1917 EFFECTS
ORGANIZATION
FRESHMEN IN FIRST MEET
ING CHOOSE MARTIN
NELSON PRESIDENT
THREE BALLOTS NECESSARY
OTHER OFFICERS SELECTED
ARE RUTH ROCHE, VICE
PRESIDENT; FRANCES
MANN, SECRETARY, AND
PAUL GREEN, TREASURER.
ACUAINTANCE PARTY TO
BE HELD AT TRI DELTA
HOUSE.
At the organization meeting of the
Freshmen Class in Villard Hall yes
terday afternoon, Martin Nelson of
Astoria, was chosen to grace the
name of president of the Freshies,
and pilot the young ones through
their initiation into the University.
Other necessary ofifcers were also
provided. Ruth Roche of Eugene,
was unanimously chosen as vice
president; and Frances Mann, also
of Eugene, received the office of sec
retary. And Eugene High add
ed the third feather to its hat, when
Paul Green of this city was elected
Collector and Keeper of Frosh Simo
leons, vulgarly called treasurer.
me selection or Nelson for presi
dent was the result of elimination
balloting, in which Floyd Ross and
Carson Bigbee of Eugene High
school, were his rivals for the office.
On thj second ballot Bigbee, being
low man, was dropped, and the
names of Ross and Nelson were voted
upon; sixty-three to fifty-five being
the final count. Nelson was nomi
nated by George Reifel; Ross by C.
A. Naylor, of Panama; and Bigbee by
Paul Green.
Both the Delta Delta Delta and
the Gamma Phi Beta sororities of
fered their respective houses for the
Freshman acquaintance party; and
by ballot, the class chose the Delta
Delta Delta house for the meeting.
Professor John Straub, as dean of
the class, acted as temporary chair
man of the meeting.
Committees will be appointed im
meidately by President Nelson to ar
range for the Freshman-Sophomore
Mix, toward which the Freshman are
looking.
The Acquaintance Party commit
tee, chosen this morning, is as fr
lows: Emma Wootton, Frank
Scaiefe, Bernice Perkins, Rober
Langley, Marion Reed.
SOCCER TO BE PLAYED
Hayward Will Have Gym Classes Do
Outdoor Work For Credit.
Soccer football will soon make its
debut into University activity here
as a substitute for the regular gym
nasium work required of freshmen
and sophomores. Trainer Hayward’s
plan is to furnish the men with ex
ercise that will also allow them to be
out in the open as long as the weath
er permits. Instead of working at
the usual calisthenics, the classes
will be divided into teams and sent
out-of-doors to play soccer.
When the players become familiar
with the sport, a challenge for a
game will be sent to one of the sec
ond rate Portland soccer teams. Soc
cer, thus instituted here, may ulti
mately become a regular feature of
college activity.
All gymnasium classes will be held
outdoors while the good weather
lasts. Everyone taking gym must
select some branch of outdoor ath
letics in which to specialize.
RIVALRY EXISTS FOR
T ML LEADER JOB
Bigbee and Grady Are Only Candi
dates So Far For the
Position.
rue nrat rooting practice of tne
jcai »m ue nem on xviucaiu lieiu at
-t o ciocn. tomorrow aiternoon, wueu
an cauuiuaiea tor tne position of var
I atty you leaner win oe given a
cuance to aemonstrate tneir anility
in Handling tne bleacner crowd. Try
outs will oe held every night at the
I oaine time but the official selection
, win not take place until the meeting
of tne executive council next week.
' inus tar omy two men, Harold
l Grady anu morris Higbee, nave an
nounced tneir intention of running
tor tne position. Botn have hau
1 considerable experience in leading
, the rooters, Grady having been yell
leader for the Sophomore class last
year, while “Buck" Higbee served as
an assistant to Abe Blackman*
throughout the season. Both are Ju
niors.
President-of-the-Study-Body Ver
non Motschenbacher in speaking ot
the coming tryouts, said: “it is up
to the students to make these root
ing practices a success. We want
every able-bodied man who can use
his voice to appear on the bleachers
and yell. It is especially important
that the Freshmen should come out
and learn the Oregon songs and yells.
Let’s show Bezdek that we are all
back of the team.’’
Ooach Bezdek is heartily in favor
of the proposed rooting practices and
thinks that it will help materially to
encourage the football men and
build up the famous “Oregon spirit
of 1906.”
NEW BUILDING IS NAMED
Students Dub Extension. Headquar
ters, “Parkinson Hall.”
"Where will Prof. Reddle’s classes
meet this year?”
"Parkinson Hall, the new Univer
sity building, right behind McClure.”
Thus was the latest structure to be
erected on the campus christened a
few days ago in a conversation be
tween two students. Of course, the
University will not officially recog
nize the name. At the Registrar’s
office it will be designated as the Ex
tension building, since it is to be the ;
headquarters for that department, 1
but among the mob the euphonious 1
“Parkison Hall” will no doubt stick .
in honor of the man who has done so i
! much toward advertising the Univer- 1
sity among the voters. 1
The building is a frame structure 1
of one story, and is being given the 1
finishing touches by the carpenters. 1
While not exactly a work of archltec- 1
tural grandeur, it will serve as a 1
temporary home for the rapidly- 1
growing extension department and as 1
an asylum for classes crowded out of
the regular buildings by the lack of -
facilities for handling the students.
DEXTER CLUB IS FORMED '
Women Living at Mary Spiller Hall
Organize Self-Governing Body.
The women living at the Mary
Spiller Hall organized into a self
governing body to be known as the
Dexter Club, Monday, September 22.
The constitution and bylaws and
rules governing the house were
adopted. Miss Henline was unanim
ously elected president. Miss Paar
was ohosen vice-president and Miss
Ethelwyn Boydell, secretary-treas
urer.
This Is the first time any organi
zation has been attempted in Mary
Spiller House. Hitherto the entire
management rested upon the house
mother, but now the girls intend to
co-operate with Mrs. Bancroft in
making and enforcing rules neces
sary for the Improvement and social
advancement of the organization.
ALUMNI WILL WORK TOGETHER
TO FURTHER OREGON'S CAUSE
Make Plans In Meeting To Canvass Eugene Pre
cincts. Special Eair Edition of Emerald
To Be Distributed Among Voters.
Thursday Is the day that has been
chosen by the alumni of the Univer
sity, to give the people of Lane coun
ty an accurate idea of the class of
work being turned out at the state
institution, the student activities,
and the relatively large number of
students in attendance in many of
the departments in comparison with
the capacity available.
At a meeting of four alumni, Nor
ma Hendricks, Dave Graham, Ben
Williams and Graham J. Mitchell,
held last night, plans were fomulated
to carry on the campaign for finances
for the University. “We will call a
meeting of all the Oregon graduates
to take place in the Eugene om
mercial club this evening at seven
o’clock,” said Mr. Mitchell this
morning. “During this meeting we
expect to organize a temporary as
sociation for the express purpose of
furthering the cause of the Univer
sity in the coming election.
“As the first move in the cam
paign we will canvas the Eugene
precincts thoroughly. Each of these
precincts will be put in charge of an
alumnus or an alumna. The big
Idea is to get people to register, and
then to see to it thatthey vote.”
In connection with the work being
planned by the Oregon alumni, the
Emerald will issue a special edition
on Thursday which besides the regu
lar student news, will contain gen
eral descriptions of the University
and its buildings, and the class of I
work done in the various depart
ments.
Three o’clock in the afternoon is
the hour at which 2000 extra copies
of the special edition will be sent out
to the county fair grounds, there to
be distributed at the Oregon booth
presided over by Miss Norma Hen
dricks, to every visitor at the fair,
free of charge. Arrangements may
also be made to have a large number
sent to the Salem state fair.
In speaking of the work to be done
at the Oregon booth, Mr. Mitchell has
stated that in addition to distribut
ing the Emerald and exhibiting spec
imens of the work done at the Uni
versity, that an effort will be made
to arrange matters so that Lane
county voters can register direct on
the fair grounds for the coming elec
tion, without having to make a spe
cial trip to their precinct headquar
ters for this purpose.
President Campbell in speaking of
the chances for victory for the Uni
versity in the special election, said
today: “I believe that the voters of
the state are really with us, but the
only danger lies in the possibility
that our friends may prove negligent
in registering or in coming to the
polls. If we can only get the friends
of the University to register, and I
should say right here that this state
ment applies particularly to the wo
men, for the men’s registration will
hold over from last election, half of
the battle will be won. Then we
must see to it that those registered
actually vote.”
SENIOR WAS JUNIOR
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Is Talcing Full Course For Own
Pleasure—Is Married.
Registering as a senior, after com
pleting the first three years of her
college course nearly twenty years
ago, is the unique record of Mrs.
Agnes McLean, the wife of a Eugene
real estate agent. Although she has
a husband and three children, Mrs.
McLean nevertheless wishes to com
plete her college education and get
a Bachelor of Arts degree. She does
not intend to teach school but is
merely doing the work for her own
pleasure. Mrs. McLean is majoring
in modern English literature and car
rying a full seventeen hour course.
TANK WILL COST $3900
Gym Swimming Pool Will Be Ready
For Use By November 15.
The swimming tank, which is be
ing completed in the University gym
nasium, by Contractor Field, will be
In readiness by the middle of Novem
ber. When completed the tank will
be one of the largest and best equip
ped of Its kind on the coast. It is
being constructed at a cost of thirty
nine hundred dollars, exclusive of
light fixtures, which are not includ
ed in the contract.
This is an improvement in gymna
sium opportunity here that has been
looked forward to anxiously by the
students for a number of years; and
is heartily welcomed by all.
A bunch of cross-country men
were-out for early esason workouts
yesterday. “Bill” is trying to ar
range a meet with O. A. C. to take
place early this fall.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
TEACHING PHYSICS
Instructors Scarce In This Branch_
Few Interested.
The best opportunity, according
to University officials for those de
siring to do teaching work after leav
ing Oregon, is in the line of Physics.
It is stated by Dr. Boynton that few
students, comparatively speaking, are
working with this end in view, which
occasions a consequent dearth of
Physics instructors n the high
schools of the state. The department
has Issued the following statement in
regard to this:
“The University usually has more
calls than it can supply for compe
tent teachers of High School Physics.
Ability to teach this subject increases
the probability of securing a position,
and usually commands a slightly
higher salary.
“To fit himself for this work and
secure the recommendation of the
department, the student should take
courses 2 and 3, General Physics and
Laboratory, 8 and 9, and History
and Teaching of Physics. An ade
quate amount of Mathematics and
Chemistry helps in the understanding
of many parts of the subject. Shop
courses 1 and 5 will help those who
are not already familiar with the use
of tools, and courses 30, 31, 12 and
13 in Electrical Engineering (Prime
Movers and Industrial Electricity)
will give a familiarity with practical
machinery which will be of very
great value.
“The department of Physics offers
each semester advanced or popular
courses which ought to be of interest
to prospective teachers.”
Much interest is being shown in
soccer which will be played on the
baseball field. Twelve men were out
for practice last night.
I
ECONOMIC SENIORS TO
HAVE THESIS TEST
Social Legislation, Oregon Blue Book,
and Other Subjects.
Continuing his policy of practical
and vital subjects for senior thesis
work, Prof. F. G. Young, head of
the University economics depart
ment, this year has taken a step that
will in all probability bring the work
of the department to the attention
Qf the state at large, and will have
its certain constructive effects.
Topics picked from six special
fields of endeavor outlined by Pro
fessor Young, will be assigned as
subjects of theses and assigned to the
students in a short time.
The work to be attempted con
sists of: First, the elaboration and
popularization of the Oregon Blue
Book, the official state directory,
published yearly by the secretary of
state; by means of a systematic sur
vey of the state government similar
to that being made of cities by muni
cipal experts.
Second, the preparing of charts,
to be used at the Panama-Pacific
Exposition in 1915, in the Oregon
exhibit, showing the condition of the
state in such matters as criminology,
literary, school funds, etc., and
thirdly, the preparation of sched
ules that will guide the state author
ities in the state census o" 1915. The
fourth subject is the better dissem
ination of facts to the people that
their will might be more effectually
expressed in the primaries. This is
a matter of organization for greater
effectiveness. Fifth, comes the de
termination of the principles of elec
tric rate making, and the economics
that might be used, from the eco
nomists’ view.
The sixth subject concerns the de
velopment of Oregon social legisla
tion, with special reference to old
age pensions, widows' pensions; em
ployment bureaus and minimum
wage for men as well as women.
ATHLETIC GOODS STOLEN
Amateur Detectives on Trail of #200
Worth Missed Lately.
Practically all of the baseball and
basketball paraphernalia has been
stolen from the dressing room under
the grandstand. The robbery which
occurred about two weeks ago,
amounts to about $200. Manager
Arthur M. Geary had placed things
under there temporarily, and when
he went to remove them before he
left, he discovered the theft. The
panel of the door had been shattered,
after which the lock had evidently
been sprung. Suits, bats, bags, shoes,
in fact everything was taken but a
few old bats and some belt straps.
The loss of these articles has not
been reported to the police, but
Graduate Manager Dean Walker and
Superintendent of Grounds Fisher
have engaged several small boys to
ferret out the missing articles, and
to locate the guilty parties. It has
been said that they have already ob
tained some clewB.
The Executive Committee has un
der consideration a proposition
whereby It may recommend that the
student body offer a slutable reward
for the recovery of this paraphernalia
and the apprehension of the party
or parties who comimtted the theft.
COLEMAN TO ADDRESS
Y. M. C. A. THURSDAY
Professor Norman Coleman, head
of the English department of Reed
College, will address the University
Y. M. C. A. next Thursday evening at
7:30 In Dr. Schmidt’s room in Deady
Hall.
The subject of Professor Cole
man’s talk, is “The Foam and the
Deep Sea of College Life.” He has
the reputation of being an Interest
ing speaker.
Secretary Charles Koyl, of the
University Y. M. C. A., extends a spe
CORNELL,COOK,
HALL RETURN
I FOOTBALL PROSPECTS 00
UP ANOTHER NOTCH AS
OLD MEN APPEAR
BILL HOLDEN ALSO ON BECK
Quarterback' Position Being
Hotly Contested for by Cor
nell, Putman, Ross,and oth
ers. Demand Big 4or other
Backfield Berths. /'
(By Raimon Flemming)
To the men who Bit In the grand
stand and watch the team work, It
seems that Oregon will have a win
ner this year but to the old heads
the situation does not seem to be
so hopeful.
In the first place the men are
slow about getting out. Sam Cook,
the fullback at last year, has not
been out at all as yet. Anson Cor
nell the midget quarterback of last
Saturday in a suit and seemed to
be as fit as ever. Elme * Hall also
showed up Saturday and caused an
other boost in the team’s stock.
Elmer seems to be faster than he
was last year and he says that he
is in excellent condition.
The men who turned out Monday
nighit for the first time were Bill
Holden, who showed up so well at
tackle in the O. A. C. game of last
year, and Ernie Vosper, a former
Jefferson high star, at end.
Bob Fariss, a guard on last year’s
team, will not make any statement
as to whether or not he will be out
again this year, but Bill Hayward
says that he thinks both Fariss and
Grout will be out when they find
that the team haB to have them.
The work of the squad 1b gradu
ally improving and the men are now
falling on the ball and tackling the
dummy with a vengeance. Even an
onlooker can Bee that the men are
all Improving in the passing of the
ball and In the handling of the for
ward passes.
In the kicking line Fenton and
Captain Bradshaw are doing the best
work. Fenton is booting the ball
out to a good distance and la get
ting a good spiral on it.
The fight for quarterback seems
to show that there will be compe
tition in that department before
there is a man chosen. Among those
who are showing up best in this po
sition are Cornell, the man who fill
ed it to .his credit last year; Put
nam, who played for South Dakota
normal last year; Ross, a former
Eugene high star, and Heider, a se
nior in the University.
There is also a keen fight for the
other backfield positions. Those
who are out are: Jones, Fenton,
Heusner, Parsons, Beckett, Bryant,
Norfmandin, Huntington and Malar
ky, and MacCornack.
The men who are trying to make
positions for themselves In the line
are: Captain Bradshaw, Hall,
Holden, Caufield, Hill, Wlest, Nel
son, Pague, Spellman, Tuerck, Gar
rett, Nickelson, Brown, Ingles, Reed,
Holt, Easterwood, Ash, Riggs, and
Vosper. Annunson, a member of
last year’s team, 1b expected In a few
days.
Sam Cook, full back on last year’s
team, returned today and will beglft
practice with the team right away.
The big fellow’s return gives a de
cided boost to Oregon fotball pros
pects, although he was late in re
turning.
cial invitation to the members of the
faculty and the Freshman class.
Sam Cook, the big fullback, re
turned last night and appeared on
the field for practice this afternoon.