BASKETBALL
Company D, of Corvallis vs.
University, Friday
evening.
EMERALD
ORATORICAL TRY-OUT
For Inter-collegiate contest,
Friday evening, at 8
o’clock. Villard.
VOL XIV.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE. TUESDAY. JANUARY 28, 1913.
No. 50
EXPLAINS DM
RESEARCH WORK OF SENIORS
BEING SENT AS DISPLAY
TO LEGISLATORS AT
SALEM
OREGON SYSTEM GUARDED
Vulnerable Points of Initiative and
Referendum Now Demand
Special Attention.
(By Professor F. G. Young.)
An exhibit of maps, charts and out
lines bearing upon some of Oregon’s
legislative problems has been prepared
by the Department of Economics and
Sociology, of the University, and the
portion of it that is completed has
been kindly assigned a station in the
State House by Secretary Olcott. The
expositon of each of the different
subjects represented in the exhibit is
necessary epitomized to the last de
gree. Statements to interpret the
ideas which the maps and charts are
intended to enforce and to emphasize
the inferences to which they lead are
quite essential for making the exhibit
effective. An opportunity of. making
such an exploration of the salient re
sults from the study of each one of
the legislative problems has been gra
ciously afforded by the editor of the
Emerald. Each issue from now on to
the close of the session of the Leg
islature will contain such a discus
sion.
The Initiative and Referendum. Ore
gon System Extended so Rapidly as
to Suggest Possibility of Universal
ity.
Safeguards Incorporated—Tendency
to Secure Co-operation in Each
State of All Legislative Institu
tions.
Some system of direct legislation
has been adopted in eighteen differ
ent states. The introduction of it is
in progress in three more. In Wyo
ming at the last election it received a
large majority vote, though not the
minimum necessary to adopt it. Vig
orous movements to press adoption no
doubt exists in many other common
wealths.
As the first adoption by any state
was by South Dakota in 1898, the
eagerness with which the American
people are turning to this political de
vice becomes evident. The movement
to provide the machinery for direct
legislation is gaining strength, not
withstanding some excesses incident
to the use of immature forms by
those infatuated with the novelty
of it.
This almost universal determina
tion to have the initiative and refer
endum ready at hand when the occa
sion arises to use them, has developed
mainly out of two pressing condi
(Continued on last page.)
GEARY HATES TO SEE CO-EDS LOSE
HONEY ON UNPAID SEASON TICKETS
Sixty-nine of Those Making one se
mester Payments Fail to Pay for
Second Half.
Student Manager Geary is worried.
He sees where 69 University students
are losing money, and most of them
are Co-eds. What hurts him is that
he will get the money they lose, and
he hates to take it, so he says. It's
this way. Geary sold 250 season
tickets last fall on the installment
plan—half down and the balance in
one payment. Sixty-nine have failed
to pay the second installment, al
ready o-ver due, and soon it will be
too late. With a waver in his voice,
he explains that even now seven bas
ketball games, a whole baseball
series, track meets galore, and, best
of all, all the Oregon debates, which
occur in Eugene. He did not men
tion those Student Body dances, but
anyway, the total cost of them all is
enormous—enough in fact to warrant
any father to draw his extravagant
son home from college. And all this
expense can be avoided by those
careless 69. would they only pay that
last $2.50 installment, he adds, wip
ing away a tear.
HIW MIL PLAY
RETURN GAME HERE
Harder Struggle Than Corvallis Con
test Promised—Seat Sale Starts
Thursday.
Company D, of the Corvallis Coast
Artillery Batalion, which was defeat
ed by the varsity quintet five last
evening, will appear before a Univer
sity audience Friday evening, at 8
o’clock, for a return match with Cap
tain 0. C. Sim’s brigade.
The team which was defeated last
evening was not up to the usual
standard of class that the five has
displayed this year, when it defeated
the M. A. A. C. team by a big mar
gin, and gave Dr. Stewart’s Aggies
a close rub. By Friday the members
of the team expect to be in better
physical condition for a hard tussle.
Tickets for this fray will be on
sale at ten minutes to ten o’clock,
Thursday morning, at the Book Ex
change. Only four tickets will be
sold to a person, in order to prevent
wholesale purchase by a few. Sea
son tickets will only be good at the
Exchange, and positively not down
town, says Manager Geary. That the
number of tickets for sale will be
more evenly distributed, Geary will
put a larger number of seats on
sale at the Exchange.
Charter Day was recently celebrat
ed at Forest Grove. Professor E. O.
Sisson, of Reed College, gave the
principal address of the ceremonies.
O. A. C. is to engage in mimic war
fare on the 31st of January. All
phases of military life will be en
gaged in.
ENGLISH PROFESSORS OBJECT TO SUING UNO
VULGARISMS. THOUGH WART OF CATCH WORDS
University English professors ap
preciate more than they did a month
ago the embarrassments of undecision
of a student undergoing an examina
tion. A simple list of words and
pharases selected by Dr. Joseph Jas
trow, head of the department of Psy
chology at Wisconsin, has been sub
mitted to them for criticism. The
voicing of opinion on slang expres
sion seemed easy enough; misspelled
words and mispronunciations gave lit
tle difficulty; but as each professor
ran down the list, relentlessly criticis
ing as he would a student’s paper, he
became aware of the fact that catch
words had been thrown in here and
there. A column was left for a sec
ond opinion, and strange enough,
amonp the majority of instructors the
second thought was expressed more
mildly.
Invariably such expressions as
“Adam and Eve on a Raft” for
poached eggs on toast, “its none of
my funeral.” “me for the tall grass,”
“wouldn’t that jar you,” “you’re not
the only shirt in the laundry,” and
others went down as connoting not
the slightest gleam of amusement.
“He went out with a lady friend”
went down as unsophisticated; under
“one-third off on pants” one profes
(Continued on last page.)
VARSITY SPELLS DEFEAT
FOR M. A. A. G. AND 0. N. G.
VARSITY BESTS MULTNOMAH
MEN IN SATURDAY'S GAME
Hayward Tries Out Raw Recruits on
Winged “M,” With 27-11 Victory
as Result.
Oregon defeated the ylultnomah
Amateur Athletic Club, Saturday
night in basketball by a ucore of 27
to 11. Although the varsity had no
difficulty in winning from the club
men, the game was wet< contested
throughout and gave Hayward a good
chance to try out his recruits.
The old men seemed to step back
and give the youngsters the chances,
which they were not slow in grab
bing. The team work, while rather
ragged in spots, was an improvement
over the Idaho games.
Fenton was the main point winner
for Oregon, while Rice, who was sub
stituted for Captain Sims at guard
showed up well. Masters and Vier
eck starred for the clubmen. Masters
making seven of the eleven points
scored by his team.
The final game of the inter-fra
ternity basketball league was played
as a preliminary to the varsity con
test. Phi Gamma Delta defeating
Sigma Chi by a score of 21 to 12 and
gaining possession of the Hayward
cup for the year. At the end of the
first half the teams tied at 8 to 8,
but the Fijis in the second half by a
series of rallies and clever basket
shooting succeeded in landing the
large end of the score. Grant.
George, and Gould starred for the
winners, while Vosper and Stidl were
the Sigma Chi point winners. Two
baskets by George, from near the
center of the floor, were the features
of the game. The winning team was
composed of Fisher and George, for
wards; Grout, center; Gould, Meek
(captain), and Lindsey, guards. The
Sigma Chi players were G. Watson
(Continued on last page.)
24-13 IS EASY VICTORY
OVER COMPANY QUINTETTE
Oregon Team Work Is Invincible—|
Carl Fenton Gains Ten Out of
Total Tally.
The University of Oregon basketball
team journeyed to Corvallis last night
and defeated Company D of the Ore
gon National Guard by a 24 to 13
score. The small and slick floor of
the Corvallis Armory prevented a
larger score on the Oregon side of the
sheet.
Fenton starred for Oregon, throw
ing four field goals and two fouls,
closely seconded By Walker and
Bradshaw, who threw three baskets
each.
Company D has a hard fighting
quintet, but was not able to break up
the team work of the invaders, who
kept the lead throughout. Swan,
former O. A. C. star, was the high
point winner for the soldiers, being
responsible for 11 points. Of the five
free throws he made each one good.
S. Tripp played a strong defensive i
game for the militiamen.
A large crowd saw the game, in
cluding many students of the Agri
cultural College, who took the oppor
tunity of getting a line on Oregon’s
style of play'.
Coach Hayward and Captain Sims
accompanied the team. No time was
lost on the trip, the squad leaving
Eugene at 4:45 p. m. and returning
the same night at 1:30.
The Company D team will play a
return game in Eugene Friday night,
the lineup and score:
Company D. Oregon.
Swan, f. (11).Walker, f. (0)
Colbert, f.Brooks, f. (2)
Cate, c.Fenton, c. (10)
S. Tripp, g. Bradshaw, g. (6)
G. Tripp, g. (2).Rice, Boylen, g.
Referee, Jim Evendoti, of Corval
lis.
HISTORY GLASS TO
ADVISE PRES. WILSON
Professor Shafer Asks Students to
Formulate Policy for Solution of
Negro Problem.
President-elect Woodrow Wilson
v ili be the recipient of advice on the
negro question from Professor Sha
fer's class in World Movements, if the
present plans of the head of the His
tory department are carried out.
The class has been studying the
ra o question for several weeks, and
have arrived at several conclusions in
regard to the solution of this pro
tnem
The members of the class have been
asked to write out the policy which
they would follow, and from these
suggestions a monograph will be ar
ranged, representing the cream of the
ideas. The subject of these papers
will be: “A Memorandum of Sugges
tions Upon the Possibility of National
Leadership in Bringing About the Up
lifting of the South Through Educa
tional and Industrial Development.”
‘‘The plan is a device to consolidate
the interest of the class in the race
question, upon which they are now
working,” explained Professor Joseph
Shafer. “The papers which they write
will also be eligible for prizes under
the annual Bennet competition, as well
as for a prize offered by one of the
national sororities. It is very proba
ble that among these papers will be
one which will be of some service to
the newly elected President.”
ASHLAND COMMERCIAL
CLUB IS FRIENDLY
Passes Unanimously Resolutions Ask
ing Adequate Provisions for
University.
The following resolutions, carrying
a favorable attitude toward the Uni
versity and to higher education,
passed by the Ashland Commercial ;
Club, are indicative of a reactionary
attitude that is sweeping over the en
tire state against the shortsighted
policy of starving the educational in
stitutions. The resolutions were
passed unanimously on January 20:
Whereas, The Pacific Slope is rap
idly beinjr populated with Eastern
families and a large majority of these
people have been accustomed to well
equipped institutions of higher learn
ing, and
Whereas. Oregon’s chances of se
curing her share of these homeseekers
are very much injured by anything;
which lowers the standard of, or mili- .
tates against the efficiency of our I
Educational Institutions, and
Whereas, There has been a very
great increase in the number of High
Schools in Oregon, and most of these
schools are now much better equipped
comparatively than our State Univer
sity, which fact has tended to increase
the number of students each year to
seek other college training outside of
Oregon, and
Whereas, We feel that as Oregon
ians, we ought to have enough pride
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GARIN DEGERMARK. 12. FIRST
WOMAN TO REPRESENT OREGON
Is Member of Inter-collegiate Orator
ical Committee to Aid in Selec
tion of Judges.
Miss Garin Degermark, '12, will be
the first Co-ed in the history of the 1
University of Oregon to represent
this institution at a meeting- of col
lege "high brows.”
Saturday, at one o’clock, in Now
berg-, Oregon, Miss Oegermark will
be the University’s representative at
a meeting- of the executive committee
of the Inter-collegiate Oratorical As
sociation. Miss Degermark is a mem
ber of the University committee on
oratory and debate, and will in her
official position, aid in the selection of
judges for and time of the contest
between the "spoutors" from the vari
ous colleges of this strife.
Stanford College has adopted a new
system for selecting the tennis team.
It provides for a coaching committee
which will make selections of the men
who will represent the college.
NEWGONTRAGTSDRAWN
UP FOR ORATORIGALS
Hetzol of (). A. ('. and (ioary Draw
Up Agreement for Oratorical
Contests.
Contracts for the Inter-state Ora
torical contest to be held in March
between all the institutions in the
Northwest Conference, with the ex
ception of the University of Idaho,
will soon be ready for forwarding to
the various colleges that will partici
pate in the contest.
Professor It. 1). lletzel, of 0. A. C.,
and Manager Geary, have been draw
ing up a new contract, which provides
for one set of judges to judge all
contests, entirely from the standpoint
of the effect on the audience. This is
the plan followed in the Middle West
ern Oratorical League, composed of
the Big Eight colleges, where oratory
flourishes. As soon as this modified
contract is ratified by the University
committee on debate and oratory,
composed of Carin Degermark, Harold
Warner, and Pat Cecil, it will be for
warded to the colleges.
Gale Seaman, the coast secre
tary of the Y. M. C. A., with head
quarters in Los Angeles, California,
will meet the committees of all the
eight different departments of the
University Y. M. C. A. in the Book
Exchange next Friday. Mr. Seaman
is making an official visit to Eugene
and will talk over the work with
which he is connected.
Walter Gaunt, ex-’lo, has been at!
the Sigma Chi house.
U. OF V. PICKS
FOLLOWING DOME'S CHARGES
OF UNFAIRNESS, ANDER
SON SELECTED TO LEAD
ELEVEN
TEAM’S CHOICE DISREGARDED
Coach Upheld in Facultj Investiga
tion—Candidates Named by
Student Committee.
Herman Anderson, a Sophomore at
the University of Washington, and
guard on the 1 i> 12 team, was elected
captain of the Evergreen eleven for
1913, Friday noon, over Frank Jac
quot, right half back for Dobie last
year. This election came as the cli
max ol numerable charges, counter
charges, and investigations of vari
ous kinds, that grew out of Coach
Dobie's claim that the election, which
was to be held six weeks ago, was
“fixed” by fraternity politicians.
Anderson received seven of four
teen votes, Jacquot five, with two
“W" men refusing to ballot as their
silent protest over the whole affair.
Anderson is a member of the Sigma
( hi fraternity and resides at Mount
Vernon, Washington.
Immediately after the close of the
1912 season, three candidates ap
peared for the 1913 laurel. They
were Wayne Sutton and William
Presley, and Patten, tackles. Uobie
at once let out the wail that the office
was but the pawn of fraternity poli
ticians, as each of the candidates be
longed to leading fraternities. A
faculty investigation was started, and
the election was postponed.
After quizzing various members of
the te*m and fraternities, the faculty
upheld Gilmour Uobie, and ordered a
captain selection committee, with a
representative from the team. This
committee ruled out the previous
candidates, and nominated Anderson
and Jacquot.
Anderson is also a track man, per
forming consistently with the weights
during his Freshman year.
“FROM HOMER TO ANTIOCHUS”
IS PROF. DUNN’S LECTURE
Professor Dunn lectured this after
noon on the subject “From Homer to
Antiochus,” dealing with the most
noted of those classic celebrities who
lived during the period extending
from the time of Homer to the defeat
of Antiochus by the Romans.
Professor Dunn’s lecture was im
promptu and illustrated by forty lan
tern slides taken from pictures of
various works of European sculptors.
HISTORY OF CUSS SECRET ORGINIZUS
SROWS OREGON FERTILE FIELD TOR CLUES
The movement of organizing secret j
class societies, which has become so
popular that even the Freshmen have i
adopted the habit, was introduced by
men from five fraternities in the
spring of 1910. This initial organiza
tion was known as the Skull and
Chain. It was doomed to a short life,
however, due to the fact that it soon
Became suspected of being an inter
Craternity rather than a Senior honor
society. After a storm of criticism
:he ill-fated Skull and Chain was j
aid on the shelf and now remains j
>nly a memory of the first inter-class
secret society. This was followed by
;he Scroll and Script, organized June
i, 1910, by a croup of Senior women.
High scholarship is one of the most
mportant requirements for member
ship. This is still in existence and
serves as an example for the newer
o rganizations.
1 o-Ko-Ix), a Sophomore group of
men, was organized January 12, 1912,
with fifteen members. Shortly after
the debut of this society, sixteen more
Sophomore men organized the Torch
and Shield, and whose torch has not
yet enlightened the public to their
purpose of organization.
The Sophomore women became ac
tive next and formed the Kwama.
T his was followed by the appearance
of the Gamma Nu, organized by ten
Junior girls. The Triple-A of the
Freshmen girls is open to the entire
body of the girls of the class.
Still an other secret society, known
as the “Gobblers” is told' of in an
other column of today’s Emerald.