CHEER CP!
Spiinp vacation commences
tomorrow.
PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON'. EUGENE. THURSDAY. APRIL 10. 1913.
Vol. XIV; No. 79
SIGMA DELIA
WITH NINE CHARTER MEMBERS,
NATIONAL JOURNALISTIC
FRATERNITY ENTERS
VARSITY
I). OF W. EDITOR INITIATES
Omicicn Chapter is the Thirteenth
Charter to be Granted by the
Fraternity.
Immediately after a banquet in the
giill loom of the Osburn Hotel, Carl
H. Getz, editor of the Washington
Daily and The Tyee, and secretary of
the Washington Zeta chapter of Sig
ma Delta Chi, installed and initiated
the members of the University of
Oregon Pi ess Club as th e Gmicron
chapter of Sigma Delta Chi. This
honoiaiy journalistic fraternity is the
fiist honorary fraternity to enter the
University at Eugene.
Local Chapter Second on Coast.
The University Press Club, which
was revived last fall after a somnolent
period of two years, was granted a
charter of Sigma Delta Chi about the
first of March as the thirteenth chap
ter of that fraternity. Arrangements
were at once made for the installa
tion. As there is only one chapter on
the coast, that at Seattle, it was nec
essary to wait until the spring vaca
tion term at that institution before a
member of that chapter could install
the Omicron chapter.
The ritualistic ceremonies complet
ed, officers of the Omicron chapter
were elected, the local chapter of the
fraternity came into existence. The
chapter will enter at once into its
field of usefulness as a journalistic
fraternity in the University.
Members Initiated.
Those initiated were Franklin S.
Allen, ’13, Eugene; Leland Hendricks,
T5, Salem; Harold Young:, T4, Eu
gene; Sam Michael, ’15, Portland;
Fendel S. Waite, ’13; Sutherlin; Karl
W. Onthank, ’13, Hood River; Don
Rice, ’14, Portland; Henry Fowler,
’14, Portland, and Carleton Spencer,
’13, Cottage Grove.
Mr. Getz left for his home in Seat
tle this morning;.
Membership to Sigma Delta Chi is
limited to active student newspaper
men, who are journalists, either as
correspondents to the larger city pa
pers, or who hold responsible posi
tions on the Emerald, such as the
heads of the departments. Freshmen
are not eligible and Sophomores will
not be chosen until well along in their
second year. Before initiated, the new
members must first show their ability
by the editing of an issue of the Em
erald. The initiates will probably be
announced each year during Junior
week-end, and given a public initia
tion.
DUTCH YOUNG, CITY
EDITOR, BECOMES POET
The spring poem on this page is
perpetrated by Harold Young. His
modesty prevented his name accom
panying the product of his spring
fever. Dutch has never attempted
poetry before.
EMERALD STAFF WILL TAKE
SPRING VACATION AS USUAL
With this issue of the Emerald, the
staff goes on its spring vacation. No
paper will be printed during the next
week. If enough reporters are in Eu
gene during the holidays and there
is enough news to possibly get out
a paper, one will be issued Saturday,
April 19.
Already this year the number of
Emeralds printed exceeds the total
for the whole season of former Emer
alds, so the Editor thinks the staff
deserves a holiday'.
We Should Worry—Spring Has Came dt
Avaunt, dull care, and thoughts of work
Your fond duty, for a week I’ll shirk.
Away you studies and eight o’clocks,
As far from college I hasten, blocks and
blocks.
The droning hum of classrooms bare,
Can’t match the fragrance of the springtime
air,
Into all the Profs I'll throw a scare,
As I take their course off my bill of fare.
The Race, the hills, the meadows green,
Stretch before me, my pleasure scene,
1 11 hie me hence, across a fence
And there develop my asthetic sense.
I’ll roam, I’ll paddle, climb and sing,
Troubled by not a single thing,
But of all outdoors I feel a King,
Not envious even, of the birds o’ the wing.
I 11 wade right through the poison oak,
And for the next three months remain in
soak,
At all this foulness I'll take a poke
:rl il my ambition for sueh is broke.
rl hough the students go, and the campus
ground
Is as desolate place as e’er was found,
Vacation time is always bound
To hush each bloomin’ worryin’ sound.
Heralded in a hundred ways, by
Lids of straw and chipmunks sly,
They all take up the gladsome cry,
Heigh-ho, Spring is here!
STEWARD JOHNSON! NO TIFFANY
PROVE BIRD CATCHING ABILITY
Canary Caught This Afternoon Now
Sings Happily in Former
Waste Basket Cage
Twee, twee, twit, chick-adee, pur
r-r-r i-t, sang the small yellow canary
this afternoon, that had flown into
the room of Professor A. J. Collier,
in Villard Hall, and was roosting on
the remains of pre-historic animals
in the famous Condon Museum.
To the capture hastened Steward
Louis H. Johnson, and Registrar Al
bert Tiffany, who, after a scramble
through a maze of bones and meteor
As Professor Bovaril’s course in
birds does not include a supply of
cages, the rescuers rigged up one by
turning up a wire waste basket that
is used in the Steward’s office. A
couple of pencils serve for swings,
and an ink well for bath-tub. Pre
liminary to the entrance of the ca
nary into its most recent habitation,
the Emerald was informed that Stew
ard Johnson gave it a shower bath
with a fountain pen filler.
STUDENTS TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF APRIL VAC ATION KATE
About two hundred students are
taking advantage of a $3.60 excur
sion rate to Portland for April vaca
tion. The low rate holds good for
the whole vacation. Sam Michael and
Charles Fowler have arranged the ex
cursion.
The regular week-end rate to Port
land is $5.00. The Columbia track
meet is an attraction which is respon
sible for part of the exodus. The
tickets will be sold Friday and Sat
urday and will be limited to midnight
on April 20.
At the Lambda Rho house there will j
be Maiie Hagar, Maude Kincaid, Ruth '
Peter. Marjorie Cowan, Janet Young,
and Elizabeth Busch, during vacation.
The Phi Delts who will remain in
Eugjne are Ray Giles, Ed Bailey, Tom
Donaca, Bob Wray, Ira Staggs.
EDIT 2
BASEBALL MEN SNOW UP WELL
IN OPENING GAME WITH COLTS
ORlGON S 1913 DEBATE SUPREMACY ‘
INCLUDES ENTIRE PACIFIC COAST
In Spite of Change in Personal at Last
Moment Eugene Men Win at
Salt Lake.
o <> O O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 - o
o SALT LAKE, Utah, April 10. o
o -(Special.)—W. H. Zimmer- o
a man and Vernon Motschenba- o
o cher, University of Oregon de- o
o haters, won over Albert J. Ash- o
o man and Lawrence E. Nelson, o
o representing the University of o
a Utah in the annual debate be- o
o tween the two institutions held o
o in Salt Lake Tuesday night, o
> The vote of the judges stodd 2 o
.) to 1 for Oregon. The question o
o debated was: o
o “Resolved, That the policy of o
) Oiiental immigration should be o
o extended by the United States o
> to include the Italic, Slavonic o
o and Helenic races of Southeast- o
o ern Europe.” o
o Oregon represented the af- o
3 fit motive. o
3 J. Pickett, the Oregon deba- o
o ter, whose illness caused the o
0 postponement of the contest to- o
1 day, probably will be able to o
) travel tomorrow. He is suffer- o
o ing from acute intestinal trou- o
o ble. o
3 This victory gives Oregon de- o
> bating supremacy of the entire o
> Pacific coast, for among the o
o conquered are Stanford, claim- o
•> ing the championship in Cali- o
:> fotnia; Utah, the victor over o
•> Montana and Idaho; and Wash- o
o ington. o
o o
') o o o o o o o o o o o
HAYWARD PICKS TEAM
FOR COLUMBIA MEET
TRACK STRENTH CANNOT BE
JUDGED BY SHOWING, HE SAYS
Won’t Predict “U’s” Points
Handicapped by a general lack of
condition and uncei tainty as to their
own strength, Bill Hayward and his
bunch of track men will leave tomor
row afternoon for the tenth annuul
Columbia Indoor Track Meet, to he
held Saturday afternoon. Bill will
take all men that he needs, hut as to
the result of the early season engage
ment, he said, “I haven’t thought
about winning yet.”
Men Not In Shape
And whatever is the outcome of the
meet, in which twenty-three organiza
tions will he represented, and in which
18(> athletes will participate, the true
strength of the Oregon squad will not
he shown. “My men aren’t in shape,”
said Bill this afternoon, “and I can’t
predict any points,” As there is no
limit as to the number of men that
the University can enter, he will be
prepared for emergency, and have
men on hand to pick up any points
that might be straying around.
Whether Hayward can bring back
the purple banner for the fifth con
secutive year depends largely upon
the effectiveness and results of the
actual hard training that the squad
has undergone in the last three after
noons. For that is about the only
real training that has been done by
some members. Given a fairly hot
sun with which to season the men a
little longer, Hayward declared that
he could convert his squad into a cre
Without the results of the try-out
(Continued on last page.)
WELCH HOLDS LEAGUERS TO
SEVEN HITS, FANNING
FIVE IN SIX
INNINGS
FINAL SCORE STANDS S-0
Captain Chandler and Fenton Were
Only Hitters on Varsity
Team.
(By J. Ward Arney.)
The score of !* to 0, with the heavy
end in favor of the Portland C< Its,
does not begin to give an indication
of how strongly the Varsity played
yesterday afternoon. The dope was
completely upset, for there didn’t seem
to be a chance in a thousand that the
boys, handicapped by lack of prac
tice, con Id put up any kind of an even
argument with a team of profession
als, Jost from their spring training
trip and supposedly in the pink of
condition. But the large crowd of
fans that saw the game, left the
grounds with hearty commendation
for the game scrap that Oregon made.
Welch Shows Unusual Form.
To little “Johnnie” Welch goes the
credit for pitching a wonder of a
game. In the six innings that he
woiked, the Colts gleaned but seyen
hits from his offerings, while he re
tiled five men by the “three-healthies
and-the-drink-of-water”-route. Only
for the shakey support that the in
field gave him in the first innings, he
would have pitched air-tight ball. But
no one blames the inner defence for
these bobbles, for it was evident that
their mistakes were due to a wee
touch of buck-fever and aehronic case
of no out-door work-out. They gave
the inound-men gilt-edged support in
'he last frames of the game.
A little hard luck was the lot of
the Varsity, too, when Heed, who re
ceived in the absence of Motschen
bacher, took a fast one on the end of
his linger, an injury, which bothered
him not a little in his throwing bases
and catching. Despite this mashed
digit, he stuck to the job and acquitted
himself well.
Colts Kind Tuerck for Eight.
Tuerck, who took up the burden
when Welch was taken out to let Hill
ings hit for him, was taken to more
kindly by the Leaguers, being touched
up for eight hits in the three innings
that he worked. His fielding and hit
ting, however, covered up his lack of
effectiveness in the hurling line.
Eastley and Stevens, who threw for
Nick Williams’ boys, were very stingy
with the hits, especially when trouble
hovered around, the sum of the Var
sity’s bingles only totalling four, two
of these being to the credit of Captain
Chandler, who, by the way, played in
a stellar role during the whole per
formance.
The box score follows:
Oregon.
Cornell, ss.
Bigbee, 2nd
Chandler, If
Fenton, lstb
Anunsen, 3rd
Mount, ef ..
Kirk, rf .
L. Bigbee, rf
Reed, c
* Welch, p
Tuerck, p
AB
4
4
3
.4
...4
.3
1
.2
2
...2
1
R H PO A
Total 30 0 4 28 11 5
“Billings batted for Welch in the
fifth inning.
Colts.
Bancroft, 3rd
Mohler, 2nd
Forteer, If
Cullen, cf .
Williams, 1st
Fries, 1st ....
AB R H PO A E
4 0 0 1 2 0
4 1 2 4 4 0
4 0 0 0 0 0
...5 2 2 2 0 0
4 2 3 13 1 3
1 0 0 0 0 0
(Continued on last page.)