST
STEP IN PREPARATION FOR
YEAR CLASS BOOK
SENIORS. JUNIORS AND FRESHMEN MEET
Matters of Special Interest and
Timely Nature Taken lip by
Organizations.
The election for the Oregana was
held at the Sophomore Class Meeting
this morning and Don Rice was elect
ed editor with Hawley Bean as busi
ness manager.
Three candidates, Rice, Cass, and
Haugen, were out for the editorship
and the keenest rivalry was evident.
In the final ballot Rice polled 53
votes, Cass drew 40 and Haugen re
ceived 11.
The contest for manager was de
cidedly one sided. Bean and McAllen
were the only aspirants and the form
er won by a vote of 93 to 7 for Mc
Allen.
Seniors Plan Assembly.
Meeting this morning in Dr.
Schmidt’s room, the Senior Class took
an inventory of their credits and
liabilities, with the result of finding
themselves in possession of a balance
of nearly fifty dollars in the class
treasury, as a result of last year’s
Oregana.
After recovering from this an
nouncement, the class proceeded to
make plans for their Senior class as
sembly for next Wednesday. “Sap”
Latourette will be speaker of the
day, and in order to relieve the dig
nity of the occasion, a short skit will
be presented by the theatrically in
clined members of the class. Adorned
in caps and gownsthe Seniors will as
semble at the Dorm and march to Vil
lard Hall in a body.
A committee on the Commencement
programs and invitations was ap
pointed, consisting of Leon Ray, Tom
Word and Miss Lucia Campbell. No
action was taken on a class memorial,
pending the announcement of the
“Greater Oregon” campus plans,
should the referendum decision ever
be handed down.
Juniors Hear Oregana Report.
The Junior class held a short meet
ing today. Manager Collier told of
the excellent progress being made on
the Oregana. The cuts which have
been returned, show a quality of
workmanship superior to any previ
ous class book. It will be at least one
hundred pages larger than any previ
ous annual. The class voted to apply
the profits of the Junior Prom to the
book and thus avoid a tax on the
members of the class.
Freshmen Discuss Track.
The regular monthly business meet
ing of the Freshman class was held
in Villard Hall. A special program
was announced for the next meeting,
which will be the last for the year,
A committee was appointed to formu
late requirements for class numerals
and see that they be issued in the
near future.
After the meeting the track men
of the class elected Tom Boylen cap
tain for the coming track meet. Mat
ters pertaining to the track meet were
also discussed by the members of the
team.
John Kelly returned from a busi
ness trip to Portland Monday.
ENGINEERS HOLD MEETING
WITH CHEMISTRY CLUB
The combined meeting of the Chem
istry and Engineering Clubs, Monday
afternoon proved a huge success, an
exceptional amount of interest and
enthusiasm being shown throughout
the program.
“Brick” Michael opened the pro
gram with a thorough and extended
discussion on “Gold Dredging.” The
talk dealt chiefly with the dredging
as it is carried on in Alaska, in which
Mr. Michael had been connected last
summer. Not only were the methods
of mining explained, but the economic
problems of the matter were also dis
cussed. Then followed a general dis
cussion by different members present,
including Professor Stafford.
Alfred Skei took up the next phase
of gold mining, the manner of extract
ing gold from the ore. Because of
lack of time, Mr. Skei was unable to
complete his talk, and the matter will
be continued in the next meeting.
“Pete” Carlsburg, coach of famous
team that beat California, is visiting
Eugene as guest of Luke Goodrich.
MEET NOT APPRECIATED
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Seat Sale for Indoor Meet Small In
Spite of Small Entrance Fee
Required.
With a bunch of new and original
stunts in the athletic line as well as
the old stereotyped forms of track
and field competition, Bill Hayward is
offering varsity people an unusually
good indoor meet tonight.
Manager Geary, who has had
charge of the seating arrangements,
reports that the sale of reserved seats
is going slowly, but expects that the
usual crowd of “last chancers” will
take advantage of the twenty-five
cents students rates before the per
formance opens tonight.
Besides regular track events, there
are spectacular high-diving contests,
while obstacle races and a bantam
weight pugilistic exhibition will af
ford amusement to the rougher ele
ment. A large number of entries for
the various stunts have been made,
and an exciting competition is prom
ised the varsity track fans.
MUM 13Hilts UH Y. W. UABirNHil
WILL ATTEND CONFERENCE
The Annual Y. W. C. A. Cabinet
Conference will be held at Corvallis,
April 5-8. Instruction classes will be
held and plans for the organizations
in general will be discussed. Those
who are going to represent the Uni
versit yare Florence Cleveland, Lena
Newton, Elizabeth Busch, Lida Gar
rett, Mae Norton, Cecil Miller, Ermel
Miller and Mrs. R. C. Clark. The
| girls will leave Friday on the after
: noon train.
LUCILE DAVIS AND NORMA
DOBIE SELECTED FOR DEBATE
Lucile Davis and Norma Dobie were
the successful aspirants in the debate
tryout, Tuesday evening; Maryorie
Cowan won third place and will be the
alternative. The debate will be held
in Seattle the first Friday in May and
will be upon the Suffrage Question.
Other aspirants were Bess Cowden,
Helen Johnson, and Grace Adamson.
Mu I*hi Dance Success.
The Mu Phi Epsilon dance last Sat
urday night was attended by approx
imately seventy couples, and proved
to be one of the most elaborate and
thoroughly enjoyed social functions
of the year.
The Hall was beautifully decorated
with spring greenery, and the floor
proved to be in the best condition in
'its history.
FORTY-FOUR SENIOR
MEN MAKE MERRY AT
FESTIVE BOARD FEED
EATS AND NOISE CHIEF ORDERS
OF EVENING, WHICH DRIVE
“DULL CARE AWAY"
BEST BANQUET EVER ATTENDED, SAY ALL
Yelling Mob Refuses to Listen to
Doleful and Sad Sentiments Ex
pressed by Anyone.
For the first time in the history of
the Oregon University the senior men
met around the festive board at the
Osburn hotel and gave up the evening
to merry-making. It was “some oc
cassion,” if we are to believe the re
ports of the men who attended and
the noise which issued from the ban
quet room during the festival.
In all forty-four senior men were
present and at (5:45 P. M. they filed,
a hungry, noisy bunch, into the “feed
room,” where tables, arranged in a
T, stood loaded with oyster cocktals,
olives, and other delicacies. These
were cleaned up in short order mid
yells and songs, and while the remains
were being cleared off and the soup
served, Mique Stastny, at the request
of Toastmaster Kellogg, told how he
was going to do things in the senior
play next week.
Between soup and chicken more
noise, cat calls, songs, smokes (and by
the way, the smokes were made espe
cially for the occasion with 1912
stamped on them) and speeches were
produced. “Bush” Brown, dodging
crackers and epithets, delivered a
financial report of the banquet, show
ing a surplus of $1.50 on hand—which
sum was immediately voted to the
committee for street car tickets to
Springfield. Burns Powell tried to tell
how serious was the future of the
senior, but the mob would not listen
to such doleful sentiments; however,
Bill Main’s eulogy of 1912 football
neroes met witn universal approval.
Between chicken and salad Martin
Hawkins told what wonderful track
athletes the senior class sported and
issued a challenge to the whole school
to meet the senior class in a track
meet. Earl Jones, retiring president
of the Y. M. C. A., told how much
nicer it would have been to have had
beer instead of water. At this point
Sergeant Jones, the senior’s midgit
marshall, was sent to secure a photo
grapher.
During desert and coffee Leon Ray,
president of the student body, summed
up the Oregon O. A. C. controversy,
expressing sentiments we dare not
print. Cass Kennedy tried to tell why
every senior should dig up a dollar to
see the senior play, but every time
he “ope’d his mouth, she filled with
crackers, bread, cake and ice,” so he
sat down. Bush Brown was treated
likewise when he pleaded support for
the baseball benefit, and when he as
! sayed to say something touching and
sad about senior’s “debut” from col
lege, his chair was pulled from under
him, causing him to “debut.” “Sap”
Latourette closed the speeches with an
address, eloquent from the “socks up”
and embracing all the truth known
from the time of Rameses II. through
Shakespeare to the twenty-first cen
tury.
After two flashlight pictures had
be< n taken, the assemblage adjourned,
declaring to a mar that it was the
greatest banquet ever attended.
Ted Holmes, ex-’13, is spending the
week at the Kappa Sig House.