OREGON EMERALD
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Kditor-in-Chief.Karl W. Onthank
Managing Editor.Franklin S. Alias
News Editor,.Henry Fowler
City Editor.Harold Young
Assistant Editor. .. .Carleton K. Spencer
Special Department*
Sporting Editor,.Mason H. Roberts
Assistant .Thomas Boylen
Co-Ed. Sporting Editor, Nellie Hemenway
Administration . .Clarence Brotlierton
Assistant .lames Donald
Society Editor .Elizabeth Lewis
Assistant .May Smith
Literary and Dramatic . . A. H. Davies
Exchange.Dal Xing
Features. Iceland Hendricks
Law School.R. Burns Powell
News Editor’s Staff.
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Tula Kingsley Robert Farias
City Editor’s Staff
Jessup Stranjf
Wallace Kakln
Maurice Hill
luitori Ackerson
Klmer Kurusett
Arthur Crawford
Evelyn Harding
Beatrice Hilly,
(’larence Ash
Janet Young
Alice Farnsworth
Beatrice Hocke
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.Clyde Altchlson
.Halph Allen
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.Frank Dudley
Saturday, January 11, 1913.
ABOLISH DEBATE?
Last night, when the University de
baters were striving for places on
the intercollegiate teams, and for the
Alumni medal awarded annually to
the best individual debater, they ad
dressed an audience of six judges, one
housemother, and from one to eight
students.
Nor did any one seem surprised or
particularly giieved at the showing.
“1 had rather do most anything than
listen to a debate, it’s an awful
bore,” replied in substance numerous
students when asked if they were go
ing, or had gone. Students no longer
take an active interest in debate.
This is true all over the country.
The reason is not hard to find.
People read nowadays. Public speak
ing is rapidly passing out of exist
ence. Audiences do not gather to hang
on the words of orators as they did a
few decades ago, in the days of Lin
coin and Dougins for instance. A few
men, like Roosevelt and Bryan, draw
great crowds. But these come to see
rather than to hear. The newspaper
has supplanted the public speaker.
The Student Body goes behind
financially on debate every year. It
is no longer of interest to University
students, as the lack of competition
for places on the teams, (lie dying
condition of the Laurean Society, and
the almost total lack of attendance
at the debate last night showed defin
itely.
Is there no way to popularize de
bate, to make it once more interesting
to University people? \nd if there
is not. why support a student activity
in which there is no longer any stu
dent interest?
'fhe Emerald's columns are open
for suggestions.
Wl'i roMK, K AIT \ K VITA
(iAMM \!
'Ilif llmerald extend p reeting's to
Kappa Kappa (Jammu This latest
addition to the (Jreek circle at Oregon
means mueli to the standing of the
1'niveisity of the mi in die fratern
ity of American coll. res. Kappa
Kappa tJamma h: dways stood for
the highest lypt of young woman,
hood, and the In t • ra re is in college
life. An organi alien which has
such an atmosphere an asset to any
college (P, aeaili . ' one. Kappa
Kappa (Jammu.
T h I V. I eeturer to Hoar Cos
tume.
' '1 ■ '.ary just
ret ■ net 'on S:. m u ill ak to the
women of the lTd\i ■ -ity at the Shack
next Monday at ! -VI -ok In order
to make tt 1 interesting
and out of i . ■ • y. Miss Car
rotlo i- v\ ’l • i; Siam costume.
Her 1: w ! e lih ,i’!\ teisporced
with a1 ecdoi. .a I h- points of
inter, st pa ... 1 a i . i - >• missionary
wo!k then H Y U C. A. has
charge f the m« ,1 i expect
ing a t f University
women.
Miss Mabel Cooper. ’10. is now re
siding at olfi N Uo k street. Centra
lia, Washington
Laurcan meet
ing has been postponed one week on
account of Smith-1’ahhin meeting.
Announcements
Illustrated Lecture—By Professor
F. S. Dunn on “Pallas Athena,” Tues
day, 4:00 p. m., in Professor Sweet
ser’s room, Deady Hall.
Reception—A reception will be giv
en by Kappa Kappa Gamma, Sunday
afternoon from 3 until 5 o’clock, to
meet the installing officers of the
fraternity.
Y. W. C. A.—Miss Carrothers, a re
turned missionary, will address the
women of the University at the
Shack next Monday afternoon. She
will appear in costume.
Smith-Bobbin Meetings—Hear the
’’Great Speaker to Men” in Villard
Hall Tuesday evening. January 14, at
7 o’clock sharp. International Asso
ciation Quartette will sing. Basket
ball game postponed until 8:30 for
address. Admission free.
Y. VV. C. A. Meeting—Will hold its
regular meeting Monday afternoon,
at 4 o’clock, at the Shack.
Glee Club practice—President Fra
zier calls a meeting of all the Glee
Club men for Monday afternoon, at
4 o’clock, in Villard Hall. Practice.
Basketball—Game Monday evening
with Idaho will commence at 8 o’clock.
Game Tuesday evening will com
mence at 8:30 o’clock, to accommo
date the Smith-Robbin meeting.
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December 14, 1012.
The regular meeting of the Execu
tive Council was called to order by
President Spencer. Flora Dunham,
editor of the Monthly, gave a brief
report of the work of the Monthly
and of the possibility of its carrying
its own weight for the rest of the
year. Ralpl Cake, as manager, gave
a report of the expenditures of the
Monthly, and of its assets and lia
bilities, showing that up to date its
liabilities exceeded its assets. He ex
plained how its assets might be in
creased. Andrew Collier, manager of
the Emerald, reported that the Em
erald was making money each issue,
and showed what prospects it had of
continuing to do so. Karl Onthank,
editor of the Emerald, stated what
he considered would he the ultimate
result of uniting the Oregon Monthly
with the Emerald as a supplement.
A motion was made and carried
that the Oregon Monthly be continued
under the same editor and staff as at
present, but under the manager of
the Emerald.
Meeting adjourned.
ELIZABETH BUSCH,
Secretary.
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Semi finals in the inter-fraternity
basketball sink's will start next W’ed
lunsilay, January la, after an inter
nnssion of two weeks, during which
time the start of tlio University prac
tice has hold the center of attention.
One came will be played each day
during the rest of the week, the
games being played at the usual time,
except Thursday, when the game has
been scheduled tor , o clock in the
evening. Saturday, the game will be
played at 1 o’clock in the afternoon,
so not to conflict with the dance in
the evening. The management has
announced that the games will be
called promptly at the time set, no
delays being countenanced.
The Oregon Club and Sigma Chi
will clash, Wednesday afternoon.
Thursday evening the Oormitory and
kappa Sigma will play, while Sigma
N'u and I'hi C.ammn Delta will play
Friday afternoon ot next week.
The Saturday _ afternoon attraction
will be between Alpha Tati Omega
and the winner of the Sigma N’u Phi
Gamma Oelta match the day before.
The final game for the champion
ship will be held out as a preliminary
to some one of the conference games
to be played here.
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Mi l SIMS’ POS1 I’lON
(Continued from First Page!
game. The portlj coach is probably
trying to keep pace with Dr. Stewart
of O. A O., who was first in the field
this year with the hard luck howl of
green men and injured players.
SOCIETY
BY BESS LEWIS
By Bess Lewis.
The social calendar for this week
end is crowded to the limit. However,
this is not a forerunner of a strenu
ous winter social season, but merely
a finale before the pre-examination
lull which is in accordance with the
Faculty ruling, which prohibits any
festivities for a month previous to
the examinations. The Phi Delta
Theta Glee Club dance, the Avava
“formal,” and the Kappa Kappa
Gamma installation have made this
week-end one round of pleasurable ex
citement.
The Pan-Hellenic Association
gave a reception ' at the Delta
Delta Delta house Friday evening in
honor of the Kappa Kappa Gamma
installing officers and the members of
the local sorority Gamma Delta Gam
ma. 'lhe house was prettily decorated
in the University colors which were
carried out with greens and yellow
chrysanthemum light shades, while
the dining room, in which ices and
wafers were served, was decorated
with violets and smilax. In the re
ceiving line were: Miss Elizabeth
Lewis, Local Pan-Hellenic President;
.Miss Eva Powell, Kappa Kappa Gam
ma Grand President; Miss Ruth Gup
py, Dean of Women; Mrs. Walker, of
Seattle; Mrs. George Gerlinger, of
Dallas; Miss Carin Degermark, Presi
dent of the new Beta Omega Chapter
of Kappa Kappa Gamma. There
were also nine members of Kappa
Kappa Gamma from the University
of Washington, who have come to
help in the installation. About two
hundred members of the Student Body
and Faculty called during the even
ing. Music was furnished by Svar
erud’s orchestra.
Avava Club entertained Saturday
evening1 with a dancfng party at its
fraternity house. A color scheme of
purple and green was carried out in
the decorations. Those who enjoyed
the Avava’s hospitality were: The
Misses Helene Robinson, Grace Bipg
ham, Sybil Brown, Alone Noreen, Ada
Kendall, Mildred Lawrence, Nellie
Wilson, Hazel Barta, Laura Taylor,
Edith Moxley, Virginia Peterson,
Norma Dobie, Marie Ilager, Betsey
Wooten, Mildred Wilson, Echo Win
termeir, Katharine Kirkpatrick,
Blanche Powell, Bess Cowdcn, Mar
guerite Rankin, Mable Smith, Lila
Prosser, Elizabeth Busch. Ethelyn
Risley, Vera Redman, Faye Ball and
Elizabeth Lewis; Willard Shaver, Ed
Bailey, Paul Briedwell, Hugh Kirk
patrick, Ira Staggs, Fen Waite, Wal
lace Caufield, Harold Broughton, Ver
non Vawter, Karl Onthank. The pa
tronesses were Mrs. DeCou, Mrs. D.
L. Dobie, Mrs. J. E. Blazier, of Port
land.
Phi Delta Theta gave its first an
nual dance to the Glee Club, Friday
evening. The house was decorated
with blue and white, the fraternity
colors, and green and yellow, the uni
versity colors. The dances were in
terspersed with songs by the Glee
Club. Those present were: The Miss
es Eve Stinson, Flora Dunham. Myr
tle Gram, Mildred Healey, Cosby Gil
strap, Edith Buell, Elizabeth Wagner,
Jennie Huggins. Dorothy Campbell,
Ruth Peter, Louise Bailey. Cecil Mil
ler, May Neil. Ethel Tooze. Hazel
Too e, Norma Dobie, Grace McKenzie,
Claire Raley, Anne Taylor, Krna l’etz
old. Nell Murphy, Pauline Potter, Mil
dred Gerig, Mable Manerud, Nora
Manerud, Edith Still, Ruth Doris,
Tula Kinsley; Messers Walter Dobie,
George Broadbridge, Alexander Mar
tin, William Lai, Bert Jerard, Willard
Shaver, Robert Fariss, Alfred Skei,
Harold Quigley, Ray Williams, Har
old Grady, Earl Fortmiller. Kenneth
Frazier, David Campbell, Delbert
Stannard, Vernon Apperson, Ira
Staggs, David Hartsuek, Raymond
Giles, Homer Maris, Ed Bailey, Car
rol Wagner, Carlyle Geisler, Chester
Miller, Harry Miller. Thomas Donaca,
Arthur Olsen, Hernies Wrightson,
Robert Wray, Robert Prosser. The
patrons and patronesses were, Presi
dent and Mrs. P. L. Campbell, Mrs. T.
J. Geisler, of Portland, Mrs. Charles
E. Gray, Miss Pearl Bonisteel, Mrs.
N. C. Maris, of Portland.
Miss Helen Washburne, ’ll, was
married Wednesday evening at her
home in Springfield to Mr. William
Frederick Martin. Mrs. Grace Mag
ladry Emerson, ex-’ll, was matron of
honor, and Nell Murphy and Lucia
Wilkins were bridesmaids. Mr. and
Mrs. Martin will make their home in
Vancouver, B. C.
Gamma Phi Beta will entertain for
Kappa Kappa Gamma and their in
stalling officers Monday at an informal
tea.
Beta Omega of Kappa Kappa Gam
ma will be “at home” to the members
of the Faculty and Student Body,
Sunday afternoon from three until
five.
Miss Agnes Stevenson, ’08, is visit
ing her parents. Miss Stevenson has
been traveling in California for sev
eral months, previous to which she
lived in Klamath.
. To-Ko-Lo will give a banquet at
the Osborn Hotel, Wednesday even
ing. The invitation list will include
the Junior members of this Sophomore
organization as well as a number of
University girls.
After the Pan-Hellenic reception
Friday evening the Delta Delta Delta
girls entertained a number of their
friends with an informal dance.
Miss Alsea Hawley, ex-’14, spent a
few days at the Gamma Phi Beta
house on her way to California. Miss
Hawley is a Junior at Mills College
this year.
Miss Agnes Miller, a Pi Beta Phi
from Berkeley, is visiting her cousin,
Miss Cecil Miller, at the Chi Omega
house.
Under the direction of Raphael
Geisler, ’12, now professor in the
Baker High School, the Boys’ Glee
Club of that city will give its annual
concert on the evening of February 4,
at the local theatre.
Hot drinks at Obak’s.
Hot drinks at Obak’s.
PUESBYTERI \N CHURCH
Corner 10th and Pearl Streets.
Services.
Morning- 11:00.
Evening -7CIO.
Stereoptiean Prelude—7:15.
Students Welcome.
Preston & Hales
Mfgrs. of all Leather Goods
Dealers in
PAINTS AND PAPER
Agts. Johnson’s Dyes and Wax
COCKERLINE ft FRALEY
Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, La
dies’ and Men’s Furnishings, Men’s
Youth’s, Children’s Clothing.
Phone orders filled promptly
W. M. GREEN
The Grocer
The Store of Quality and not
Quantity
623 Willamette Phone 25
L. C. SMITH & BROS. TYPEWRITER
COMPANY
UNDERWOOD AND VISIBLE
REMINGTON TYPEWRITERS
REDUCED IN PRICE
We have on hand a few 1911
models of the machines of above
make, which we can sell for
$65.00 under our regular guar
antee of one year, on easy pay
ments, if preferred.
The price of these machines is $65.00.
What more suitable or appro
priate Christmas or New Year’s
gift could be presented to your
sou or daughter ? It would be
worth many times its cost for
their future education and profit.
We only have a limited num
ber of these machines on hand,
at this price, and it will be nec
essary to take advantage of this
offer at once.
I.. C. SMITH & BROS. TYPEWRITER
COMPANY
280 Oak Street, Portland, Oregon.
Yours Solefully for a Better Un
derstanding
Jim, the Shoe Doctor
640 Willamett*
Volland & Davis
Xmas reelings
SCHWARZSCHILD’S
BOOK STORE
Linn Drug Co.
KODAK SUPPLIES
Prescriptions Carefully Com
pounded
FANCY GROCERIES
FRUITS, VEGETABLES
Phone us your orders. We hare
our own delivery wagons. Phone 246
THE CLUB
BILLIARDS
Bigger and Better than Ever
Eighth and Willamette
J. J. McCORMICK
Berry’s Shining
Parlor
640 Willamette
Grateful for Student Patronaje
FURNITURE AND CARPETS
Seventh and Willamette Streets.
»The Kuykendall
Drug Store
DRUGS, CANDIES, TOILET
ARTICLES AND SUNDRIES
688 Willamette St.
Finest, Freshest and Rest
Tens <“"J Coffees
in fuocne
Tea, Coffee, Spice.
Fancy Chinaware.
Christmas Dishes.
Adams Tea Company
Ninth and Oak Streets
7:110 Tuesday Might! Villard Mali! 7:00
ATTRACTION EXTRAORDINARY
TWO GREAT SPEAKERS
Fred B. Smith
Great Speaker to Men
Secretary of Religious Work Depart
ment of International Y. M. C. A.
Committee
Raymond Robbins
Leader of Social Service Department
Men and Religion Forward
Movement
7:00 Will nol conflict with Basketball Game, to be called at 8:30