The University Welcomes the Members of the State Press Association
VOL XIV.
EUGENE. OREGON. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14. 1912.
No. 25
UNIVERSITY FACULTY
REPLIES TO ATTACKS
ON POSTING SYSTEM
PROFESSORS SHOW DATA TO
DISPROVE CHARGE OF DIS
CRIMINATION
PROFESSORS SEEK TO JUSTIFY ACTIONS
President Campbell and Registrar Tif
fany Say Reports Exaggerated—
No Men Off Team Now.
“The whole matter is greatly exag
gerated,” said President Campbell
speaking of the football posting system
this afternoon. “I have, myself, per
sonally investigated nearly every case
where a man has been kept off the
team on account of posting, and in
every case there was no doubt that
the man was down in his work, as he
himself admitted. All of the men are
back now. Only one was kept off
more than a few days.”
Registrar A. R. Tiffany produced
his records and showed that a total of
five first squad men have been posted
during the entire season. “In every
case but one the men were back
in a few days.” he said. Only once
has a man been kept out of a game
by a post received less than a week
before a game. There is no tenden
cy on the part of the Faculty to work
against the best interests of the
school. The men who were posted
are either poor students or fail to
work, and they are always given ev
ery chance to get back on. This talk
of the Faculty putting the team on
the blink is absolutely unfounded.”
“I do not keep track of whether or
not a man in my department is play
ing football,” said Dr. Shafer, when
asked in regard to the posting sys
tem’s effect on athletes. “That has
nothing to do with the work required,”
he continued. “If any student is not
doing the work that he should, he is
posted. If it happens to be a mem
ber of the football team, it’s up to
him to keep up his work.”
“The posting system is all right.”
said Dr. Conklin, “but every student
should be held up to the same stand
ard which is required of the football
man.”
“My experience with football men
here has been very meager,” he con
tinued, “for I have had very few in
my classes in the two years which 1
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KAPPA ALPHA THETA
DEFEATS LAMBDA RHO
Gamma Phi Beta Eliminated From
Series by Beth Reah—Score
22 to 20.
Kappa Alpha Theta outplayed
Lambda Rho two to one in the first
exciting game of the inter-sorority
series Tuesday afternoon, winning by
a score of 25 to 12. Bess Cowden and
Hazel Rader, the Theta guards, shot
nine and three baskets respectively,
while Janet Young and Angela Young,
Lambda Rhos, annexed four and one
in the order named.
The game was fast and snappy and
there was no time for either players
or spectators to relax.
Wednesday evening the Gamma Phi
Betas suffered defeat by the close
score of 22 to 20 at the hands of the
Beth Reahs, in their elimination
game. As two defeats result in elim
ination, Gamma Phi will not play
again, having been defeated by Lamb
da Rho Monday evening.
WOMEN S COUNCIL APPOINTS
BABY SHOW COMMITTEES
The committees for the Baby Party
to be held November 22, have been
appointed by the Woman’s Council as
follows: Invitations, Ruth Beach,
Minnie Holman, and Helen Ramage;
posters, Vera Redmond. Eleanor Mc
Claine, Margaret Powell, and Grace
Hartley; entertainment, Lucille Da
vis, Josephine Moorehead, Elizabeth
Busch, Mae Norton, Carin Deger
mark, Zella Soults, and Hazel Mc
Kowan; refreshments, Pearl Horner,
Hazel Tooze, Vesta Holt, and Verena
Black; prizes, Hilda Brandt, Mildred
Whittlesey. Maude Mastick.
The committees are requested to
meet at once and arrange their work.
All the girls of the University are in
vited to attend, and will be expected
to appear in costime fitted to their
age in the institution.
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Dr. Sweetland, coach of Willamette
University, who held one of the yard
sticks at the Washington-O. A. C. con
test, bitterly excoriated Carlson, one
of the announcers, whom he alleged
violated all the rules of fair play at
frequent intervals by giving advice
to his former team-mates, the Ag
gies, under the guise of performing
official duties.
MR.BATES’ STENOGRAPHER, ON SLY, GIVES
LINE ON LECTURE ON OREGON’S BEAUTIES
No man can be a hero to his own
valet, it is said, but Philip S. Bates,
who is to show a splendid collection
of stereopticon views in Professor
Stafford’s lecture room tomorrow
night, is a “big noise” in the honest
opinion of the stenographer who took
Mr. Bates’ dictation of a letter Pro
fessor Allen received this morning. A
little note slipped into the envelope
gave the “inside dope.” “Mr. Bates
is too backward about coming for
ward,” it said, “and this is put in by
the stenographer for what it is
worth.”
Mr. Bates has more than 200 beau
tiful colored views of wonderful bits
of Oregon scenery, now inaccessible
because of the state’s lack of roads.
There are other pictures that show at
a glance the worst and the best that
has been done here in highway build
ing. The lecturer, who is secretary
of the State Press Association and
editor of the Pacific Northwest, a
leading farm journal, holds that the
greatest undeveloped resources of the
state is its scenery, which should
make it the Switzerland of America
and bring in as big an income as its
farms.
Mr. Bates is special representative
of the United States Department of
Agriculture’s Public Roads Office for
Oregon; secretary and treasurer of
the Oregon Association for Highway
Improvement, and Secretary of the
Oregon Threshers’ Association, which
is also a strong good roads organiza
tion.
No charge for admission will be
made. The lecture will begin at 8
o’clock. This entertainment is a cour
tesy offered to the Faculty and stu
dents by the State Editorial Associa
tion. and the department of journal
ism regards it as highly advisable
that the University show its apprecia
tion in a practical way, by furnishing
a standing-room-only audience.
STUDENT ACTORS REPORT ALL IN READINESS
FOR SUCCESSFUL PRODUCTION OF “THE CLOUDS
Strepsiades directing Phidipides to th e Thinking Shop of Socrates; Villard
Hall, Saturd ay evening.
With the scenery complete, the cos
tumes here, and the last rehearsal
scheduled for this evening, “The j
Clouds,” the first student dramatic j
effort of this year, awaits the pro- j
verbial rise of the curtain in Villard |
Hall, Saturday evening, at 8:15
o’clock.
Everything has been done to make
the play a success, according to Man
ager Walter Dimm this morning.
“The ticket sale has been good,” he
said. “Reports from the ticket sell
I ers indicate that we will have a good
crowd.”
Reports from the student actors,
the faculty members connected with
the production, and from the com
pany’s press agents, indicate that the
performance will be par excellance.
“Its pretty rich all right,” said Al
fred Skei, one of the leading charac
ters in the play, who continued, “its
on a par with Shakespeare’s best
work.”
Professor Straub, who has been in
strumental in the production of the
comedy, said, “No one, not even a
student, should miss ‘The Clouds.’ It
is a treat.”
Professor Reddie had nothing to
say in regard to the performance, al
though it is known that he has taken
the part of Russel Calkins, the role
of Phipades, on account of the for
mer’s incapacity.
COMPARATIVE STANDING OF OREGON AND WASHINGTON
TEAMS
Probable Line Up.
Washington.
Wt.
165
225
180
180
182
180
168
170
127
160
160
Age. Exper. Player.
21 2 I radshaw
4 Bailey
1 McClelland
Oregon.
Wt. Age. Exper. Player.
Position.
L. E. R. 167 21 1 Hunt
L. T. R. 180 21 3 Bliss
L. G. R. 183 23 4 Griffiths
1 Caufield C. 175 22 4 Presley
1 Cook R. G. L. 185 21 1 Anderson
3 Fenton R. T. L. 185 21 3 Patton
1 Grout R. E. L. 167 22 1 Leader
3 Hall Q. 162 19 1 Young
1 Cornell L. H. R. 165 21 1 Dorman
1 Parsons R. H. L. 178 21 1 Jacquot
4 Walker F. 180 19 1 Shiel
Average weight, Washington line, 177 pounds; Oregon line, 181.
Average weight, Washington backfield, 171 pounds; Oregon back
field, 157.
Substitutes for Washington, Clark, Bruce, Devine, Miller, Chap
man, Gallagher.
Substitutes for Oregon, Briedwell, Heusner, Soden, Fariss, Hol
den, Hartsuck, Jones, Anusen.
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LOADS OF MAIL COME
TO JOURNALISM DEPT.
“This is almost as pood as a rail
way postoffice,” said Professor Allen,
of the Journalism department yester
day morning, as Janitor Tracy, of
McClure Hall, brought in nearly a
clothes basket full of mail, including
papers and correspondence.
Nearly 45 daily and weekly news
papers are being received by the de
partment every day, among them the
London Times, Telegraph, and Man
chester Guardian. The students in
the first year class nave as part of
their course the work of keeping the
files of papers up to date. A study
of the policies and general character
istics of the papers is included in this
work.
Over fifteen hundred couples at
tended the masked ball at the Uni
versity of Kansas, October 31. Many
unique costumes were displayed.
DON’T PLAY WITH KITTY:
YOU MAY REGRET IT
Students in Zoology Find That Felines
Hear Many Types of Germs and
Diseases.
Kittens may be nice playthings for
•hildren, but according to statements
'rom the Department of Zoology, a
package of “rough-on-rats” would be
10 less dangerous. The students un
icr Professor Bovard, Professor of
Zoology, recently have been dissect
ng cats as part of their laboratory
.vork and have made interesting dis
■overies. The feline specimens are
irone to bear large families of par
asitic forms of life. In one cat re
cently examined, no less than 20 dif
‘erent parasites were discovered. The
uost common of these is the tape
worm, one or more of which nearly
?very child’s kitty is the possessor.
According to Professor Bovard,
these parasitic diseases, through their
?ggs and germs, are readily transfer-!
able, especially when the child brings
the mouth of the cat in contact with
its own.
From another point of view is the
[•at a source of disease. According to
Professor Bovard nearly every speci
men which he examines, has tubercul
osis. He does not undertake to state
positively that this is a source of the
disease to the human being. But from
the fact that rats are considered
spreaders of tuberculoses, this much
may be inferred.
From a bacteriological standpoint
the animals are equally apt to be
dangerous, especially if their habits
allow them to look for their food in
refuse barrels.
MEMBERS OF WOMEN'S
COUNCIL ARE SELECTED
The members of the Women’s Coun
cil, recently selected, are, Miss Ruth
Guppy, Eleanor McClaine, Mildred
Whittlesey, Pearl Horner, Lucille Da
vis, Mae Norton, Elizabeth Busch,
Carin Degermark, Margaret Powell,
Minnie Holman, Helen Ramage,
Lena Newton, Vesta Holt, Hazel Me
Kowan, Zella Soults, Verena Black,
Grace Hartley.
The aim of the council is given as
the constant betterment of the spirit
of the University, to develop a sense
of individual responsibility in the col
lege women, and to take steps by
which the social standing of the Uni
versity may be kept at a high stand
ard.
The council will meet next Friday.
Regular meetings are scheduled for
every second Friday of the month.
Utah University practically won the
Rocky Mountain football champion
ship by their victory over the Mon
tana eleven last Saturday.
BIG SQUAD DEPARTS
TO BUTTLE DOBiE’S
ELEVEN AT SEATTLE
NINETEEN PLAYERS WITH THE
COACH AND TRAINER LEAVE
THIS MORNING
LAST PRACTICE IS BRILLIAN
Huy ward's Charges in Perfect Shape
—Seven Substitutes Are Taken
for Game.
The Oregon football squad of nine
teen men, accompanied by Coach
Pinkham and Trainer Hayward, left
this morning, at 10:55, for Seattle,
where they will meet the University
of Washington Saturday afternoon.
The final practice yesterday con
sisted of a long and fast signal prac
tice and a short scrimmage between
the first and second teams. The var
sity showed the best form of the sea
son, their plays being executed with
speed and accuracy. Features of the
practice were the successful use of
the forward pass and the punting of
Fenton. Rut few fumbles were made.
The squad leaves in perfect condi
tion. Injuries this season have been
few, due doubtless to the good condi
tioning given the men by Trainer
Ilayward. In the conference games
so far this season, not an Oregon man
has been removed because of injuries,
and time has never been taken out.
Oregon is the only college in the
Northwest who can boast of this rec
ord.
Coach Pinkham refused to give the
first line up, but the following will
probably be the team that will start
the game for Oregon: Caufield, cen
ter; McClelland and Fenton, guards;
Bailey and Grout, tackles; Bradshaw
and Hall ends; Cornell, quarter; Cook,
full; Parsons and Captain Walker,
halves.
In addition the following men are
being taken as substitutes: Briedwell,
Heusner, Anunsen, Jones, Hartsuck,
Holden, and Soden.
In last Sunday’s Oregonian, Dud
ley Clarke, the former Oregon full
back, now playing with the Multno
mah Club, has published a long ar
ticle giving advice on how to play
the fullback position.
The women of the University of
Wisconsin are asking for a woman’s
| athletic field.
PRESENT NORTHWEST LEAGUE MAY DIVIDE
AFTER COLLEGE CONFERENCE DECEMBER 19
The <|ue.stion of dividing the six
conference basketball teams into two |
triangular leagues will be considered
at the annual meeting of the North- i
west college conference, to be held
in Spokane, December 19, 20, 21. Two
delegates from each of the six insti
tutions concerned will be present, and
an attempt will be made to settle the
matter definitely.
The proposed plan is advocated
mainly for economy. By including
Oregon, Washington and the Oregon
Agricultural College in one league, j
and Whitman, Washington State Col
lege and the University of Idaho in
the other, it is argued that each of
the two leagues can decide on its
best team with a minimum of trav
eling expenses. The winner of the
W. S. C.-Whitman-ldaho league would
then play the winner of the other
league and so settle "he champion
ship. The teams of the Eastern
league would all be located within a
lew miles of each other and only one
team would have to make a long trip.
This new arrangement would be cheap
er by saving the many long trips from
the Eastern schools. So far both Ore
gon and Washington authorities have
opposed this plan.
In addition to the regular work of
the conference on schedules, it is ex
pected that legislation will be enacted
to cover in a more specific manner,
the question of professional and ama
teur standing among the athletes of
the conference. A new rule will be
introduced to prohibit in the future
the playing of Haskell, Carlisle, or
any such undergraduates, without ap
plication of the one year rule which
is in force in regard to degree insti
tutions of the country.