OREGON
EMERALD
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
VOL. XIII.
BUGENE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1912.
No. 61
HAYWARD’S TRACK TEAM LANDS
CHAMPIONSHIP OF NORTHWEST
OREGON TRACK MEN
CHOSEN TO COMPETE
IN OLYMPIC MEET
HAWKINS AND MeCLURE ARE
PLACED ON THE TEAM BY
EASTERN JUDGES
MANY COAST ATHLETES WILL MAKE TRIP
Hayward Will Accompany Western
Men—Team Will Sail on 15th
of June.
word was received last night trom
New York that Martin W. Hawkins
and Walter M. McClure, of Oregon,
have been selected by the National
Selection Committee of the A. A. U.,
as members of the American track
team to compete in the world-wide
Olympic games in Stockholm, Swe
den, in July.
Announcement Was Expected.
This announcement has been ex
pected by Hayward for several days,
especially as regards McClure, while
the selection of Hawkins has been re
garded as a certainty, despite his
failure to receive the coast recom
mendation, since Forrest Smithson
has been discredited by the Los An
geles Athletic Club.
Other coast athletes who were se
lected are Sam. Bellah, of the Mult
nomah Club, pole vaulter; Edmunson,
of the Seattle Athletic Club, in the
middle distances; Ira Courtney, of!
the Seattle Athletic Club, in the
sprints; Beeson and Kelly, of Cali
fornia, in the hurdles and high
jump; Gerhardt, Ralph Rose, Allen, i
and Donahue, the all around athlete,
all of the Olympic Club.
Oregon Represented Before.
At the last Olympic games, held in
London, in 1908, the State of Oregon
was represented by Smithson, Gil
bert, and Kelly. The former two
making creditable records in the hur
dles and pole vault, respectively.
This year, the varsity makes an
even greater showing by having two
men on the team, who are the pro
duct of Oregon’s veteran trainer,
Bill Hayward, who developed from
raw material two athletes capable of
representing the United States in the
classic athletic contest.
Hayward Accompanies Team.
It is practically certain that Hay- !
ward will accompany the western
athletes as their special coach and
trainer, his expenses being guaran
teed by the athletic clubs on the
coast, who are represented.
Both of Oregon’s athletes have re
ceived official notification of their se
lection from Secretary Sullivan of
the American Amateur Athletic
Union. and were instructed to
report in New York city to
the manager of the Olympic team,
not later than June 11th. The team
will sail for Sweden on the fifteenth.
Miss Wilma Young is back from
Astoria.
The Phi Delts have returned from
Portland.
Miss Jenny Fry returned Monday
from Salem.
'’'om Word will spend next week
end in Salem.
Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Burness left
Sunday for Portland.
DR. SHAFER’S ARTICLE TO
APPEAR IN PRINT SHORTLY
The paper that was read by Dr.
Shafer on, “Who Should go to Col
lege, and Why,” in assembly last
December, will be published soon in
the Review of Reviews.
Dr. Shaw, editor of the Review of
Reviews, considers it a fine article,
and says it is an illustration of the
progressive movement in the educa
tional world.
John Black spent last week-end in
Drain.
JOURNALISTS EAT EATS
Annual Spread of Emerald Staff
Attended by Thirty-three
Students.
The members of the Emerald staff
met in the Osburn banquet room last
night for the annual staff banquet.
In all thirty-three students were
present, showing the staff to be the
largest in the history of the Uni
versity.
Editor Powell acted as toastmaster
and during the course of the dinner
called upon the following for speech
es: Manager Wendell Barbour,
“How I have made the Emerald
pay”; Managing Editor Fen Waite,
“How to slash copy”; City Editor
Henry Fowler, “How to write a dog
story”; New Editor Harold Young,
“How to keep a printer smiling”;
Leland Hendricks, “How I write sto
ries from nothing”; Bill Cass, “Why
is a sage of Podunk”; Anne Mc
Micken, “Co-ed Journalists”; Flora
Dunham, “The Oregon Monthly”;
George Stanton, “Emerald’s rank
among western college papers”; Eli
zabeth Busch, “How I like being a
cub,” and Allyn Roberts, “Trials of a
manager.”
After the dinner, which by the way
was some feed, as all present agreed,
Mr. Tuttle took flashlight pictures of
the group to be placed in next
year’s Oregana.
Those present were Burns Powell,
Fen Waite, Harold Young, Henry
Fowler, Colton Meek, Leland Hen
dricks, George Shantin, William Cass,
Howard Zimmerman, Anna McMick
en, Elizabeth Busch, William Mc
Allen, Flora Dunham, Bess Cowden,
Lila Sengstake, Jessup Strang, Car
lyle Geisler, Luton Ackerson, Otto
J. Heider, Robert Fariss, Edna Mes
senger, Buford Payne, Earl Bracka
by, Dale Chessman, Wendell C. Bar
bour, Robert M. Wray, Lyman G.
Rice, Marsh Goodwin, Clay Watson,
Bertrand Jerard, Nellie Banfield,
Gertrude Denhart, Edward Himes,
Miss Steiver.
Sam Robinson, ex-’13, was in Eu
gene over Saturday and Sunday.
Catherine Carson is back, and will
remain until after Commencement.
Mr. and Mrs. Sheehy were down to
visit their daughter, Edith, last week
end.
“Brick” Michael and Ed Geary re
turned Sunday evening from Port
land.
Harry Lytle, ex-’15, has been vis
iting the Kappa Sigmas for a few
days.
Miss Mason, who has been a guest
at the Gamma Phi house, left Sun
day for her home in Portland.
Mr. McMinn, a Sigma Chi from
Berkeley, who taught in the summer
school here last year, is stopping for
a few days at the Sigma Chi house,
enroute east.
TWOOREGONSCHOOLS
TO INITIATE MILLAGE
TAX BILL NEXT FALL
U. OF O. PRESIDENT EXPLAINS
NATURE OF PROPOSED
MEASURE
LEVY OF .6 OF A MILL CONTEMPLATED
Four-sevenths of Total to Go to O.
A. C., Suggested by Author
of Bill.
The assembly hour this morning
was taken up with an address from
President Campbell upon the latest
developments in the question of the
University of Oregon appropriation.
The proposed initiative bill, framed
by Judge Bean and Dr. Witherford,
which is to be placed upon the ballot
for the fall elections, in the event of
securring the necessary 9,000 signa
tures, was read by President Camp
bell, and explained fully in its every
detail.
Both Schools to Share Tax.
The bill proposes to place the main
tenance of the University and Agri
cultural College on a millage tax
basis, both schools under a single
and active board of regents of six
members, appointed by the governor.
The bill calls for a tax on the prop
erty of the state of Oregon, valued
at approximately $900,000,000, of .6
of a mill, amounting to $540,000, of
which four-sevenths will go to the
Agricultural College and three-sev
enths to the University. The amounts
according to the above computation
will entitle the Corvallis institution
to $308,571.43, and the University to
$231,428.57 annually. This sum of
money is to constitute the entire sum
for the operation and maintenance of
the two institutions, permitting ad
ditional buildings only when the reg
ular expenses are kept down to a fig
ure which will permit a balance of
suitable proportion for such an out
lay. The plan decided upon to as
sure a building fund, as the needs of
the two schools demand, is to save as
much of the money raised each year
as possible, which sum, added to the
annual appropriation, is expected to
meet the additional needs of the
University and College.
Petitions to be Started at Once.
Another important matter which is
to be taken up under the new gov
erning arrangement, is that of pre
scribing what courses will fall to each
institution, and to avoid as far as
possible any duplication of studies.
The campaign of obtaining the nec
essary signatures to place the new
bill upon the ballot, is to be taken
up and handled by a committee com
posed of W. K. Newell, of Gaston,
Oregon, chairman, Woodson T. Slater,
of Salem, and three other men, whose
names were not given by President
Campbell. Approximately twenty pe
tition forms will be circulated by
students, alumni, and friends of the
University, within the next four
weeks, in the effort to obtain the re
quired number of signatures before
July oth, which is the latest date for
filing an initiative petition. Be
tween nine and ten thousand names
are required, but a safe margin of
Continued on last page.
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NOTICE
Tryouts for the Women’s Tennis
Club will be held the remainder of
this week. Each contestant must
play off her matches by Friday, or
forfeit her place. Girls should ar
range with Miss Perkins, or Mildred
Bagley, for dates as soon as possi
ble. It is desired that the girls who
intend to try out for the Tennis
Club, do not sign up for the Begin
ner’s Tournament until after the re
sults of the tryouts have been an
nounced.
UNIVERSITY IS EXTOLLED
Its Handicap Would be a Detriment
to the State—Prof. Dunn Speaks
for University.
Last Monday evening representa
tives of the Eugene and Springfield
Commercial Clubs gathered in the
Hotel Osburn banquet room in
honor of Joseph H. Young, president
of the Oregon Electric Railway and
his business associates.
During the course of the evening
speeches were given by representa
tives of the commercial bodies and
city officials, as well as President
Young and Judge Carey, chief coun
sel for the Hill lines in Oregon.
In the course or his address,
Judge Carey, himself a college man,
spoke of the University case as fol
lows:
“This occasion affords me oppor
tunity to express the hope that the
people of Oregon will not permit any
interference with the usefulness of
the University. No better invest
ment of the public funds could be
made, as every student that gradu
ates, helps raise the general level of
culture in the state. I think the at
tempt to curtail by laws either the
University or the O. A. C., is a grave
mistake.”
In the absence of President Camp
bell, Prof. F. S. Dunn spoke on be
half of the University. He said in
part, “ There is good reason for the
University to welcome you men.
We have not forgotten your prede
cessor, Henry Villard, nor will we
ever forget his friendship. You men
represent the commercial side of the
state’s development, while the Uni
versity represents the cultural side.
They should always go hand in hand,
and I believe they will.”
During the banquet messages were
received from prominent men over
the state, sending their best wishes
to Eugene and the University.
Setting a new precident the fac
ulty of the University of Washing
ton recently entertained several
members of the faculty, who are
planning on leaving the institution
next year. Among those who will
take up other positions are Edward
O. Sisson, professor of education,
who goes to Reed College, Portland;
James E. Gould, associate professor
of mathematics, who goes to the
University of California; Francis J.
Miller, dean of the forestry school,
who retires to become president of
the Washington Fruit 1 Company;
Paul Weithousse, instructor in Ger
man, who goes to the University of
California; Horace H. Lester, in
structor in physics, who goes to
Princeton; and David Nyvall, profes
sor of Scandinavian languages, who
becomes president of North Park
College, Chicago.
TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP
EASILY CAPTURED BY
TEAM OF SEVEN MEN
BILL'S SPIKE SHOD ATHLETES
TAKE CONFERENCE MEET
WITH SCORE OF 57.
HAWKINS LEADS AS POINT WINNER
Larger Score Might Have Been Made
But for Small Number of Entries
Is Opinion.
Winning ten out of fifteen first
places, and more than doubling the
score of her nearest rival, the Uni
versity of Washington, the Univer
sity of Oregon track team estab
lished its unqualified and unchal
lenged claim as the Pacific Northwest
track champions for 1912, thus re
peating her victory of last year.
The scores made in the meet were
as follows; University of Oregon,
57; University of Washington, 23;
Whitman College, 21; Oregon Agri
cultural College, 18; Washington
State College, 11; University of Ida
ho, 5. Thus it will be seen that Ore
gon’s seven athletes, in addition to
distancing their nearest opponents
better than two to one, with Wash
ington out of it, scored more points
than the other four teams com
bined.
Had the teams not been limited to
seven men, the chances of the lemon
yellow would have been so much the
brighter, for Johns, McGuire, Boylen,
and Stuller, would undoubtedly have
been able to pick up points in the
meet. By a division of Oregon’s
score by the number of her repre
sentatives, it is found that the aver
age for each athlete is eight points.
As a matter of fact, no Oregon man
who was entered scored less than
five points. Hawkins led with 15,
McClure secured 11, Captain Kellogg
10, Latourette 6, Huggins 5, Neill 5,
Williams 5. Another significant fact
is that Oregon secured first place in
every event in which she entered.
Hawkins ran both the high and low
hurdles in fast time, breasting the
tape in 15 2-5 and 25 3-5 seconds, re
spectively, and thereby forcing the
Olympic games committee to re-con
sider his name for the American
team, with the result that his ap
pointment has been announced. Mc
Clure, Oregon’s other Olympic candi
date, again demonstrated his versa
tility by winning the two-mile run
in 10 minutes 9 3-5 seconds, and the
half in two minutes flat. In the mile
he lay back in third place, while
Huggins took the race from Wil
liams of O. A. C. in 4:43 3-5.
Bob Kellog captured the hammer
I throw and shot put, but failed to
place in the discus. Neill and Wil
liams annexed their specialties, as
was expected. Sap Latourette came
through with his two seconds to
Hawkins in the hurdles.
Among the noteworthy records
made by alien athletes was the jump
I of Bowman, of Washington, when
! he tied the Northwest record of 6
feet 1-4 inch, Bakers time in the
finals of the hundred of 10 seconds
flat, and the performance of Bloom
quist, of Whitman, when he led Wal
ters, the O. A. C. quartermiler, to the
tape in 50 3-5 seconds.