PADDOCK ADDRESS
Bishop Paddock speaks
to women Friday
afternoon.
OREGON
EMERALD
STAG MIX
For College Men at
Dorm, Friday
evening.
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UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EUGENE. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 13. 1913.
PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK
Vol. XIV; No. 55
VERNON VAWTER AND FLOR
ENCE BONNELL HOLD LEAD
ING PARTS IN THREE
ACT COMEDY
STORY OF COLLEGE LIFE
Scenes Center About Berkeley and in
San Francisco—Duplicate Cast
Provided.
“A Strenuous Life,” a three act col
lege play, with Vernon Vawter and
Florence Bonnell in the leading roles,
is to be the dramatic offering of the
Senior class, April 5.
The scene of the play centers
around Berkeley, California, and has
to do mainly with the life of Tom
Harrington, football captain. Be
sides holding this position, Tom is
supposed to be a mathematical shark
and in the mind of his father, a high
brow.
His father’s visit “the morning af
ter a night before” in Frisco, for
which Tom is somewhat the worse,
leads to complications which are ex
citing and strenuous.
A genuine college atmosphere will
be heightened by the hazing of a
Freshman, while a full dress will dig
nify the third act.
Caste Is Picked.
While Mr. Vawter and Miss Bon
nell carry the leading parts, the play
is by no means a two star production.
Glen Storie, as Reginald Black, Tom’s
friend and roommate, Lucile Abrams,
in the role of Ruth Thornton, college
girl, Robert Fariss, father of the
hero, and T. H. Wentworth, a miner,
father of the heroine, come on for
strong parts. Every member of the
cast of fourteen was carefully chosen
by the committee. The only thing be
ing taken into consideration wTas his
or her special qualification for the
part.
Following out the request made by
William Bernard, director, the com
mittee picked a second caste. The
names of these will not be given out,
but Mr. Bernard is at liberty to
transfer any member in the first
caste, if those first given the part
fail to make good. The parts were
given out Wednesday morning, and
Mr. Bernard will be here in a week
or two to begin the rehearsals.
Says Play Up-to-date.
“This play,” said Ernest Lamb,
chairman of the committee, “is strict
ly up to date, and will be the best
ever put on by a Senior class.”
The committee who had entire
charge of choosing the play and pick
ing the caste, were Ernest Lamb,
chairman, Nellie Hemenway, Lenore
Hansen, Fay Ball (acting for Bess
Lewis), and Harold Warner.
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“SPRING HAS COME" SAYS BOVARD,
“A UTILE BIRD TOLD ME SO”
Grosbeck, Kinglets, and Bine Birds'
make Better Weather Prophets
than Does Ground Hog.
An unusually early spring this sea
son is prophesied by Dr. Bovard, head
of the pre-medical department. He
says, that a little bird, or rather sev
eral little birds, told him. “You can
pretty nearly count on the birds,” said
Professor Bovard this afternoon,
“when it comes to foretelling weather
conditions. Take for instance the
evening grosbeak. When spring ar
rives at the ordinary time, these birds'
would not be on hand for at least two
or three weeks more, but this year
they have been here for the last
weeks, and in considerable numbers,
too.”
“The kinglets, also,” he said,
“know a good deal about the coming
of spring, and I notice that they are
among the early arrivals. Bluebirds
generally stay during the winter, but
during the past winter season they
have been present in unusually large
numbers in evident anticipation of an
early spring.”
“You don’t think much of the
ground-hog theory, then?” he was
asked. “No, not for Oregon,” he re
plied, “for that weather predictor is
too far away from this section of the
country to know much about it.”
OVER GLASS FINANCES
Have on Hand $15, Yet Must Pay
Some $125 for Dance Which
Occurs Saturday.
University Freshmen are worrying
about finances. With but $15 in the
treasury, the Freshman dance occurs
on Saturday night of this week and
will cost over $125. This was the
proposition put before members of
the first year class, and it served to
tone down the smile that might have
spread over the class picture taken
following the meeting. The approach
ing deficit will be met by a tax. At
present a levy of $1 has been made,
and has allowed to go uncollected.
This will be immediately gathered by
Treasurer Fee.
The weakness in the finances came
as a surprise to many of the class.
But a short time ago the funds on
hand totaled some *50. Several exe
gencies have T'ecently occurs, the most
severe of which was the Washington
High School basketball, which cost
$35.
At the same session of the class
Chairman Tooze,of the debate com
mittee, explained the forensic situa
tion and issued a call to members of
the class to enter the competitive try
outs, which will soon occur, prepar
atory to the selection of the team to
meet that of the Sophomores.
A
DEPARTURE
FROM USUAL GLASS DANCES IN ANNUAL GLEE
The Annual Freshman Glee, which
is to be held Saturday evening, is to
be a distinct departure in class dances
if the promises of the class of 1906
are made good. The decorations are
unique, inasmuch as suggestions of
St. Valentine are to be used. Thou
sands of red hearts are to be strung
throughout the main room of the
Men’s Gymnasium, which, with the
liberal use of red streamers and
evergreens, -will make a festive ap
pearance. The floor, which usually
is a source of worry to thin soles, is
to be in the best of condition, as the
Freshmen have worked hard to pro
duce as nearly a glassy surface as
is possible.
The question of dress suits has
been avoided by the hosts, and the
upper-classmen are free to appear in
formal attire or not, as they see fit.
The grand march will begin promptly
at 8:30 to the music of Hendershott’s
orchestra.
The patrons and patronesses for
the Glee are: President and Mrs.
Prince L. Campbell, Professor and
Mrs. John Straub, Miss Julia Bur
gess, Miss Ruth Guppy, of Eugene,
and Mrs. E. M. Spencer, of Cottage
Grove.
REASONABLE RELIGION THEME
OE PADDOCK'S ASSEMBLY SPEECH
AVERAGE WESTERNER, HE CLAIMS. WANTS CREED BASED l PON
COMMON HORSE SENSE—PROBLEM OF LIFE IS NOT
TO GET TO HEAVEN. BI T TO IMPROVE THE
HUMAN RACE
“Reasonable Religion,” was the
theme of Bishop R. L. Paddock, of
the Eastern Oregon diocese of the
Episcopal Church, in a powerful ad
dress before the University assembly
yesterday, in which he explained the
necessity of clean living from a utili
tarian standpoint rather than the
theological.
“The average man of the West to
day is craving a reasonable religion,
—one based upon common horse
sense,” he declared. “Not that which
is up in the clouds, but that which
will come down and sweep the streets.
The idea that God is angry, and
wants to punish us, is wrong. Many
natures rebell at it. We must come
down from the theological divisions
which man has in a large way in
vented, and which has no bearing or
interest upon life other than perhaps
in a historical way. We must come
down from the eclesiastical divisions,
at which the average man is pro
voked and rebells at. We must use
more common horse sense in reli
gion.
“It is not so much to get men to
heaven as to get heaven into men.
The problem of morality is the pro
blem of making the race better. It
is part of God’s evolution.
“We must keep our bodies sacred,
not to avoid punishment, not dis
grace, nor detection, nor pain; we
must keep our blood pure, not to
avoid giving pain to her whom God
has given us as our life companion,
and condemning ‘her’ to suffer for our
transgressions, but that we may give
to the world the highest product of
our bodies, a pure baby, one not
damned into the world through our
vicious living.
“It is perfectly normal for every
man to want to live—even after he is
dead. He can do it through his child.
He wants to do some good in the
world; he does it by living so that iie
will not give that child a tendency
toward depravity. To do so, he |
must live a clean life at all times.
It is too late to say, ‘When I get mar
ried, I’ll brace up,’ or, ‘When 1 am
engaged 1 will be a better man.’ If
we are to be successful fathers and
mothers, we must prepare. It will
not do to reform just before the birth
of the child. It is then too late. The
child may be born, not only with dis
ease, but he will have developed pas
sions for inferior ideals. The man
who delays in this manner looks upon
marriage not as a factor of evolu
tion, but only as a means of gratifi
cation of the animal instincts.”
EUGENE GAME WITH
WHITMAN UNCERTAIN
Next Fall’s Gridiron Contest Hangs
on Occidental Trip Which is
Unlikely.
Although a game with Whitman
College eleven on November 22 next
fall in Eugene has been looked upon
as practically certain, a letter re
ceived today by Manager Geary from
headquarters at Walla Walla indicates
that the contest may not be pulled off
as planned. The game was to be
played during a trip to be made by
the Missionaries to Occidental College,
and at present this game has not been
definitely arranged.
Walter E. Lee, in his letter to Mr.
Geary, says, “The game with Occi
dental is by no means cinched as yet.
We are trying to make arrangements
for such a game, but chances at pres
ent seem pretty slim. If all arrange
ments were made, wre would be very
glad to consider your offer, but as
matters stand, there seems to be
small likelihood of our getting down
into your country next fall.”
ASK CONKLIN 10 SPEAK
Portland Y. M. C. A. Asks Psychol
ogy Professor to Deliver Series
of Addresses.
At the request of the Young Men’s
Christian Association of Portland,
through the Extension Department of
the University, Dr. E. S. Conklin will
deliver a series of lectures in Port
land on each Friday evening of the
following five weeks, u|*on the sub
ject of “Mental Hygiene.”
The subjects of the lectures will
be: “Conditions of Mental Effi
ciency,” “Habit and Happiness,” “Hy
giene of Emotions,” “Worry,” and
“The Psychology of Self Control.”
Dr. Conklin wall also give short
talks up&n the same subject, at the
noon hour, to the business men of the
city. The lectures will be given in
the Y. M. C. A. building and will bo
open to the general public.
OREGON WINS THIRD
GAME EROM IDAHO
Score Last Evening, 19 to 5; Hut
Suffers Second Defeat from
Washington Yesterday.
MOSCOW, Ida., Feb. 13.—(Special
to the Emerald.)—Oregon defeated
Idaho last night by a score of 19 to
15. The game was fast and hard
fought from start to finish. Idaho
excelled in passing and Oregon in
basket shooting. The score at the
end of the first half was, Oregon 10,
Idaho 5.
Idaho came back strong the second
half and at one time tied the score,
Fenton and llradshaw starred for
Oregon. Sims guarded well. McNett
scored 13 points for Idaho.
Edmundson refereed a satisfactory
game.
University of Washington dupli
;rated the score in the second game
| Tuesday, winning 25 to 15. Oregon)
i excelled in passing, but could not lo
; cate the basket. Byler and Robinson
; each threw four baskets for Wash
i ington. Oregon’s scoring was scat
| tered, Fenton leading with four.
TO NOMINATE OFFICERS
Laureates’ Plan Live “Revived” Pro
gram for Next Tuesday
Evening.
Another “revived” program will be
the attraction at the Laurean meeting
j next Tuesday evening, in Deady Hall,
j The program committee has sought to
! arrange programs that will attract j
the men of the University, making an j
: effort to keep the society alive.
! The meeting will also mark the j
: close of the present semester admin- j
| istration, nominations for officers for
the spring semester will be part of
i the regular business to come up be
fore the meeting.
The program consists of a humor
ous recitation by Mandell Weiss; cur
rent events, by Earl Blackaby, and a
dialogue by Walter Kimmel and Wil
liam Holt. President Andrew Collier
will close the meeting with a prepared
HERE'S A HOT ONE, BUT IF
TRUE IT IS TIME WE KNEW
Emerald is Silly; Works University
Harm, Say Eugene Society Women;
One a Graduate,
Two prominent society women of
Eugene, one of them a graduate of
the University of Oregon, have no
use whatever for the Oregon Emerald,
according to a conversation yester
day.
Their general charge was that the
Emerald wai "not of the proper in
fluence among the people of Oregon.”
As a paper for the students it may
be all right, they declared, but it was
not working for the best interests of
the University among the people. The
one, a suffragette, declared, that the
Emerald was simply a “silly sheet,”
and that the recent full dress agita
tion was “all foolishness,” for nearly
every student could afford a full dress
suit, and if they could not, they
should have spunk enough to go with
out.
The University graduate declared
that she would not send her children
to the University, if it was represent
•1 correctly by the Emerald.
FAST CROSS-COUNTRY
RAGE PROMISED SOON
Inter-class Run Will Have Stars, Mc
Clure, Windnagle* Huggins,
and Others.
The annual inter-class cross coun
try race scheduled for either Friday
or Saturday of next week, now that
Huggins and Windnagle have re
turned to school, promises some sur
prises. Last year Captain McClure
of the Junior team was the first man
over the line, making a record for
the event, but the Freshman team
won first place in the number of
points. This year the Sophomores
will have two of those same men,
Blackaby and Pack. With the rein
forcement of McConnel and Boylen,
they will be one of the strongest con
tenders for the Hayward cup. The
Freshman team has not been defin
ately announced, but their entries
will be picked from Windnagle, D.
Onthank Barber, Holt, and
Saunders. For the Juniors only three
men are training, Huggins, Young,
and King. The Seniors have two
men, McClure, last year’s champion,
and Allen, a distance man at the Uni
versity of Virginia.
The cross country held last fall
was a surprise in that Windnagle
managed to edge it over McClure at
the finish, because of • his sprint.
This time, with four strong men in
the race, it gives prospects of a new
record. The cross country course is
about three miles. The start is made
on the track,-—once around and out
Alder street to the second cemetery
and back University avenue, with the
finish on the track.
address outlining the needs of the
society and the future policy to
be pursued.
GEARY TIPPED OFF TO WATCH
ACTIONS OF WASHINGTON
REGARDING DIAL
TRACK MEET
ATHLETIC WAR IS PROBABLE
California Disregards Northern Col
leges in Planning All-Coast
Meet.
That the management of Washington
may not be acting in good faith in
regard to the Oregon-Washington
dual track meet scheduled for Junior
Week-End, and for which a contract
has been signed by the graduate man
agers of both institutions, was the
substance of a telegram received last
night by Manager Geary, from the
sporting editor of one of the Port
land papers.
The specific grounds for this belief
were not given, although the only rea
son that Manager Geary can find for
this suspected action of Manager
Dorr, of Washington, is that the Seat
tle aggregation does not want to risk
their chances in the all-coast dual
meet, which takes place at Berkeley
that same week. Yet, should this be
the cause of the Washington action,
it is in violation of their promise
made less than a month ago, to aid
Oregon in demanding that the all
coast meet be held in some northern
city, preferably Portland, for this
year at least.
Manager Geary is not willing, how
ever, to put too much faith in the re
port, for he still believes that Horr
will live up to his contract. “I hope
that he will,” said Geary this morn
ning. “From the monetary stand
point at least, it is highly necessary
that the dual meet be held here, for
Junior Week-End brings out one of
the best paying crowds that we can
expect the whole season. Last year
at the O. A. C. meet, that was held
here, we cleared up .$1100 more than
at the conference meet in Portland.
The Washington meet, if postponed,
cannot be held the week following,
for no crowd can be expected at that
time, and the week preceding Junior
Week-End, we have baseball games
with (). A. C. scheduled,”
The prospects for the all-coast
meet being held in Seattle or Portland
this year, as Geary has suggested, do
not look good to the manager, who
said, “1 am afraid, it can’t be pulled
in the north this year. William Don
ald, the new manager at Berkeley,
has already sent out a circular letter,
to the various colleges having a
right to participate. Hi1 has done this
in spite of the fact that for the last
three years Berkeley has ceased to be
a paying city for the meet, and that
Donald has no right to decide alone
as to the location of the dual meet.”
UNIVERSITY WOMEN CURRY OFF HIGHEST HONORS
AMONG THOSE HOLDING ALL “S" OR "H” CARDS
Twenty-seven students in the Uni
versity made grades of “S” and
above in all subjects in the recent
semester examination. Of this num
ber eleven are men and sixteen aro
women, representing all classes of
the University.
Miss E. Vaughn McCormick, a
Freshman registered from Eugene,
stands at the top of the list, her
grade card disclosing four “H’s” and
three “S’s”. Miss McCormick ia
majoring in Latin.
N'ext in order is Miss Gladys Gray
bill, a Freshman from Nampa, Idaho,
who is majoring in mathematics, and
who received four “II’s” and two
“S’s.”
“H’s” and “SV* in Pre-Medic.
Although the pre-medic course is
considered one of the most difflcnit
in the University, yet that fact did
not keep Jame's Loundegin, a
Freshman registered in that depart
ment from Garfield, Washington,
from securing third place with three
“H’s” and four “SVf' Loundegin,
who is thirty-soven years old, is one
of the shining lights m the pre-nvedi*
department, and his record is more
than ordinary.
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