VOL. XV. EUGENE. OREGON. THURSDAY, DEC. 4, 1913 No. XXIX. CLDB GAMES START TODAY KAPPA SIGMA AND SIGMA CHI MEET IN INITIAL BAS KET-BALL CONTEST SCHEDULE IS NOW ARRANGED Five Games Listed for Prelim inary Series and as Many for Elimination. Twelve Minute Halves Will Be Played. The 'Doughnut League has started. The first games of the season are be ing played this afternoon, Kappa Sigma and Sigma Chi staging the cur tain raiser at 4 o’clock and Delta Tau Delta and Phi Delta Theta mix ing immediately after the opening struggle. All four houses claim championship teams, although the line-ups will not be given out until the referee’s whistle blows. One or two games will be played every day this week. The practice series will be played this week and the eliminating series will come the first part of next week with the final series coming Friday and Saturday, although it has not been decided as yet, and will not be until the next meeting of the inter fraternity committee next Wednes day. The schedule for the preliminary series is as follows: Thursday, 4 p. m., Kappa Sigmas vs. Sigma Chis; 5 p. m., Delta Tau Delta vs. Phi Delta Theta. iFriday, 5 p. m., Alpha Tau Omega’ vs. Dormitory Club. Saturday, 2:30 p. m., Oregon Club vs. Phi Gamma Delta; 3:30 p. m., Avava Club vs. Sigma Nu. The schedule for the eliminating series is as follows: Monday, 4 p. m., Kappa Sigma vs. Sigma Nu; 5 p. m., Sigma Chi vs. Delta Tau Delta. Tuesday, 4 p. m., Phi Delta Theta vs. Alpha Tau Omega; 5 p. m., Dorm itory Club vs. Oregon Club. Wednesday, 4 p. m., Phi Gamma Delta vs. Avava Club. At the last meeting of the inter fraternity council it was decided to have {he length of the halves 12 minutes. It was also decided that there should be another drawing to pick the opponents for the finals and to arrange the schedule. As there will be five teams left for the finals it was found necessary to have one team draw a bye and thus have three games in the finals. A committee of three was appointed to look after the games and see that they were played on time. This committee is compos ed of Willard Shaver, chairman; Tom Boylen and Sam Lyons. The council requests that all teams hand in the names of their captains so they may be assured of notifica tion before the games. All teams are warned to be on the floor at the scheduled time. Ac cording to a league ruling a club forfeits the game when the team scheduled to play is not on the floor within fifteen minutes of the time for the game to start. PROF. YOUNG IS APPOINTED Governor Names Him on Conunis. sion to Draft Registration Laws. Professor F. G. Young lias been named by Governor West as a mem ber of a commission to draft and prepare for submission to the people a new registration law in view of the fact that the supreme court has knocked out the recently enacted law. The other members of the commission are as follows: Frank F. Collier, attorney, Portland; Claude C. McColloch, attorney, Bak EIGHT MEN WILL ATTEND CONFERENCE AT SALEM Y. M. C. A. Delegates Leave To morrow for Annual Meeting Eight students have said they would represent the University at the Religious Leadership Conference at Salem tomorrow and Saturday, but it is hoped that this number will be in creased to at least twelve. Hereto fore Oregon has had the largest dele gation but with O. A. C. sending be tween twenty and twenty-five men this year it looks as if the honors would go to that institution. The Oregon representatives will leave tomorrow at 11:15 a. m. They are: John Black, Peter C. Crockett, Ben Schmidt, Roy Stephens, Hermon Gilfilen, Paul Chesebro, Carlyle Geis ler and Charles W. Koyl. JUN ORS PLAN MASQUE DANCE FOR MARCH 1 Class Hears Oregana and Treas urer Reports. Basket ball Discussed 1 Basketball, finances, The Oregana, j class hour and the Masque dance were the subjects considered at the Junior class meeting Wednesday morning. At exactly ten o’clock President Jerard called to order some seventy of his noble and loyal cohorts, there assembled. Thomas Boylen, by an unanimous vote, was elected as basketball manager for the class. In response to a demand for a speech, Boylen gave a short talk on the class’s basketball prospects for this year. Treasurer Ralston gave his usual hard luck report on the condition of the class’s finances. He reported that the class had a small balance on hand. Ben Dorris, manager of The Ore gana, urged that all the class get “behind the book” and “come through the Rye with their subscrip tions.” President Jerard announced that the Class Hour committee composed of James Donald, chairman; Helen Werlein, Gertrude Buell, Velma Sex ton, Clark B"rgard, Thorton Howard and Fred Hardesty would soon make arrangements for the class hour in the middle of January. The Juniors are making prepara tions to give an informal masque dance, to be held March 7. It is the intention of the class to make this dance an annual affair. “From time immemorial, it has been a crying need,” says President Jerard, “and the Juniors are going to supply this need.” Two prizes will be awarded by a committee of judges composed of prominent Faculty_piembers and “Campus Heads;” one to the person having the most beautiful costume and one to the person wearing the funniest. The whole student body will be invited to attend. After the meeting all the men in tending to try out for the class bas ketball remained for a few minutes and discussed “Ways and Means” for capturing the Championship. Buck Bigbee was elected as captain. 3r; Prof. J. B. V. Butler, normal school. Monmouth; Mrs. Jas. B. Kerr, woman’s clubs, Portland, Ed. Wright, county clerk. La Grande; S. \. Koser, secretary of state’s office, ^alem; Charles Erskine Mood, at torney, Portland; W. L. Marks, coun ty clerk, Albany; Dr. W. G. Dubach, O. A. C., Corvallis; Mrs. Sarah A. Evans, women’s clubs, Portland. Walter Bailey, ’12, is now principal of the high school at San Isidro, Philippine Islands, where he has been since his graduation from the University. He has charge of a teaching force of fourteen members. The first year class in journalism at the University of Louisiana pub lished the college paper recently. GLEE CONCERT COMES DEC. 12 ANNUAL SHOW PROMISES BETTER THAN USUAL THIS YEAR STUNTS WILL HELP ENTERTAIN After Tour During Thanksgiv ing Holidays, Club Is Working to Remedy Defects Discov ered on Trip. The Eugene people and students will be given an opportunity of hear ing the University of Oregon Glee Club in concert at the Eugene the atre Friday, December 12, is the an nouncement of Prof. Ralph Lyman, director of the Club. Since returning from the Thanksgiving trip the members of the club have been busy rehearsing and perfecting their work. The year’s club is considered one of the strongest in the history of the University, according to mus ical critics in the University. In addition to the regular Oregon songs many songs will be introduced which have not been heard in Eugene be fore. There are 26 men in this year’s club. The Glee Club stunts, “Oldtime Vaudeville,” by Shaver and Cowden; “Caught with the Goods,” by Jerard and Batley, and the Xylophone solo by Apperson were well received on the recent trip and are expected to score a hit with the local audience. The solo work of Albert Gillette has received many flattering comments by those who have heard the club this year. TANK TESTED^ SATURDAY Additional Fund May be Appro priated for the Tile Border. Finishing work on the swimming tank will delay the opening until the first part of next week. It has not been definitely decided on what day that will be. The whole inside of the tank room is being painted a clean white and another pair of doors are being made connecting it with the locker room. Water will be let into the tank 0:1 Saturday as a test. The board of Regents will inspect it before that time and will decide whether an additional fund will be al BASKETBALL STOCK IS HIGH WITH LAST YEAR’S TEAM IN TACT, CHANCES LOOK GOOD BEZDtCK WILL COACH SQUAD Big Turnout of Aspirants for Positions. Captain Fenton Wants All Players in School ! to Come Out for the Team. I I (Raeman T. Fleming) The outlook for a championship basketball team looks bright at the present writing. There are a num ber of the old men of last year’s team back. The men who received their O's last year who are out this year are: Fenton, captain; Brad ! shaw, guard; C. Sims, guard; Dan I Rice, forward, and Boylen, forward, i There are besides these several men i who were on the squad last year but 1 did not. play enough to get their let-1 ters. Stevenson and Vosper are two of the most likely of these. Besides these there are a number of good players out. Among them are: H. Sims, C. Casebeer, B. Bigbee, Wheel ! er, C. Bigbee, Wolcott and Bryant, j it is yet a little early to get a line I on the material as there are several I games coming which may reveal some | good material which has not yet ! come to the notice of the coach. There is to be series of games to be played between the fraternities and one between the classes. There is a likelihood that these series will re veal some men who are of varsity caliber who have not quite the crust to get out for the first team. In basketball as in any other sport it is not the first team that wins the games alone. They could not win them if there were not a number of men out and playing hard every night against them to give them practice. Captain Fenton would like to see all men who have played bas ketball at all out in suits to help the first team along and land a champ ionship for Oregon this year. lowed for tiling the floor around the tnak. Professor Carl McClain, who designed the pool stated yeste-d ly that he considered that it would be a wise investment as the Multnomah tank in Portland is equipped with a j surrounded tile floor which has been j very satisfactory. It is estimated that the cost will be about $500. Bert Jerard and Merwin Hatley in their clever stunt, “Caught With tlie Goods,” a prominent feature of the University Glee Club eoneert, which will be given at Eugene theatre, Friday, l>ec. la. PROGRAM ENLIVENS FRESHMAN MEETING Monthly Class Hour Given Over to Entertainment by the Students The Freslimeu yesterday morning at ten in Villard held the first of their series of preliminary class hours, the purpose of which is to discover the talent, and ability in the class for the big class hour next spring. The program wa sas follows: Vocal Solo.Miss Zella Knox Chalk Talk.Milton A. Stoddard Piano Solo.Sherman Pobst Reading.Miss Emma Wootton The Freshmen will have the ten' o’clock hour on the first Monday of every month for their preliminary program hereafter until the class hour proper. WOMEN’S MIXER PLANNED FOR TOMORROW EVENING Basket-ball Games, Panto mimes, Singing and Games to Be Features Oh ye women of the University of Oregon. Come one, come all to the Mixer on Friday night at 7:30 sharp in the Men’s Gymnasium. Come and prove by your presence and enthusi asm that the “Oregon Spirit” is not dead but just as much alive as ever. The first game between the All Star Oregon basketball teams will be played during the evening. The Eu taxians will give the pantomime “Loehinvar” and the Women’s Glee Club is planning a comedy. There will be something doing every min ute, so be on time. “It’s a mixer, lets mix,” says Elea nor McClain, president of the Wo men’s League. “This is informal, so don’t come expecting to be formally introduced. It’s up to YOU whether or not the evening will be a success.” WILL START BASKET-BALL Six Teams Now Organized For Inter Sorority Series, A meeting of the representatives of the various sororities having bas ketball teams was held in the Wo men’s gymnasium yesterday. At present Delta Delta Delta, Kappa Al pha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Delta Gamma, Beth Rhea and the girls of the Oregon Club have organ ized teams. Practice begins at once, but the regular series of games will not be held until after the Christmas holidays. The first game of the series oc curs on January 13, 1914, between the teams of the Delta and Beth Rhea. On January 14 Theta meets Delta Gamma and on January 15 the itwo winning teams play. On the 16th j of the month the winning team plays the girls of the Oregon Club. One failure serves to eliminate a team from the league. The games are looked forward to with much interest on the part of th^ girls, for there is some good basket ball material which as yet has not : been developed. ! GALE SEAMAN IS IN EUGENE | Coast V. M. (*. A. Secretary Con fined to Kooin With Poison Oak. G;ile Seaman, coast student secre tary of the Y. M. C. A. on the inter national committee, came in last Sat urday from Ixjs Angeles to boost the Religious Leadership Conference along that is to be held in Salem Fri day and Saturday of this week. He was suffering from a case of poison oak and is still confined to his room at the city Y. M. C. A. __^ Roy Curry, ex-’15, Is now business manager of the San Leandro Stand ard at San Leandro, California. sac* SCEDULED TO BE ARRANGED MANAGERS OP NORTHWEST CONFERENCE TEAMS TO MEET DEC. 5, 6 MANY QUESTIONS TO DECIDE Besides Planning Basket-ball and Baseball Games, Track Matters Will Be Discussed by Representatives. Graduate-Manager Dean Walker leaves tonight for Portland where he will attend the Northwestern Inter collegiate Conference of Managers which will be held at the Oregon ho tel December 5 and 6. Each college in the conference will have a representative there and they will be Ralph Horr, of Washington; G. L. Larsen, of Idaho; J. R.' Bender, of Washington State; Archie Hahn, of Whitman; E. J. Stewart, of Cor vallis, and Dean Walker, of Oregon. This conference is the regular meeting of the managers which 1b held by them for the purpose of mak ing out schedules and attending to other matters which concern the members of the conference. ‘‘However, this conference does not have any power to admit another in stitution to the conference or make any changes in the rules,” said Walk er today at his office. “That is all taken care of at the annual confer ence held next year. We meet prin cipally for the purpose of making schedules. Many Questions to Decide. “The main questions which will come at this meeting in Portland are: Where the annual conference track meet is to be held; shall num ber of men on teams be increased1 from 7 to 9; shall there be held an annual tennis tournament; shall the 35-pound weight be included in track meets; shall an annual cross-country meet be held; shall an annual wrest ling meet be held (tournament); shall a better scheme for adopting officials for the games be adopted; shall the division of the basketball schedule made last year remain the same and shall a like division of baseball be made. “1 cannot give much light on some of these questions as I do not know how many of the other managers feel concerning them. It is probable that the 35-pound weight will be added to the track meets because at the present time there are no events which give the heavy men a chance to participate in the meets. May Change Official System. ‘‘I think it probable that a new scheme for adopting officials for the games will be made. So much trou ble was encountered this year that I think it probable that a change will be desired all around. However, If a change Is made three sets of offi cials will have to be made so that when more than one conference game is staged on the same day there will not be a limited number of officials. I think that this matter will be ad justed to suit the various managers. “The division of the basketball schedule will in all probabilities be rought by certain of the managers since the colleges east of the moun tains are not satisfied with the ar rangement I understand. I think it Ilk dy, however, that the division or another will be made at any rate. It is also probable that a division in the baseball schedule will be made. Some such a plan will be welcomed' by us as trips planned for the base ball team would interfere with the conference schedule in case these trips are made. 47 stfftes and 31 nations are rep resented in the student body at Cor nell.