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OREGON VOL. XV. EUGENE, ORE., TUESDAY, m m JAN. 13, 1914. XXXXIX. SHOWS VALUE Of TRAINING PHYSICAL EDUCATION TAK EN UP BY HAYWARD BE FORE HIGH SCHOOL BOYS COTTAGE GROVE VISITED The First Lecture Engagement Meets With Warm Approval. Next Tour Will Take Coach Into Southern Oregon. Trainer W. L. Hayward is in the city for a few days, having returned from his lecture trip to Cottage Grove and is preparing for a more extensive tour into the southern part of the state. He will leave the latter part of this week, probably on Thursday. “There were about 250 people at tended1 the lecture at Cottage Grove and they expressed a great deal of interest in the lecture,” said the track coach ysterday. “One of the objects of these tours of the state is to get the boys of the state to take an interest in physical training. I have found that in the last few years the freshmen that are coming to college are falling off in average physical ability and develop ment. As a result of this we have decided that something must be done to discover the cause of it. It is a condition which should not exist and I am making these trips in an effort to see what is the trouble, and then we can proceed to see that it is remedied. “The freshmen that come to col lege now having had previous physi cal training of some sort or other are holding their own and come up to standard all right. But it is the men who have not been taking this work either in the form of some sport or the regular gymnasium exercises that lack development. Very few of the high schools of the state make any special effort at all to rut this part of the students’ education before them in such a light that they will take advantage of it and put them selves in trim. “My lectures are accompanied by both slides and moving pictures, al though at Cottage Grove I did not use the ‘movie’ machine since it ar rived only today. No special stress is laid on any one sport or activity, but the pictures show all sides. I have slides of the various organs of the body and an effort is made to convey to the audience the bad ef fects of dissipation and intemper ance on the body and system in gen-, eral. “Along with these are slides that show the various gymnasium exer cises and which will give the high school instructors some idea of what exercises bring the best results in the gymnasium. There are also pic tures taken at several meets^ and which show the manner in which a meet is held and the various events. “The principal idea of these tours is to give the high school instructors of the state as well as the students, a better insight into the workings of physical education so that the pres ent average development of the in coming freshmen will be raised to standard. “My next tour will be into the southern part of the state and I will go as far as Klamath Falls. Stops will be made at a number of the principal towns where high schools are located. “The fantescope which has just ar rived is not yet in the best of run ning order, it being a new machine, but I hope to have it working before I start on the trip. The machine is a new make and has the feature, by means of an air space which inter venes between the lens and the film, of preventing the film from being set afire when the machine is stopped. This portion of the machine which produces the light is to the left of the shuttle instead of directly back DEBATING PRIZE WILL BE DIVIDED AMONG FOUR ! Numbers of This Year’s Oregon Team Will Share Brook ing Prize Eugene Brookings, President of the Young Men’s Business Club of Portland, and President of the Ore gon Higher Educational League, in addressing an. assembly at the Uni versity last May, made a promise of a gift of one hundred dollars to be divided among the men who would be successful in making the Varsity debating teams. Without a doubt, the four men of this year’s teams will receive the above sum which, according to Coach Prescott, will be divided equally among them. Mr. Brookings is very much interested in college debating. In the last fight of the University to defeat the refer endum, initiated against its appro priations, he worked earnestly and unselfishly for the University, and he was instrumental in the successful outcome of the fight. MANY COLLEGE GRADS ENLIST IN U. S. NAVY Local Recruiting Officer Says Advantages for Educated Men Numerous That an unusual number of college men are enlisting in the United States navy, is the statement of Chief En i gineer K. W. Wheeler of the local re cruiting station. According to Mr. Wheeler the advantages for college trained men in the navy are numer ous. He says that it is possible for a man with an education to secure a i commission in from eight to ten years. At me present time there are near ly forty officers in the navy- above the rank of captain who have risen from common seamen. The most not able example is th.v* of Captain W. E. Whitehead of the U. S. S. “St. Louis” who although bux 39 y^'ars of age, has come up from the ranks. The last man enlisted at the local recruiting office was a graduate from 0. A. C. Vernon Parsons, an attor ney of Eugene and a graduate of the Univeristy of California, has also served an enlistment in the navy. The possibilities for trained men in the navy have been greatly increased during recent years, especially in the engineering branch, says the recruit ing officer. An enlisted man with en gineering knowledge can enter the navy with a salary of $2 5 per month and all expenses paid. ALBANY MEN TO ADDRESS COLLEGE Y. M. MEETINGS 1. B. Rhodes, of Portland, and Bishop Scadding, Also Scheduled W. P. White, of Albany, and pas tor of the Presbyterian church at that place, is scheduled to speak at the regular Y. M. C. A. meeting Thurs lay evening from 7 to 8 in Deady Hall. His subject will be “Approved men.” Music will be furnished by the Dormitory Orchestra and there will be brief reports of the Kansas City Student Volunteer Convention by John Black and Erie Lane, repre sentatives from the University. The following week another Al bany man will address the Y. M. meeting. This is Carlton E. Sox, a business man and president of the city Y. M» C. A. He is also a gradu ate of the Stanford University. His subject will be “A College Man’s Debts.” On February 12, I. B. Rhodes, of Portland, state .association secretary, will speak on “Our Neighbors” and February 19, Bishop Scadding, of the Episcopal church, will address the meeting. Psychological tests of mentality j to be applied to all members of the j Freshman class at Dartmouth. j as in ordinary machines. By a sys j tern of reflectors the light is thrown ■on the screen.” POOL IS AGAIN READY TO OSE FILLING TONIGHT WILL MAKE FIRST PLUNGE POSSI BLE TOMORROW NO SWIMMING GLASSES AS YET Seniors May Have to Swim 100 Yards Before Graduation. Aquatic Meets With M. A. A. C. May Be Staked in Future. For the third time since the be ginning of work last fall the swim ming pool is announced as ready for use. Water will be turned into the tank probably this evening, or at least by tomorrow morning, and most of the swimming enthusiasts will get to take their initial plunge in the new tank tomorrow afternoon if all goes well. It has been estimated that eight hours will be taken to fill or empty the tank, as the inlet and outlet pipe is so small. Some criticisih has been expressed at this feature of the plunge, but under the conditions any larger p pe would have meant the ex penditure of several hundred dol lars extra, and it \yas decided that the money could be used to better advantage. However, the janitor has figured that by changing the water Sunday, no inconvenience will be ex perienced from the slowness of the change. The only work involved will be in cleaning the pool when empty, and from sixteen to eighteen hours will suffice for emptying, cleaning and refilling. All wood-work in the plunge room has been repainted during the past two days, and will be dry by tonight. The entire floor of the plunge room surrounding the tank has been filed, with the addition of shower rooms the new natatorium presents a neat and artistic appearance. There is one pool in the state, that of the Multnomah Athletic Club, which is a little larger, but there are none better equipped or finished. The floor slopes from four to eight feet, allowing*depth for diving at the deep end. Under water lights will aid in diving. No definite arrangements for swimming classes have been made as yet, but plans for this feature of the pool’s u$e are now being made. It is possible that an instructor will be engaged, or some faculty member who has piscatorial instincts may take charge of the work for the re mainder of the year. The proposed faculty rule that ev ery senior who wishes to be graduat ed must be able to swim one hundred yards, will probably be instituted in some form in the near future. Simi lar rules to this are in use at other universities where swimming pools are found in connection with gymna siums. If swimmers of any pronounced prowess are found enrolled in the student body in sufficient numbers to make it worth wihle, steps will likely be taken to enter in competi tion with M. A. A. C. and other clubs in water contests. SIGNAL HONOR IS DELAYED Election to Phi Beta Kappa Not Known for 8 Months. Elected last May to the member ship of Phi Beta Kappa, supposedly notified oi the fact at the time and unaware of anything of the kind un til only last Friday, is the experience of Dr. Joseph Schafer of the Univer sity. Dr. Schafer is a graduate of the University of Wiconsin, 1894. Phi Beta Kappa was installed there in 1899. Members of the Alumni have been elected at different times and a letter was sent to Dr. Schafer last May notifying him of his election, and evidently was lost in the mails. 3 GOLF COPS AREOFFERED LOCAL JEWELERS TENDER SILVER TROPHIES FOR U. OF 0. PLAYERS FEW STUDENTS FOLLOW GAME Prescott Was Winner in Last Year’s Handicap and Open Events. Meeting for Players to Take Place Monday. Three silver cups have recently been promised by Seth Laraway, H. D. Smart and J. S. Luckey, as prizes to be awarded to the best golf play ers in the University. A meeting of all golf enthusiasts has been called for next Monday, January 18, hi Vil lard Hall, at 2 o'clock, for the pur pose of making arrangements for the tournaments. Bert Prescott, assistant professor in public speaking, and who for many years has been interested in golf is largely responsible for the securing of these three cups from the above named jewelers of the city. Prescott states that the purpose in offering these prizes is to stimulate and to promote interest in golf among the students and faculty of the Univer sity. In regard to the nature of the contests he states, there will be a handicap match and an open tourna ment for the men. A cup will be awarded to the winner of each. A match will also be held for the wo men, the winner of which will receive a cup. Miss Perkins has won the woman’s match for the last two years. Between fifteen and twenty stu dents and faculty members are at the present time actively engaged in the sport. The number of student play ers who are taking advantage of the grounds of the Country Club is not as large as it was last year, for a fee of one dollar per month on each player is levied by the dub for the use of its grounds. Last year a similar contest was held and a large amount of interest was taken both by the players and those otherwise interested. Prescott won both the Handicap and the open matches for the men. All interested persons who have any abilities along this line are urged to attend the meeting on next Mon day at two o’clock in Villard. ALUMNAE WILL ENTERTAIN deception in Portluml Is in Honor of Wellesley's President. All members of the Collegiate Alumnae Society, the Oregon Alum nae Society, the Wellesley College Alumnae Association and the faculty )f the University of Oregon are in vited to attend a reception given at the home of Mrs. Robert W. Lewis of Portland, Wednesday afternoon, in honor of Miss Pendleton, President of Wellesley College, who is now vis iting in Portland. The Alumnae associations have the if fair in charge, Mrs. Lewis having offered the use of her house for the occasion. It has been impossible to reach everyone by direct invitation, so the association has taken this means of inviting those who were not reached directly. DONALD TO MANAGE DEBATE Walker Appoints Junior to Handle Oratorical Affairs Also. James Donald, a Junior, has re cently been appointed manager of Debate and Oratory by Student Body Manager Dean Walker. Donald, un der the supervision of Walker, will make arrangements for all forensic contests held at the University and attend to the financial side and other details, of this student enterprise. • NO HYDRAULIC “FLUNKS” SAYS PROF. M’AUSTER Course Framed as Hardest and Limited to Senior 0 o „ °o Engineers 0 For the 0first time since its begin ning, according to Professor E. H. McAlister,, there will be no “flunks” in thef class ih hydraulics. This par ticular branch of the engineering sci ence taught in the University, is lim ited to seniors, and has been classed by generations of college students as the hardest subject offered in the de partment. In a short talk before his class yes terday morning, Professor McAlister stated that the present aggregation of Senior "S. I.'s” in this division, has only been exceeded in number during one previous year, and that it is the only class in hydraulics in which at least one or two students were not threatened with flunking. WOMEN SHOULD OFFER TICKETSJAYS WALKER Men Who Escort Them to Games Would Be Saved Unneces sary Expense Next Friday night at the gymnas ium will be held the first basket ball game of the season and this will be the first occasion upon which the student body tickets have been used since this plan was inaugurated at Oregon by both men and women of the university. Every student upon paying his student body tax was Issued one of these tickets which admits him to all the intercollegiate games of the year. The tickets must be presented at the door and they will be punched by the doorkeeper. “This plan has aided us a great deal this year,’’ said Manager Wal ker yesterday, and from now on we will have a chance to see how it works. So far football has been practclally the only activity on the campus, and, as the custom does not permit of any “fussing’’ at the games, the men and women took their tickets and went to the games. Now that basket iball season is here it is going to be up to the girls to volunteer the fellows the use of their tickets for the game, thus making it unnecessary for the men to have to pay an extra price. I “Personally, I think that it would be utter foolishness for any of the girls to allow a man taking her to the game to go down into his pocket and dig up the price of admission. The tickets have all been bought and paid for and I see no reason for an other admission. The girls of the university should volunteer to let the men take their tickets and have the seats reserved if they want re served seats. “While, of course, from a man agerial standpoint it is to my ad vantage to have the students buy extra tickets, yet I think that with a little care the men and the women of the university will be able to work out this problem without any diffi culty.” President Motsdbei^bacher ex pressed himself as highly in favor of the girls volunteering the use of their student tickets when asked to go to the games. “I believe that it is only the right thing that a girl should offer her ticket. It seems to me that this is one of the best phases of this plan. It saves every body money in the long run. Too many of the students at the Univer sity are either wholly or partially working their way through school and I can see no possible reason, as long as the students have the tickets, why they can not go together and enjoy that part of it as well as the games! I sincerely hope that the girls will make a special effort in this matter, and will see that no body is slighted in this matter.” Out of nine men to take the Rhodes examination at Oklahoma three passed. BEARS TAKE ON- ’VARSITY o . ° WALKER AND JAMIESON ORGANIZE FOR PRAC TICAL GAME CONTEST CONES TOMORROW Quintet for W. S. 0. Game Fri day Not Yet Chosen. Sims, Fenton, Rice, Bradshaw, Big bee and Ferney Show Class. (By Fred Dunbar.) Tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 the “Bears” vs. Varsity! The first basket ball game of the season will take place tomorrow afternoon when the “Bears” clash with the Varsity in the gymnasium. The entire personnel of the “Bears” has not been detier mined upon as yet, but the principal feat* ure of the game will be the old-time and far-famous combination of Walker and Jamison, as forwards, who will once more be seen upon the floor working together. Three years ago this pair sur rorunded by a wonderfully fast ag gregation of basket tosBers and speed demons literally took the breath loom the spectators when ever they appeared and to be able to see them once more, probably not quite up to their old form but still able to give the present team a good rub will be a rare treat. This will also probably be the last time the pair will work together on the Uni versity flood. The admission will be free. The idea of thla game is to give the Varsity a little needed practice in preparation for the W. S. C. game to be played in the gymnasium Fri day night. The W. S. C. team is making a tour of the northwest and playing a number of teams along the route. Last night at Salem they beat the Salem Tigers by a score ^of 30 to 32. Ihe Tigers have a fast organization of players with a number of east ern collegiate starB. This means that W. S. C. has a fast bunch and that Oregon will have to show a great deal of class to get away with this game, the first of the season. Coach Bezdek has a large number of aspirants out for the team this year and a goodly number of them rank up as fast men and heady play ers. At the present time Fenton, Sims, Rice and Bradshaw are mak ing the strongest show for places on the team. All four of these have played on the Varsity in former years, and, of course, this gives them an added advantage in experi ence over the new men. At the same time “Skeet” Blgbee and Fer ney are both making good on ac count of their speed. Bigbee is known as the fastest little forward in this part of the state in prep school ball, and, while he may be a trifle light for the collegiate game, he is making a creditable showing. Ferney is also very fast on the floor and may get a chance at the Var sity before the close of the season. George Stevenson also is on the wait ing list and may show up better later in the season. “Steve” played in several of the Varsity games last year and may develop more speed as the season progresses. The tentative line-up for the “Bears” is Walker and Jamison, for wards; Lynch and Lyle Bigbee, guards, and Koke, center. The men who will probably go in for Varsity fire are Fenton, center; Rice and Bigbee, forwards; Sims and Brad shaw, guards. Crew training haB commenced at Stanford. Illinois will offer a complete course in athletic coaching next year.