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V'OL XIV.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 12, 1012.
No. 37
AGITATION AGAINST
WEARING OF EVENING
DRESS SUIT APPEARS
SOPHOMORES PAY TAX BUT CAN
NOT DANCE BECAUSE THEY
HAVEN’T CORRECT
TOO EXPENSIVE IS ARGUMENT
Wearing of Clothes Should
Be Optional, Declares Bailey of
Senior Class.
With the approach of the first of
the University formal dances, a wave
of democracy has spread among a
number of the students giving rise, in
this particular instance, to a demand
that full dress suits be placed on the
ban. This reform has been recently
considered by the students of the
University of Washington. Here the
action has yet taken no definite shape.
However, it probably comes too late
to have any affect on this first af
fair.
“I believe that dress suits should
be eliminated from the Freshman
Glee and the Sophomore Hop,” said
Carleton Spencer, president of the
Student Body, yesterday, when asked
for his opinion as to whether dress
suits should be worn at underclass
dances. Continuing, he added, “The
reason for this is that Oregon has al
ways stood for simplicity and dem
ocracy.”
Don Rice, editor of the 1914 Ore
gana, thought that “Dress suits are
above the average student?. A great
many are unable to afford them and
for that reason I think the underclass
dances, anyway should be informal.”
“It is unfair,” said President Har
desty of the Sophomore class, “to re
ouire a Sophomore to pay his dues
for this dance and then at the same
time make it impossible for many to
sro because they have no dress suit.
T could name a number of fellows who
will not attend without a dress suit
for fear of being criticised. This is
also an added expense for the girls.
They must have dresseg to corres
pond.”
Ed Bailey, president of the Senior
class, was not so much in favor of
abolishing the “pesky things,” but
thontrht. “it should be optional with
evp’-v one as to what they should I
wear.” However, President Prosser, ■
of the Freshman class, took an oppo
sif-o view for he thought that, “dress
suits are bought by many fellows un
able to acord them and also that many
stay away because of the same rea
son.”
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FACULTY CUT-RULE CUTS
NUMBER OF CUTS IN HALF
Sixty on December 2. and Twenty
seven for December 9, Show
Effect of Edict.
Monday, December 2, sixty cuts.
Monday, December 9, twenty-seven
cuts, is the apparent result of the new
Faculty ruling: imposing: a fine of one
sixteenth of a semester hour for each
absence. The edict went into effect
December 9. and if the attendance on
the beginning: day can be taken as a
criterion, the fear of losing: college
credits is already operating: to cause
a reduction in the number of absences
against which the University profes
sors have been complaining.
It has been argued, however, that
the comparison of the attendance on
these two particular dates is an un
fair test of the efficiency of the new
ruling, as many of the absences on
December 2, might have been caused
by students returning late from the
Thanksgiving vacation.
SOPHS WILL SPRING
SURPRISE IT PARTY
Electrical Progam to Announce the
Numbers—Grand March Starts
At 8:30 Sharp.
A new feature in class dances will
appear Saturday evening, when the
Sophomores give the first formal class
dance of the season in the Gymna
sium. The time honored custom of
featuring the class numerals will be
set aside, and the decorations will be
holly, mistletoe and evergreens, sug
gestive of the approaching holiday
season and the Chirstmas spirit.
In order to avoid the usual confu
sion before each dance, the decora
tion committee has devised an elec
trically illuminated program, which
will flash a half minute or so before
each dance. This, if observed by the
men, will allow each to remain with
his partner until his successor ar
rives. The sign will be placed in the
alcove where the piano usually
stands.
The Grand March will commence
promptly at 8:30. There will be no
admission and the Sophomores as
hosts promise a good time to every
one, with plenty of punch thrown in.
The patrons and patronesses will
be: President and Mrs. P. L. Camp
bell, Professor and Mrs. J. F. Bovard,
Professor and Mrs. R. H. Dearborn,
Miss Guppy and Mrs. Pennell.
Delta Delta Delta initiated Satur
day: Edith Still of Milton, Lulu Kins
ley of Condon, and Leola Ball of As
toria, as new members.
FORGET YOU ARE A WOMAN, MISS
BAER TELLS CO-ED JOURNALISTS
(By Nellie Hemenway.)
“If you have ever deluded yourself
into thinking you have temperament,
do your best to recover at once,’’ ad
vised Leone Cass Baer, dramatic edi
tor of the Oregonian, chatting with
the ardent “would-be’s” yesterday af
ternoon. “Temperament doesn’t suc
ceed in the newspaper game. Person
ally I can’t believe it is that that suc
ceeds anywhere, for my interpretation
of it is, temperament is merely a form
of biliousness or a manifestation of
just plain temper.”
Do you begin to get her attitude on
life? She is a clear eyed vivacious
person “with a chin,” who never
laughs at her own frequent jokes.
She has a pithy, crisp, “Leone-Cass
Baer-way” of saying things coupled
with a tremendous willingness to learn
from any and all,—and a vital ambiti
ousness. And there is no ambition in
the world that could help functioning
with a chin like that to back it up.
\ It’s a wonderful chin, just as round
and smooth and “right there” looking
as any chin you’ve ever seen. Be
! sides all these things and many others,
she is endowed with intuition.
Miss Baer fell into the newspaper
game, as it were; or, perhaps it was
that the dramatic editorship just
swooped down out of the blue skj and
lit on her. She spoke of the hardships
of journalism, but her attitude indi
cates that hardships have a way of
disintegrating before certain kinds of
people.
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PERFECTION ONLY POSSIBLE AFTER THOROUGH TRIAL — TEAM
WELL DRILLED AND CHANGE OF COACHES IS
DANGEROUS, SAY GRADUATES IN A
LETTER FROM PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 12.—At
the meeting: of the University Alumni
of Portland, the “Graduate Coach
i System" recently adopted by the Uni
versity was thoroughly discussed and
the following resolution was adopted
favoring the retention of the system
and advocating its being given an ab
solute and thorough trial:
“Resolved, That we, the Portland
Alumni of the University of Oregon,
go on record as approving the “Grad
uate Coach System” recently adopted
by the University, and recommend
that it be given a thorough trial,
so that it may be demonstrated con
clusively that it is either a success or
a failure.”
This question was very carefully
considered by the members of the as
sociation and received their unanim
ous approval. The members felt that
the team this year was as strong and
as well coached as any team we have
had in the last four years, and that
all that is now lacking is the perfec
tion of the system. This perfection
can only be attained after a few
years of trial and development. This
year’s experiment proved that no mis
take had been made. The experiment
should be continued until it becomes
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a satisfactory system, which outcome
is inevitable, if the present policy is
pursued.
It is a well known fact that by con
tinually changing coaches, satisfactory
results cannot be obtained. The last
four years demontrated this fact. In
hiring an outside coach, the manage
ment takes a big chance of getting a
good man, and if a mistake is made, |
it is discovered only after it is too
late for any change. Then in making
a change another chance will be taken.
The man with the reputation will of
ten prove unsatisfactory and turn out
a poorly drilled team.
The team of this year under the
new “system” proved as well-drilled
as any of the past four seasons. We
are unanimous in the feeling that no
mistake has been made, and certainly
advocate the “Graduate Coach Sys
tem” being tried again, and hope for
even more satisfactory results.
The special committee appointed by
the Alumni to forward this communi
cation to the University Athletic
Council, which meets tomorrow to
consider the graduate coaching sys
tem, is composed of M. W. Hawkins,
C. N. McArthur, John R. Latourette.
SOPHS AND JUNIORS
HEAR GLASS REPORT
Grout Explains Subscription Scheme—
Numerals and Debate Challenge
Concerns Class of ’15.
President Del Stannard called the
junior class meeting to order in Pro
fessor Dunn’s room in Deady Hall.
Alva Grout, as subscription man
ager of the Oregana, outline his can
vass to be made this week and next.
This plan was approved.
Professor E. E. DeCou, class ad
visor, spoke on the necessity of hearty
co-operation with the Oregana staff,
to insure the early publication of the
vear book, which he thought impera
tive. In regard to the class hour, he
advised immediate preparation for
what he considered as a growing in
stitution in the University.
At the Sophomore meeting, reports
were received and accepted from the
dance committee and from the class
house committee. The latter commit
tee, however, refused to divulge the
nature of its action, keeping the pro
ceedings a secret even from the Soph
omores.
A discussion followed concerning
the awarding of class numerals. Tom
mv Boylen took the lead, declaring
himself as being unfavorable to
awarding numerals to those who re
fuse to train for the inter-class meets
but who, through mere good fortune,
1 win enough events to obtain a num
eral. No action was taken on the
matter.
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PROFESSOR REDDIE READS
SELECTIONS TO EUTAXIANS
On Tuesday evening the Eutaxians
met in Dr. Shafer’s room. The entire
program was devoted to a talk by
Professor Reddie. He first pave two
readings in the Canadian-French
dialect and concluded by selections
from “Cyrano de Berguae” by Ros
tand.
The next meeting of the Eutaxians
will be a social one at the Lambda
Rho house on December 17.
ALLIE GROUT SOLICITS
ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS
Personal Canvass to be Made Among
College Students—Engraving
Contracts Not Let.
Alva Grout, chairman of the com
mittee to solicit advance subscrip
tions for the Oregana, has appointed
the following men to act as his as
sistants: Dal King will have charge
of the Dormitory, Alfred Collier, the
Oregon Club, while Grout himself
will visit the sorority and fraternity
houses.
In speaking of his plans, Mr. Grout
said: “We intend to make a personal
canvass and will endeavor to see
everybody. We expect to start our
work the last of this week and 1
wish to be quoted as saying, an abso
lutely accurate account of the number
of books sold in each fraternity and
sorority house will be kept, and this
list will be given to the Emerald for
publication.”
Manager Hawley said, he had not
let the contract for me engraving for
this year’s Oregana, but is holding
the contracts for additional bids.
YOUNG MUST DO TEN DAYS
HARD WORK ON EMERALD
“Guilty” was the verdict returned
in the trial of “Dutch” Young,
charged with permitting libelous mat
ter in the Emerald’s news, on account
of the Dorm Club’s Thanksgiving
dance. Judge Pickett immediately (
passed sentence of ten days hard la-1
bor on the Emerald. Great confusion
and excitement followed the announce-'
ment of the sentence; some congra-j
tulated the prisoner on his light sen- ^
tence, while others denounced the'
jury as unwarranted in convicting the
prisoner.
The concluding session of the court
was more stormy than the preceding,
and frequently the sergeant-at-arms
was called upon to secure order and i
attention among the jury.
VERDANT STAGE JOHNNIES >1 LUST
FIND USE FOR FRESHMAN HEADGEAR
l’retty Chorus Maid Barters Three
Long Soul Kisses for Ffty Cent
Green Cap.
A classy chorus lady of the Valeska
Suratt troupe approached two Fresh
men stake door Johnnies lurking in
the alley back of the Eugene opera
house last night, and made overtures
for the possession of the green caps
which the verdant ones had perched
on the backs of their heads. The re
quest for “one of those cute little
green caps” elicited an emphatic de
nial from the older Freshman, but the
younger of the twain smiled a smile
so foolish in its amorous purport that
the dancer was moved to further ad
vances.
“I’ll tell you what I’ll do,” she re
marked, “I'll teach you the soul kiss
for that lid.” The Freshman held out
for more, but at last capitulated, and
was given his lesson in three long
drawn soulful osculations. Incident
ally, he has been heard to express the
wish for the opportunity to barter
more caps for the same price.
HANDBALL PLATERS
DISPLAY MORE LIFE
Dormitory and Sigma Chi Take Easy
Games—Phi Delta Theta and
Sigma Nu Eliminated.
The teams in the inter-fraternity
handball league have been showing
more “pep” lately, several games hav
ing been played during the last few
days.
The Sigma Chi team of Charles
Fowler and Gwyn Watson defeated
Carlyle Geisler and Arthur Crawford,
the Phi Delta Theta representatives,
in 21 to 5 and 21 to 2 games. Elliott
Roberts and Kenneth Reed, the Dor
mitory team, won easily from Walter
McClure and Fred Barbour, the Alpha
Tau Omega team, in 21 to 0 and 21 to
2 games. The Dormitory won from
Phi Delta Theta, by default. Three
games remain to be played in the pre
liminary round; Kappa Sigma vs. Phi
Gamma Delta, December 12; Avava
vs. Oregon Club, December 13, and the
Alpha Tau Omega vs. Kappa Sigma
game, which was scheduled for the
first game on the schedule, but was
postponed and will be played Friday.
In order to qualify for the second
round, a team must win one of its
two games in the first round. Sigma
Nu and Phi Delta Theta are the only
teams thus far eliminated from the
race.
■Many entries have been received
for the inter-class games.
PORTLAND LAW SCHOOL
CONVENES MOOT COURT
CONSIDERING AUTO CASE
ALEXANDER, RANKIN, HAW
KINS, COLLIER, ANI) MARTIN
SIT IN SEATS OF
JUSTICES
‘A’ WOULD ATTACH B’S' AUTO
Tenents in Marquam Huildinj- Will
Have Rights Passed on
Next Week.
By R. Burns Powell.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON LAW
DEPARTMENT, Portland, Ore.. Dec.
11.—Moot court convened Monday
night as the Oregon supreme court
to consider the case of A, who pur
chased four automobile tires from B,
an auto garage proprietor, and who
was objecting to an attachment being
placed on his machine for the pur
chase price of the tires. Student
Body President, Jim Alexander, Mer
win Rankin, Martin Hawkins, Collier,
and Martin, sat as justices. Aaron
Frank and C. G. Schneider were at
torneys for the respondent A. Moores
and Nelson acted for the appellent. B.
The case waxed warm, and code and
statute citations were thrown at the
judges in such number and manner
by th eembryonic attorneys, that at
the conclusion of an hour of pleading,
these dignitaries filed out of the court
room, armed with all the law books
bearing on the subject, to thrash the
case out in secret. Their decision,
rendered thirty minutes later, in favor
of the appellant, was later reversed
by Coach Judge Otto Kraemer for
reasons unintelligible to laymans’
minds, and to the minds of many
“would-be” lawyers.
The case set for trial next Monday
will deal with the rights of tenants of
the collapsed Marquam building to ac
tion for damages against the property
owners. Austin Flegel and Newton
Smith will represent the tenants, Jim
Alexander and C. A. Martin the prop
erty owners.
Secretary Gillard is endeavoring to
introduce athletics into the school as
a student body activity. At present
he has a basketball squad of some
fifteen men at work and led them to
their first slaughter last Friday night,
when they were annihilated by the
Multnomah Club tossers by a score
of 70 to 2. (“Annihilated” is good, for
the “Laws” are extremely reluctant
to being led into any more match
games.) The busy secretary is also
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LEONE CASS BAER IS SPEAKER
(By Mary A. Smith.)
“Temperament,” said Miss Leone
Cass Boer, “is an attack of billious
ness. If you have that malady, get
rid of it at once, if you expect to
make good in the newspaper work.” '
Miss Baer, dramatic editor and i
critic of the Oregonian, spoke to the j
students of the Journalism depart
ment of the University at 3 P. M.,|
in McClure Hall. She was kept busy I
the rest of the afternoon, however,!
answering questions asked by those
in the department and others inter
ested, Miss Baer said of Women in
newspaper work, “All a woman on a
paper has to do, is to lay aside her:
feminity and go into the work the
same as a man. There is no man on
earth who makes a better pal than
the newspaper man, but a woman
must be prepared to meet him on his
own ground. Women have been a
failure in the work so far because they
keep their ears and eyes open for
everythin# that goes on in the office.
They become offended if a man
smokes or swears. These things go
on all the time, and if a woman can't
stand them, she had better not aortic
to the newspaper office for a job '!
Miss Baer told of her own succe's
in the newspaper world. “I haven't
a position." she said, “d have a .job
that any woman can get, if she cun
do better work.”
V\’h“n asked if an educational qua’:
ticati n was necessary, Miss Bac
sard. "A person does not need an edu
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