Oregon emerald., February 18, 1913, Image 1

TICKET SALE
For U. of W. basketball
games, on sale tomorrow
at 10 o’clock.
Yol. XIV; No. 57
PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY IS, 1913.
HOUSE 6RANTS $317,133
FOR OREGON EXPENSES
MEDICAL SCHOOL APPROPRIA
TION OF $45,000 STILL
UNPASSED, BUT IS
DEEMED SAFE
EXTENSION BILL OPPOSED
Schuebel’s Amendment to Cut $30,000
Asked to $20,000, Defeated by
46 to 7 Vote.
SALEM, Oregon., Feb. 18.—
With not more than thirteen dis
senting votes against any one
of them, five appropriation bills
providing a total of $317,833 for the
maintenance of the University of Ore
gon for two years and the construc
tion of needed new buildings there
were passed by the house yesterday.
The five University bills passed as
recommended by the ways and means
committee were these:
H. B. 284—Appropriating $30,000 for
extension work and the University
summer school.
H. B. 286—Appropriating $12,833
for paving streets through the Uni
versity campus.
H. B. 287—Appropriating $100,000
for a new fireproof administration
building at the University.
H. B. 288—Appropriating $100,000
additional maintenance to the $250,000
continuing maintenance appropriation
now in effect for the biennium.
H. B. 289—Appropriating $75,000
for repairs and additions to present
buildings.
Extension Work Causes Argument.
All the debate on the University
bills centered around the passage of
the first one to be considered, that
giving $30,000 for extension work.
Eaton told the house that the pur
pose of this fund was to enable the
State University to carry out on a
smaller scale the extension work done
by the University of Wisconsin. Its
purpose is to make the University
helpful to persons throughout the
state who cannot attend it, he said, by
bringing to them in their homes the
advantages of a University educa
tion.
Discussing then the entire appro
priation asked, which, including the
medical school in Portland, totals
$362,833.75 for the next two years, he
said that the University has reached
a point where unless it can make
needed improvements for which this
money is intended, it would be better
policy to abolish it altogether.
Debate Generally Friendly.
Schuebel of Clackamas opposed the
size of the appropriation. “I do not
want to oppose the development of
our educational institutions,” he said,
“but we have had some experience
with the referendum and we should
go slow.”
He proposed an amendment to cut
the $30,000 for extension work to $20,
000.
Latourette said he thought the
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DANCERS SLOW DOWN T015 MILES
BEFORE ENTERING PUNCH ROOM
Frosh and Sophomore Combine in
Enforcing Auto Speed Laws
at Glee.
The punch was not responsible for
it; Bill Housner says it was not. It
was just his good sense of humor.
He saw the sign “Slow down to 15
miles an hour” not working, and not
in its right place. Not that there
was too much speed on the floor
either, though there might have been;
but why go past the punch room door
at break neck pace. Anyway, 400
dancers appreciated Bill’s sense of
humor. A Freshman is said to be
responsible for the original disap
pearance of the sign from the auto
road.
“Germany” Schultz, assistant foot
ball coach at the University of Wis
consin, has been appointed general
athletic coach at that institution.
NOTED ROADMAKER TO
SPEAK IN ASSEMBLY
SAMUEL HILL’S LECTURE WILL
BE ILLUSTRATED
Lecturer’s Model Roads Attract At
tention—Stereopticon Views
Recommended.
Samuel Hill, of national prominence
as an authority on good roads, will
give an illustrated lecture at Assem
bly tomorrow. Somd of the slides
to be shown were secured
at an expense five hundred
dollars each, due to the fact
that expert photographers were sent
into the most inaccessible parts of the
Cascades to secure the views and
that weeks were spent waiting for
suitable weather conditions. Mr. Hill
is a relative of the Hills of railroad
fame. On his farm on the Columbia
river, opposite The Dalles, he has
worked out model roads on a large
scale, such as to attract national at
tention. He has been a delegate to
several inter-national good-roads
conventions, and has been mentioned
as the logical candidate for president
of the American Good Roads Associa
tion.
Professor F. G. Young, head of the
Economics department of the Univer
sity, says that the slides which Mr.
Hill will bring with him tomorrow,
are among the best of their kind, and
that the lecture itself will be a rare
opportunity to hear one of the best
authorities on good roads in the
United States.
OREGON ALUMNAE MEET
AT MARY SPILLER HOUSE
The meeting of the alumnae asso
ciation was held on Saturday, at the
Mary Spiller house, with Mrs. Sterns
as hostess. Since there was no im
portant business, after the usual so
cial hour the meeting adjourned. The
next meeting will be held at the home
of Mary DeBarr, on the first Satur
day in March.
COLLIER SCOUTS HILLOCK'S KLAMATH-EOEN
THEORY. WASHINGTON INSTRUCTOR SKEPTICAL
The recent stories of Dr. Charles
Hallock, archaeologist,—alleged dis
coverer of pre-glacial conditions near
Klamath, Oregon, that are supposed
to confer on that section the honor of
being the original garden of Eden,
are exploded by Professor Arthur Col
lier of the department at the Univer
sity.
“Dr. Hallock claims that Klamath is
the location of the Land of Peace,”
said Prof. Collier, “that Eden was
situated on a mythical continent called
Tula, which has since been submerged
by the Pacific ocean. Science has
never been able to discover this,—if
Dr. Hallock is correct, his name
should go down in history along side
of Columbus as a discoverer.”
“The Garden of iiiden,” continued
the professor, “is generally located in
the southwestern part of 'Asia, and
there is no reason to believe that Cain
migrated any such distance as that
separating the two continents. We
have every reason to believe that for
at least 100,000 years the continents
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JOAQUIN MILLER DIES'
AMID PIEDMDNT HILLS
END COMES AS CONSUMMATION j
OF PARALYTIC ATTACK
OF TWO YEARS
STANDING
WAS AN OREGON ALUMNUS
Career Was Varied, Ranging From
Poet and Journalist to Indian
Fighter.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18.—“Joa
quin” Miller, the poet of the Sierras,
died yesterday in his one-room cabin
in the Piedmont Hills. His daughter,
Juanita Miller, and his wife, were
with him . The end came at 3 o’clock
in the afternoon, with warm sunshine
flooding the room where lay the
author of "Songs of the Sunland.”
Death came slowly upon the vener
able poet. He became unconscious
Thursday, after a lingering illness
which began when he was stricken
with paralysis, two years ago. His
wife and daughter were summoned at
that time from the east and have been ■
with him since. The weakness of old
age had crept upon him, and although
he worked at times, he rarely ven
tured far from “The Heights,” as he
called his mountain retreat.
Cincinnatus Heine Miller, better
known by his pen name “Joaquin”
Miller, the "Poet of the Sierras,” was
one of the most picturesque charac
ters in the literary world of the Unit
ed States in his day. He was born of
German-American parents in the Wa
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TWO MEDICAL SCHOOLS
MilV BE CONSOLIDATED
PRESIDENTS OF WILLAMETTE
AND OREGON AGREE ON
TENTATIVE
PLAN
PLAN NO LAW SCHOOL UNION
President Campbell Enthusiastic—
Pending State Appropriation
Will Aid.
With the object of providing for one
institution which will offer the best
possible inducements and opportuni
ties to the students of the Northwest
wishing to study medicine, an agree
ment was reached, by which the med
ical departments of Willamette and
Oregon Universities will be consoli
dated, at a meeting of the presidents
of the two schools, together with the
deans and faculties of the medical de
partments of the two Universities, at
Salem, Friday night. The boards of
regents of the two institutions have
yet to pass upon the plan for a mer
ger, but it is practically assured that
they will ratify the action of these
men who realize so well the value of
such a union. The rumor that the
law departments will also be fused
into one, is unfounded, according to
President Campbell, of the Univer
sity of Oregon; for there has never
yet been a suggestion of official action
on this proposition. President Camp
bell, however, is enthusiastic over the
possibilities of a great medical school
for the State and Northwest, faeilitat
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JOAQUIN MILLER, THE ’’POET OF THE SIERRAS”
(Cut used by courtesy of the Morning Register.)
Of his one-room cabin over-looking the Golden Gate and the Pa
cific, Joaquin Miller wrote:
“Be this my home till some far star
Stoop earthward and shall beckon me;
For surely Godland lies not far
My friend, my lover, trend this way;
Not far along lies Arcary.”
FRESHMAN'S NOSE DISTRIBUTED
OVER REMAINDER OF HIS FACE
Elinor Hall Damages New Quarter
Miler, Then Looks for New
Boxing Partner.
Everett Saunders, the Freshman
quarter-miler from Baker, while box
ing in the gymnasium Monday after
noon, got in the road of one of El- i
mer Hall’s 200 “mule-power” upper
cuts. As a result his nose was
smeared over his “physiog,” but Bill
Hayward hopes to have him in shape
in a week, at the most. It is not
expected that the accident will in
terfere with Saunders’ track work.
Saunders says that they don’t have
to look far from Eugene for a “white
hope.”
/The Freshman class at the Univer
sity of Wisconsin, recently hired a
professional decorator to design the
artistic side of their annual dance.
BEATEN OREGON TEAM
IS STILL OPTIMISTIC
TEAM WORK OF EUGENE MEN
IS CRITICIZED
Sims and Hayward Confident of Out
come of Return Games With
Washington.
“Bill” Hayward and the basketball
squad returned from their Inland Em
pire trip, yesterday morning, and
although having lost five of the six
games played, still appear optimistic,
and are confident that they will be
able to turn the trick on the home
floor, against any of the conference
teams.
Bradshaw and Fenton received in
juries on the trip which, although not
serious, crippled the team in several
games. All the men are more or
less bruised, but expect to be in shape
for the games with the University of
Washington, the coming week-end.
From the newspaper reports of the
various games, all the men played
good individual ball,but seemed to
lack team work. Of the new men,
Rice and Boylen showed up to ad
vantage and played consistently
throughout the trip. Walker has the
greatest number of baskets chalked up
to his credit, while Boylen is a close
second, with one less score than Wal
ker, and Fenton lacking but one jais
ket of tieing Boylen for second place.
Although Oregon lost both games
in Seattle with the University of
Washington by 25 to 10 scores, Coach
Hayward and Captain Sims are con
fident, that with a week’s practice and
the development of stronger team
work, the varsity will be able to come
back and defeat the Northerners on
the home floor.
Washington probable line-up for
the coming games will be Savage,
center; Captain Byler and Robinson,
forwards, and McFee and Wand,
guards.
0. C. LEITER SPEAKS
BEFORE JOURNALISTS
BE PROUD OF YOUR PROFES
SION'," IS ADVICE OF THE
VETERAN CITY
EDITOR
LAUDS HARVEY SCOTT
Speaker Relates Start as Reporter
on College Publication at
Stanford.
"Be fond of your profession, what
ever it may be, if you expect to be
successful and satisfied,” was the ad
vice given to the Journalism class
Monday afternoon by O. C. Leiter,
city editor of the Morning Oregonian.
"The reason that I have spent eight
and a half years as city editor,” he
continued, “instead of taking up of
fers along other lines has been be
cause of the fondness for my work.”
“Some one has said that making
love, poking a fire and running a
newspaper are three things which
every man thinks he can do better
than the other fellow. Of the three
the third is certainly true. No news
paper man has ever been able to run
his paper to suit every one.”
Says Criticisms Trivial.
Mr. Leiter gave a summary of the
criticisms of the metropolitan daily
paper gathered by the Journal
ism class from Eugene citizens and
published in one of the Portland pa
pers several weeks ago. He answered
these criticisms, to some extent show
ing that they, for the most part, dealt
with trivial points. In regard to just
criticism, Mr. Leiter said: “A gen
eral indictment of the present day
newspaper can be justly made under
these main heads: That of being com
mercialized, not considering the
masses, unpatriotic, and failure in
duty to the people. These points are
those which confront every newspa
per man and must be dealt with, if
one would be successful.
Mr. Leiter explained the divisions
in the work of the newspaper under
three departments, namely Editorial,
News, and Business. Under the first
comes the editor-in-chief and the edi
torial writers. Under the news, night,
telegraph, and city editors and repor
ters, and the business department, ad
vertising, and circulation.
Tells of News Department.
In treating these various depart
ments, Mr. Leiter had most to say of
news gathering, showing the relation
of the city editor to the other depart
ments, and his responsibility in re
gard to the nature of the news print
ed. In this connection he told sev
eral instances in his own experience
of misunderstandings over stories
which he allowed to be printed. He
also paid a high tribute to the late
Harvey Scott in regard to his treat
ment of the men under him while he
was editor of the Oregonian.
Mr. Leiter told of his own start in
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FRESHMAN GLEE J PLEASING SUCCESS.
ELECTRIC SICU FLASHES DANCE NUMBERS
Although the society editor might
call the Freshman Glee of last Satur
day evening “a radiant fairyland of
hearts, etc.,” the concensus of opinion
among the students who attended is,
that it was the best class dance ever
I given at Oregon. Not only did the
hosts surpass in the elaborateness of
decoration and features, but their ef
forts were rewarded by the largest
attendance at an under-class dance.
There were 200 couples on the floor.
At the northgoal, well above the
dancers, was a large red square, on
which the number of each dance
flashed in a small heart. The prom
inence of this feature enabled the men
to find their partners in plenty of
time for the next dance. At the south
Roal was a larRe letter “O” in red
covered with sixteen larRe candles.
Back of this a mirror turned the re
flection on the dancers below during
the moonliRht dance. In the refresh
ment room each man served his own
portions of the refreshing red punch
from the bowl, so charminRly sur
rounded by red crepe paper and Rorge
ous red carnations.
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