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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1913)
OREGON EMERAID Published e«eh Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday. of the school year, by the An soriated Students of the University of tdreifon. Fntered at i he postoffice at Euf«nt as f*.*rnnd Hass matter. Suhnorlption rates, per year. $1.00. Sfnede copies 5r* STAFF Editor-in-Chief.Karl W. Onthank Assistant Kditor. . . .Carleton K Spenw Managing Mttn.Tran kiln S. Allan otty matter. Harold y»mur Hava Editor . Ear' Biachaby Assistant .Tula Kingsley Ifadal Departments Administration . . . Clarence Brotbertee AABiatajet .Jamea Donald .Roger Moe Sporting Editor Jessup Strang Assistant .William Cass Co-Bd. ■porting Editor. HelUe Hemenway Society Editor .Elisabeth Be via Assistant .May Smith Biterary and Dramatic.... A. M. Darlas Exchance Editor Oraham MoCoxnell Assistant.Leslie Too/.e Bar School.E. Burns Powell City Editor’# Staff llarrv Dash Evelyn Harding ' Wallace Fsktn Beatrice Lilly. Arthur Draw ford Clarence Ash Janet Toung Raeman Homing Beatrice Rock* i Inter Furueett Lamar Toozc Rusinmi Mgr.. Andrew M. Collier Aeelstant Manager .Byman O. Blee Colleetion Manager.Sam Michael Assistants .Leonard Buoy .Roy T. Stephen* Advertising Manager Clyde Altohieon Assistants .Anthony Jaureguy . Allen W. O'Connell Circulation Manager.Sana Michael Aeelstant#.Kenneth Roblneon Saturday, March 29, 1913. VICTORY IN EVERY LINE Last night brought an emphatic af firmative answer to the query, “Can Oregon come back in Debate.” Some have said, “We concede you victory in athletics, but how about the con tests involving mental skill and strength?” Every Oregon student is proud to point to such victories as that of last evening when both Stan ford and Washington were forced to defeat by unanimous decisions. They are schools of far greater size than ours. They have their law schools to draw from; they have faculties greater in the number of members; they have better support and equip ment; but they haven’t the famous Oregon spirit which overcomes all ob- ! stacles. During the past seven years Or egon ■has won three first and four sec ond places in the Intercollegiate Or atorical Contests. This record is un paralleled, and when one considers the fact that the eight institutions of higher learning of Oregon send their very best representatives to the con test each year, it is readily seen that it is no mere chance that has given Oregon its string of victories. Too much cannot he said in praise of the men and the coach who dig and grind for months in order to add to the name of their University. At times it seems a thankless task, but in the long run there is no activity of greater value. The University, in order to fulfil its duty to the state, must produce men and women who will wield influence for the right. It must produce men and women of keen intellect, strong physique and stal wart determination to serve mankind. THE STAH REPORTER The first two weeks’ contest to de termine the Emerald’s star reporter degenerated into a mad scramble for news between two men. It showed how much news there is on the cam pus, but rapidly eliminated from com petition the rest of the satf. The next installment of the contest will be under different rules. At the end of this period, two weeks from today, every reporter who enters, and all are eligible, will file with the ed itor what he considers his five best stories. These will be judged for lit - j erarv merit by Professor E A. Thur ber and Miss Julia Burgess; for pre sentation of news by W. A. Dill, of the Register, and Professor E \V. A1 I lcn; and for enterprise by the City Editor and the News Editor. Perfect scores in each of these will count 110, 110 and 10 points respectively No credit will be given for length. En terprise includes both originality and ingenuity in covering stories and promptness in getting them in. If credit is desired for a clever beat, an account of how it war obtained should be filed with the story. First, sec ond and third cash prizes of $3.00. $2 00 and $1,00 will be awarded. The purpose of this contest is to | arouse enthusiasm and interest in the whole staff. Under these conditions no reporter will have an undue ad vantage because he has a good “beat.” or friends to tip him otf to stories. A man way down the list may, by j a little careful work or a clever! scoop,” carry off the prize. He has | is good a chance as anyone. Future contests are likely to vary still further from the one closing his evening. The two men winning ;oday were so evenly matched that uck in finding stories counted as nuch as anything else in deciding ;he race. Hereafter we want more in it the finish. Announcements Laureans—Meeting Tuesday even ng. Special program arranged. Eutaxian—Regular meeting Tues day evening, Library building. Doughnut League—Series has been postponed for ten days on account of .he weather. Amundsen lecture—Tuesday even ng, 8 o’clock, in the Christian Church. I'ickets on sale at the Book Exchange ind at Coe’s Book Store. Student ■ate is seventy-five cents. Chi Omega contest—Time for ac opting papers for this contest has icen extended to Monday, March 31. Papers should be handed to Miss Bur gess. Dramatic Club—Meeting called by President Warner, for Wednesday evening, April 2, at 7:15, in Profes ior Straub’s room. Informal dance—Friday evening, April 4, Men’s Gymnasium. Senior Play—“A Strenuous Life,” at the Eugene Theatre, Saturday evening, April 5. Y. W. C. A.—Regular meeting Mon day afternoon, 4 o’clock, at the Shack. JOHN BLACK New President of of the University Y. M. C. A. c. n. McArthur, 01, engaged TO LUCILE SMITH OF PORTLAND Formal announcement of the en gagement of “Pat” McArthur, ’01, to Miss Lucile Smith, of Portland, was -mule yesterday, at a large recep tion given at the Charles Clifford Smith residence in Portland. They ntended to keep the engagement se •ret, but they confided it to a few of heir closest friends, who told it to >thers. “Pat” McArthur was a prominent student at the University, being man iger of athletics, and taking an ac ive part in other student activities. Since his graduation he has been miminent in legal and political cir ■lcs, being Speaker of the House of Representatives during the recent leg slat u re. Miss Lucile Smith was graduated Tom Portland Academy and later at ended a finishing school in the East. FRIDAY NIGHT’S DERATE SHOWS DEFICIT OF $13.45 With a deficit of only $13.15, exclu sive of mileage and expenses of de lators, Manager Arthur M. Geary submits the following report of the debate last night with the University if Washington. Expenditures Expenses of Col. E. llofer, $5.50; expenses of H. M. Crooks. $1.00; ex penses of F. P. Nutting. $2.60; pro grammes, $1.25; tickes, $1.25; win dow cards, $6.55; buss hire. $1.00; ho tel bill for judges. $3.65; total. $23.20. Deficit, exclusive of mileage and expenses of debaters, $13.45. Receipts, exclusive of season tick ets, $0.75. Estimated mileage and traveling ex penses (if debaters, $100.00. THADKUS WENTWORTH Playing in "A Strenuous l.ife,” Sat urday Nijtht ANN McMICKEN r. P’-.ying in “A Strenuous Life,” Sat urday Night oooooooooooo o AUTO SUGGESTIONS o oooooooooooo All is not well that ends ’ell. Not every doggie dodges auto, Rut every doggie ought to. Twenty miles is—pretty good, But thirty miles is—fine. The worst of autos and best of men Are wont to spark just now and then. “There are lots of dubs in Phi Beta Kappa,” recently declared H. W. Hamilton, of the economics depart ment of the University of Michigan, at a talk before the Michigan Union dinner recently. He declared further that top grades are not the surest sigr of brains. Didn’t Phase Him. Hamlet had just been hit by a cold storage egg, whereupon he turned gravely to his ajdience. “How truly spoke the good Marcel los!” quoth he. “Something is rotten in the State of Denmark!” — Harpers Weekly. ooooooooooooo o WHAT THE COLLEGE EDI- o o TORS ARE SAYING o jo oooooooooooo “THE KAIMIN SYSTEM” “A man in an eastern college writ ing to a friend in this university, said: “Judging from your paper, your edi tors must be given several college credits for their work; perhaps they are paid. I do not see how you can issue your paper without one of those two encouragements.” “The editors of The Kaimin are not paid. The editor may secure one col j lege credit a semester for writing three columns of reading matter. For the actual management and ed iting of the paper he is given nothing. Reporters may make one-half a credit a semester by writing a column and a half of reading matter. “The faculty refused last year to give college credit for editing the pa per. As a result, The Weekly Kaimin is in a serious predicament. One man has resigned from the editorship. His principal reason for resigning is that no man can spend three days each week editing a paper and main tain a fair standing in a regular amount of university work. “No one is ready to take the editor ship. Men qualified for the editor ship refuse it because the misnamed ‘honor’ carries with it nothing but work. “There is not a person on the staff fitted for the job. The efforts to build up a system this year have failed la mentably and utterly. Those who as pired to be editor of The Kaimin some day lost their ambition after the first glamour of seeing their work in print had vanished. "The crisis, long anticipated, has come. Due to lack of encouragement from the faculty, and lack of support from the student body, interest in journalism has not been cultivated. The Weekly Kaimin suffers; it is even threatened with extinction un less a candidate qualified for the edi torship appears soon.”—Montana Weekly Kaimin. “COLLEGE FUNCTIONS" “The Rand Prom was indeed an en lovable affair with the exceptions to be noted here. The first one is the fact that a number of the residents of Corvallis other than students made themselves ouite prominent and in a number of cases obnoxious. The sec ond consideration is the fact that several high school girls became loosed from the proverbial apron string and did not0 add to the pleasures of the evening. ° "To consider the first subiect about all that is necessary to say is that these men. or at least the majority of them fail to observe even rules of decency. One of the most flagrant violations is the filthy habit of stand ing on the porch of the Gym, and blowing clouds of cigarette smoke in to the auditorium. This will abso lutely not be tolerated. If a man con siders the effort of others to a no larger degree than this he does not deserve admission to social functions of any sort. Not only do the un invited poachers violate a student body rule but they lead some of the weaker types of students into viola tion of the same rule. The students who violate, do not, however, stand in the doorway, they sneak around and then come in for the next dance and blow all the smoke into the poor unfortunate and helpless partner's face. Lovely, isn’t it, girls. “The Gym. floor is always crowded at best and the toddling girl inmates of the city high school are not bur dened with encouragement to attend these functions, neither is the surplus male population of the city. It is lamentable that these people should persist for college social functions are for the students and those connected with the college.”—O. A. C. Barome ter. “SOREHEADS” “Sorehead is a term used by college men to describe the fellow who is al ways finding fault and complaining about how other people are treating him. To the sorehead there is only one color—black. He looks through colored glasses and sees thing not as they are, but as his glasses show them. He is against everything. He is not a reformer. He is too small in mind and imagination to be a reform er. A knocker is one who is forever finding fault with things but never tries to change them. A reformer is one who sees the wrongs and sets about making them right. Which are you? A knocker or a reformer? If you see things that are wrong about the University, are you just finding fault, or are you trying to change them for the better? It is a boon for which we should be thankful, that most of the knockers are dying off or are wearing themselves out by their pecking, and their places are being taken by reformers.”—Drake Daily Delphine. CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Corner 10th and Pearl Streets. Sabbath School, 9:45. Morning Worship, 11:00—Sermon, “The Real Problems of Our Future Work.” Ex. 14:15. Evening. Christian Endeavor, 6:15. Stereopticol Prelude, 7:15. Sermon, “The Happiness of Hunger.” Matt. 5:6. Cycle Club Expert Repairing Investigate our Club Rates. They are for your benefit as well as ours The Home of (he “Harley-Davidson” WILL G, GILSTRAP REAL ESTATE Office at 659 Willamette street, over Loan & Savings Bank Annex, rooms 20 and 21, Eugene, Oregon. BOUTIN-PARKS LUMBER CO. Furnishes high class Lumber and Shingles at short notice* 5th & Olive Phone 57i Who is Cressey? He has a book and stationary store in the McClung block, corner Eighth and Willamette. Our New Store We are now moved into our new store and are showing Newest Things in Jewelryt Silverware and Novelties SETH LARAWAY Opposite Friendly's Do you know Obak? C. B. MARKS, M. D. EYE, BAR, NOSE ANB THROAT Glum Cerreetly Fitted. 291 and 292 Whit# Temple. Phene 248-J. DR. M. C. HARRIS Dentist U. O. ’22. Reams 2 and 4, Me Clunjr Bldg., 2th and Willamette Sta. Dorris pfyoto Sfyop Classy Photos Cherry Bldg. Phose 74 J J. E. KUYKENDALL, A. B., M. D. Office over Loan & Savings Bank. Phones, Res. 965. Office, 634. Office Hours, 2 to 5. STUDENTS will And an aeeount with this Bank a source of conven ience. A BANK ACCOUNT is good train ing—the mere nsed, the mere appre ciated. (J S. Nat’l Bank Corner Seventh and Willamette Sta. Students eat at the Y. M. C. A. Cafeteria. Linn Drug Co. KODAK SUPPLIES Prescriptions Carefully Com pounded FANCY GROCERIES FRUITS, VEGETABLES Phone us your orders. We hay# our own delivery wagons. Phone MS FURNITURJB AND CARPETS Seventh and Willamette Street*. The Kuykendall Druf Store DRUGS, CANDIES, TOILET ARTICLES AND SUNDRIES sae Willamette St. Preston & Hales Mfgrs. of all Leather Geodr Dealers in PAINTS AND PAPER Agta. Johnson’s Dyes and Wax WANTED Forty students to get their Suits pressed at the IMPERIAL CLEAN ERS, 23 E. 7th St. YERINGTON & ALLEN Prescription Druggists Phone 23S 40 East Ninth St. Mohawk Lumber Co. for lumber and shingles. Cockerline & Fraley Store retires from business 500 Suits Entire Stock of Kauffman Pre-Shrunk Clothes Reduced 25 to . 50 per cent Buy your new spring suit at once and save enough for the rest of your outfit Sale opens Wed., March 26th