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EMERALD BANQUET Friday night at 6:00, Os burn Hotel. SENIORS Get your Commencement Announcements from Ken neth Frazier. Nellie Hem enway, Margaret Rhose. PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1913. Vol. XIV; No. 98 WOMEN’S SCOPE IS NOW WIDER VARSITY CO EDS BRANCH OUT INTO NEW ORGANIZATIONS DURING THE YEAR ACTIVITIES ARE INCREASED Agora Club, Athletic Association and Women’s League Important Additions. (By Bess Lewis.) Student Body activities for women have had a greater range and have held a more important place among campus affairs during the past year than ever before. Not only have their number and scope been extended, but the interest and enthusiasm have been keener. Nearly every society or or ganization has achieved something of note, has realized one or more of their ambitions, while all regard the past year as one of their most prosperous. The Young Women’s Christian As sociation has at last secured the bungalow for which it has worked so hard and consistently during the past five years. Its meetings have been interesting and instructive, and the average attendance has been good. Much credit is due Mrs. Fletcher, the local Secretary, who has been a faith ful, loyal and enthusiastic helper for the girls in everything which they have undertaken. Eutaxians Are Prosperous. The Eutaxian Society has also en joyed a prosperous year. Their pro grams have been well prepared and the meetings well attended. A cer tain proof of their growing popular ity is the large waiting list for mem bership, which is limited to forty. The Choral Club gave a most suc cessful concert at the Eugene Theatre during the winter. Instead of being an uncertain, indepedent organization, as it has been up to the present year, it is now officially recognized as a Student Body activity, under Student Body management. Aside from the concert, the club has appeared several times at Assembly, at the Common wealth luncheon, and it will comprise the greater part of the Commence ment chorus. Among the newer organizations are the Agora Club, the Women’s Athletic Association, and the Triple-A Society. The Agora Club was organized early in the year for the study of social and political questions. They have stu died the Referendum, Minimum Wage, the State Legislature, and have com (Continued on page five.) GERTRUDE OEM, OREGON 6RID, IS 1 HI6HEST IN CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION Out of Class of 65 She is Only Can didate With Grade Over Ninety Per Cent. PORTLAND, June 4.—(Special to the Emerald.)—In the examinations for City Park Directors held recently in this city by the Civil Service De partment, Miss Gertrude Denhart passed highest out of the total num ber of 65. Her mark was 90.02 per cent and was the only one above 90. About fifty of those who took the ex amination were passed. The appoint ments will be made the latter part of this week. Miss Denhart is a graduate of the University, class 1911, and is a pres ent an instructor in the High School at Hillsboro, Oregon. Professor George Rebec will ad dress the graduating classes of the Coos Bay, Bandon, Coquille City, Marshfield, and North Bend High Schools this week. GAMeWecS is MATTER OF BUSINESS STATE WARDEN FINLEY GIVES PROOF IN ASSEM BLY TALK Illustrated Lecture Shows How the State of Maine Gets $20,000 From Game Rights That the game of the state should be protected, not merely from a po lice standpoint, but from the edu cational and financial standpoint as well, that a bird does more good destroying more insects than it does harm, and that hunting and fishing amount to a business proposition for the state, were some of the state ments made by State Game Warden W. F. Finley in his address at assem bly this morning. "We must educate the people of the state,” said Mr. Finley, “to rec ognize that we can not protect our game merely by wardens and legisla tion. We must teach the people to understand the game. The state of Maine has recognized this fact, and now, besides being famous as a hunt er’s paradise, secures revenues from this source of nearly $20,000,000.00. "There is no reason,” he contin ued, “why Oregon should not have this position on the Pacific Coast. As it is, we now secure yearly a sum ranging from five to ten millions.” Commencement is one of the hap piest seasons of the year. Duties are over—nothing to do but to help the Seniors graduate, and that is easy. Stick around a while this Spring and you will wonder why you never did before. HENDRICKS, EDITOR OF 191S 0RE6MIII, CHOOSES STAff TO *10 III GETT16 OUT BIG VOLUME O The 1915 Oregana board has been organized and plans have been laid to make next year’s annual the best and largest book ever published, accord ing to Editor Leland Hendricks. “More pages will be added and a heavier grade of paper will be used,” said Hendricks in speaking of his plans for next year, “although they will be smaller, as less space will be given to margins than formerly. “The feature section will be made especially strong. Several new fea tures will be used, one of which will be the manner of preparing the cal endar of events. This calendar is al ready in the process of formation and nothing will escape the notice of its compilers. Pictures of the O. A. C. Oregon track meet and several base ball games have already been taken." The following is the editor’s and manager’s staff as have been appoint ed, which are subject to change and additions: Editor’s Staff. Assistant Editor—Earl Blackaby. Assistant Editor—Jessup Strang. Administration—Edith Clements. Classes—Josephine Moorhead. Fraternities—Genevieve Cooper. Athletics—Clarence Ash. Forensics—James Donald. Publications—Clarence Brotherton. Dramatics—Bert Jerard. Features—Kenneth Reed. Art—Thorton Howard. Law School—Burns Powell. Manager’s Staff. Assistant Manager—Walter Dimm. Subscriptions—Russell Brooks. EMERALD SETS NEW RECORD, PREPARING FIELD FOR DAILY ONTHANK REVIEWS DEVELOP^ MENT OF PAPER TO POINT WHERE DAILY ISSUE IS NET STEP ASKS ALUMNI FOR HELP Paper Doubles Record of Last Year Yet Could Have Been Much Larger (By Karl Onthank.) Lacking only one of getting out a hundred issues, and publishing well above 23,500 inches of reading mat ter, more than twice the approximate 11,500 inches printed last year, the volume of the Emerald which closes with this issue has set a record for covering the news of the University. The paper has been increased from a fiv-column semi-weekly to a six column tri-weekly. The form of the paper has been improved and tthe general make-up made much more like a real grown up newspaper. The circulation has been close to 1,200 all of the year, about half of which has been local. Close to a hundred students have served on its staff at one time or (Continued on page 2.) MANAGER COLLIER ASCRIBES FINANCIAL SUCESS TO ADVERTISING POLICY TRI-WEEKLY HAS PAID WELL Thinks Affairs Are In Good Shape for Issuing Paper Next Year. (By Andrew Collier.) The Oregon Emerald has had a very successful year. We feel satisfied with the results we have obtained, and are almost reluctant to turn the little sheet over to our successor. However, our work has only been a stepping stone for our successors. The news end has been organized and a solid foundation laid for the next business manager. “We undertook a daring venture til inaugurating the tri-weekly, from both the editing and managing sides of it. But it has worked out so admirably that it is not at all im probable that Oregon might take its place along side of Washington with a daily next year. In fact, we debated seriously whether we should make the (Continued on last page.) (EM HIS HIDE NEW RECORDS SAYS “PREXT WITH PROSPECTS FOR 1913-14 BETTER STILL (By President P. L. Campbell.) The year just closing has been one of the best in the history of the Uni versity. The enrollment has in creased, the requirements have been more severe, the average grades have been higher, and the year has passed without unpleasant incident, The or ganization and rapid growth of the department of Journalism has been one of the notable features of the year’s work. The enlargement of the field work of the Extension Depart ment has also been a marked gain. In matters of legislation, the Uni versity has fared reasonably well. The fund for maintenance has been increased by $50,000 per year, the Extension work was given $15,000 per year, and $175,000 was appropriated for buildings. Most important of all, the Millage Bill, giving the Univer sity three-tenths of a mill for per manent maintenance, beginning with the year 1915, was carried by almost unanimous vote in the legislature. The outlook for a large entering class next year is excellent The High Schools are graduating large classes, and are sending large rep resentatives to the University. The entering class will break all records. The most important thing immed iately before us is to defeat the refer endum and secure the new buildings, which are so badly needed. The cam paign undertaken by the students promises to be immensely helpful. With every county organized, and every friend of the University loyally at work, the extreme is an assured victory. NO DAILY FOR NEXT YEAR SAYS EDITOR-ELECT FOWLER Editor-Elect Says Will make No In crease in Size—Names Members of Staff. “There will be no increase in size or in numbers of issues weekly in next year’s Emerald,” said Henry Fowler, editor-elect today. “Neither the ad vertising nor the size of the Student Body will warrant it.” The policy of the paper will be to stand for the good of the University first and last. All factions, students, alumni and faculty, will be treated fairly and equally. The business end of the Emerald is at present unsettled, owing to the fact that during the two week’s tenure of office, Manager-elect Michael did not secure bids for print ing or contracts for advertising. So far no one has been selected to fill the place caused by Michael’s resigna tion. The editor’s staff is only partially completed. Clarence Brotherton will be managing editor; Clarence Ash, city editor; Jessup Strang, sporting (Continued on last page.) OREGON TEAMS VICTORIOUS IN ALL DERATES OF 1912-13 Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain Title Captured by Prescott’s Spellers (By V. T. Motschenbacher.) To explain Oregon’s many victories in forensics this year is quite beyond me. Coach Prescott, without previous experience, took a bunch of mediocre men and women and captured every debate of the year and thereby won the Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain State’s champnionship. We won, I be lieve, not because we were naturally better debaters, but because of more thorough preparation. The first intimation of success came when Zimmerman barely missed tak ing first place in the State Oratorical Contest at Newberg, March 14. The Triangular Debate took place March 28, and Oregon won unanimously, both against Stanford at Palo Alto and against the University of Washington at Eugene. The Utah debate was to have taken place in Salt Lake April 5, but owing to the sudden illness of (Continued on page two.) “SPUD” HILL QUALIFIES AS REAL BONA-FIDE STORY BOOK HERO Rescues Myrtle Gram from Icy Cold Waters of Swift McKenzie River. Accidents will happen; yes, indeed! Without them this would be a dull world; and without one in particular, a fraternity picnic on the McKenzie would be featureless. Without this one in particular aMurice Hill would not be a hero; Myrtle Gram would never have been rescued. ’T was a thrilling: rescue, at that. The two stood happily upon a smooth round rock. The swirling wa ters eddied about two pair of bare feet that kicked joyously in the wa ter. Something slipped. A splash and the fair one struggled helplessly in the swiftly moving current. A sec ond splash, and the hero was at her side. A rush of fear swept over those on shore; then a thrill of pride as the hero battled manfully with the current. VARSITY CO-EDS GET OUTDOOR EXERCISE SPORTS IN CHARGE OF PHYSICAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR Gymnasium Credits Given for Walk ing, Canoeing, Tennis, and Golf. (By Nell Hemenway.) Nearly every girl in the University is sporting a good healthy coat of tan, the result of wholesome hours spent on the tennis courts, the golf links, the mill race, and the open roads in the outdoor work required by the phy sical training department. The girls in the canoeing class have perhaps shown the most interest and enthusiasm of those in any of the sports, said Miss Thompson. How ever, the girls have all been more or less interested and have derived ben efit in direct proportion to their in terest. The girls who because of sick ness or for any other reason have been unable to engage in the more strenuous sports, have taken the walks of which a regular net-work has been established. There have been few long hikes, such as trips to Spencer’s Butte, and the few that have been made have been leisurely in the extreme, but for the short walks some very creditable records have been established. Charlotte Sears, starting from the gymnasium, achieved the top of Judkin’s Point in nineteen minutes, establishing the college record. The object of these walking classes is to get the girls out into the fresh air and open country and walks to the postoffice and back (Continued on last page.) ATHLETIC YEAR PUZZLES FANS BRILLIANT VICTORIES AND BAD DEFEATS MARK THE RECORDS OF TEAMS D. A. C. BEATEN IN FOOTBALL Championship Baseball and Track Teams Lose Out In Crucial Contests. (By J. Ward Arney.) Athletically, Oregon's calendar for the college year that is fast waning, is one marked by the bright red spots of glorious victory and by the indigo blurr of almost discouraging defeat. Intoxicating success kaleidi scoped with humiliating defeat until a mere statitician is plunged into a muddled chaos. Thi is true in respect to every branch of athletics. But through^it all has come the “Oregon Spirit” to inspire a defeated team with the fairness of a true sportsman and with the fighting tenacity that carried it on to its wonderful triumphs. Rec ognizing this spirit, an Oregon man is able to comprehend the reversals of form while the mere statistician is confused. Football Prospects Good. The record of the football team fur nishes the first athletic enigma. Starting off with very promising ma terial, under the tutelage of three old Oregon stars, Pinkham, Moores, and Main, Oregon was figured as a potent factor in the championship race. But continued injuries and schol astic difficulties made necessary so many changes in the lineup that Ore gon lost its two first games of the Conference schedule, a hopeless de feat at the hands of Whitman and a heart-breaking one snatched away by Washington State College. Following these two stumbles, the team fought out a 3-0 victory over Idaho. Then came the game against Washington when Dobie’s machine won a 30-14 battle after Oregon had thrilled the spectators by its wonderfully daring use of the forward pass. Looking back over this string of disappoint ments, it seemed certain that the O. A. C. team would be a sure winner in the Albany game, for they had de feated Whitman by a one-sided score and had outplayed, but last to Wash ington. Supported by a pilgrimage of rooters and full of fight, Oregon played their heriditary rivals off the field and won when Fenton placed the ball between the posts for three points. A glorious climax to a tear ful tragedy. _ (Continued en page two.) WOMEN II lUIS MEETING NUMI6E TO WAGE CAMPAIGN AGAINST flEFERENDUM THIS SUMMER • '* . . \-2Ut A mass meeting of the women of the University was held this after noon at 4 p. m., in the Women’s Gym nasium. Hie purpose of the meeting was to consider and outline a cam paign against the University refer endum, to be carried on by the women in their home towns during the sum mer. To systematize this movement the State has been divided into districts, each one of which will be superin tended by a held marshall, whose duty it shall be to And out and appoint students in the various towns of the district to take charge of the cam paign in their town. The local campaign as now planned will be more along the line of visiting the voters, especially the women, in a house to house canvass, if necessary, and to discuss with them the use of the University and to clear up the. ex isting misapprehensions regarding the • institution. Among those who spoke at the meeting this afternoon were Mrs. M. Washburn, former President of the Eugene Suffrage Club, Miss Ruth Guppy, Dean of Women, and Miss Eleanor McClain, president of the Woman’s League. Last week a similar organization was effected among the men of the University and through Mr. Eugene Brookings will carry on another ac tive campaign. I fei