OREGON
VOL. XV.
EUGENE, ORE., TUESDAY,
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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.