/ OREGON EMERALD VOL. XV EUGENE, ORE., THURSDAY, JAN. 15, 1914 XL. VARSITY WINS FROM BEARS ° * • - • j 35 TO 26 SCORE TAKEN AS' INDICATION OF REGULARS’ STRENGTH FORMER STARS SHOW CLASS Jamieson and Walker Do Ex ceptional Work But Lack of Training Tells. Many Chang es Made in College Lineup. (By Fred Dunbar) The first basketball game of the season between the Varsity and the Bears played yesterday afternoon in the gym resulted in a score of 36 to 2 5 in favor of Bezdek’s men. This game may be taken as a fair criterion of ,the first team’s condi tion at this time in the season when the men are really only getting down to work. Most of the preliminary ■work has been completed and the team from now on will buckle into the real article. The work of Walker and Jamison was exceptional, after being out of the game, Walker for a year and Jamison for two. Although at times they were pretty well winded, after slacking up a little and just keeping their men from scoring too often, they would come back with a burst of speed that had the Varsity com pletely baffled, and the combination worked up to something of old time form when they were members of the University’s team. Both Walker and Jamison made exceptional shots but their long vacation told time after a time, when the ball would go wide or just close enough to make things lively. The other members of the quintet did good work. Koch is an equal of Fenton on getting the ball at center, and he made it lively for the big fel low. Tommy Boylen -was fighting every minute of the game and al ways kept things moving, his track training standing him in good stead. Bigbee also did good work but lack of training as was the case with nearly all, allowed him to show real form only in flashes. Fenton and “Sheet” Bigbee scored moat of the points for the Varsity, Bigbee getting his in the first half and Fenton in the last. Of the twelve baskets thrown in the last half, Fenton got six and was not in the entire half. Bigbee played a fast and heady game and held his own against the larger fellows. Brad shaw, Sims and Rice played good games and v/ill undoubtedly start the game .with W. S. C. The first lineup held through into the second half and then began a series of changes which gave the other members of the squad a chance. Wheeler was substituted for Sims, Walcott for Bigbee, Burgard for Rice and Livingstone for Bradshaw. Wheeler scored three baskets. Both Wheeler and Walcott may get a try at the Varsity before the season is completed. me lineup yesterday: Varsity. Bears. Sims.Forwards. . . . Walker C. Bigbee. . . .Forwards. . . . Jamison Fenton ...... .Center. Koch Rice .Guards....L. Bigbee Bradshaw . . . .Guards.Boylen Referee, “Bill” Hayward. Substitutes: Wheeler for Sims, Walcott fcr Bigbee, Burgard for Rice, and Livingstone for Bradshaw. Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Bezdek and son, Hugo, Misses Bernice Lucas, Genevieve Shaver, Isabel Garland, and Mary Chambers were dinner guests of the Delta Tau Delta house Sunday. Delta Tau Delta announces the pledging of Willard Carpy and Rus sel Ralstan. KAPPA ALPHA THETA WINS FROM OREGON CLUB o First of SeriesQfor Emerald Cup Captured by Score of 31 to 12 • O O _ o The first of the three basketball games for possession of the Emerald cup took place Tuesday afternoon when Kappa Alpha Theta beat the Oregon Club 31-12. The cup was given three years ago by the Emerald and has to be won twice by the same co-ed team before it can be kept per manently. Kappa Alpha Theta and the Oregon Club, the only two con tenders for the cup this year, have each had it once. So the games this week will decide the owner. The game Tuesday was snappy from start to finish. Hazel Rader and Bess Cowden shared honors on the Theta team while the two Mof fatt girls played a consistent game for the Oregon Club. Charlie Fen ton and Mable Smith as centers prov ed a combination hard to beat. The lineup was as follows: Kappa Alpha Theta—Forwards, Hazel Rader, Bess Cowden; centers, Mabie Smith, Charlie Fenton; guards, Eleanor McClaine, Virginia Peterson. Oregon Club—Forwards, Vera Mof fatt, Florence Moffatt; centers, Ruth Hoffer, Bess Young; guards, Ruth Smith, Miss Bardell. Referees—Edward Shockley, Freda Goldsmith. The Oregon Club had their official uand, consisting of combs and horns, in attendance, and they rendered seVeral selections between halves. The Thetas contented themselves with a large drum Which Palm Cow ien effectiually beat. Kate Schafer, as a Red Cross nurse, was much in evidence and proved a great help when time out was called. The next game in the series will be Friday afternoon at five. REED WANTS TO MEET U. Portland Institution Desirous of Oratorical Contests. “Reed College is very desirous of meeting Oregon in a debating con test,’’ so states Dr. Torrey, a faculty member of the Portland institution, who addressed the University assem bly Wednesday morning. Dr. Torrey broached the subject to Coach Pres cott before leaving for home. A short time ago the student body of Reed decided to support debate as a student enterprise. Those in charge of the Oregon teams state “at the present time our schedule is pretty well filled with the Triangular Contest with Washington and Stanford and the dual contest with O. A. C. It would crowd us to schedule any additional dehates un less we appointed another team, for the present teams have about all they can do to prepare for the Triangular and Dual contests.” In a few days the debate commit tee will meet and decide whether to accept the offer of Reed. Other in stitutions which have written re questing a debate are Willamette University, Pacific University and the University of Southern California. Last year the annual debate with Utah University was given up on ac count of the great distance between the two Universities, which made this contest a losing proposition. The University of Montana is also anxious o meet Oregon in a debating con test. WHITE SPEAKS TONIGHT Y. M, C. A. Lecturer Will Talk on Subject of “Approved Men.” The Y. M. C. A. wishes that all students who owe money subscrip tions or dues would endeavor to pay the same as soon as possible. ‘‘If you haven’t got the money, see us for a job.” W. P. White will lecture In Deady Hall at 7 o’clock tonight on ‘‘Ap proved men.” The Dormitory Or chestra will play. The faculty is espe cially invited to attend. SONG DECISION ' IS HELD UP COMMITTEE IS UNABLE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE TWO BEST TO GET STUDENT OPINIONS $25 Prize Contest Announced in November Brought Out Two Dozen Songs, Many of Which Have Real Merit. Of some twenty songs which were submitted to the selection committee in competition for the twenty-five dollar prize for the best Alma Mater song, two have been weeded out and are published in this issue of the Em erald. Of these, one will be chosen by the committee, meeting Satur day, January 17, as the official Ore gon Alma Mater hymn. Vernon Motschenbacher, who heads the committee, says in regard to the two songs left: “There is practical ly little to choose- between them. The names of the authors will not he published until final decision is made. We 'would appreciate very much to receive any suggestions from the stu dents which might express the gen eral opinion in this matter.” Neither of the two contributions on which the choice of the oommittee has been held up are provided with music and this will be composed to fit the words later. Both Miss Wini fred Forbes and Dudley McCosh have offered to supply this deficiency. Following are the two best contri butions: Alma Mater. Hail, Oregon, our college idear, Your lemon yellow floats on high. A Spirit, like you give us here, Once gave our fathers strength to die. CHORUS— Ah, never will our courage fail, And never will our spirit die, When over us your colors fly, Our Alma Mater, Hail; all Hail! * * v They left their oxen by the ways, Their wagons broken on the plain; They fostered you, in those old days, That you might foster us again. CHORUS— Ah, never will our courage die, etc. Our fathers’ Spirit, Mater, dear, Survives in you now they are gone; Fills every daughter’s heart with cheer, Makes strong the hea'rt of every son. CHORUS— When the spell of youth is o’er us, Through our college days so bright Alma Mater stands before us, Pointing upward to the light; There’s a pride and love that fills us, As we view her noble past, A.nd her famous spirit thrills us To defend her to the last. REFRAIN-* Oregon, thou fairest daughter Of the western sea, Loved and honored Alma Mater, Hail, all Hail, to thee. Every freshman knows the story Of the vlc’trles she has won, And the team that for her glory Gave their best to Oregon; When we thought they were defeat ed, Then the spirit seemed to stir, And the good old cheer, repeated, Made them fight and win for her. When life’s sterner duties call us From the scenes we love so well, In our hearts, whate’er befall us, Still the memories will dwell. Our devotion will be greater As the fleeting years go past, And the love of Alma Mater Will Inspire us to the last. W. S. C. FRIDAY Last YesPr’s Conference Cham pions Oue for Another Victory. VARSITY QUINTET UNCHOSEN Besdck Waits to Pick Team— First Basketball Game of the Season Tomorrow Night— Promises to Be Lively. ( By Fred Dunbar.) With one more practice held to night Bezdek’s quintet of basket ball tossers is taking on a definite form for the game with W. S. C. which will be held in the gym to morrow night. The Varsity has not been picked yet but the game will probably be started with the line-up which started yjesterdtay’s practice game. Coach Bezdelc Is following out largely the same system that he used in football by making every man work to his limit of endurance. He has several combinations which he works together and these are shifted about so much that the men themselves do not know which Dom ination is to start the game. The style of playing has also been changed considerably by the Coach and the squad has been working hard in the effort to master the new meth ods of shooting baskets and of cov | ering the floor. The game tomorrow with W. S. C.. while it is nol a conference game in the sense thal the score figures in the f'ight for the championship, is still important; for the W. S. C. team plays O. A. C. tonight and also Sat urday night. The results of these games can be taken as a good indica tion of the relative strength of the teams. W. S. C. ran away with the chim uionship last year without much ef fort and this year she comes back with four old.-men on the team and six subs. Coach Bohler, a member of last year’s aggregation has given his men about six weeks more training than the Varsity has had and this is the second trip this year. The first took them into Montana where they played a number of games. On this trip they have played the Silverton team two games, the Salem Yellow jackets one and will play O. A. C. to night before coming here. The added time in training will give the outsiders considerable ad vantage and Coach Bezdek is putting his team up against heavy odds for hie first real game of the season. i ne ime-up v/nicn win start to morrow night’s game will probably be Sims and Bigbee, forwards; Brad shaw and Rice, guards; and Fenton, center. This is Bezdek’s best com bination at present though he has some others that are noted for their meed but lack experience in the col legiate game. Three of the men, Fenton, Sims and Bradshaw have played three ! ' ears of Varsity basketball and are | too well known to call for descrip tion. Rice made the team last year and is an exceptionally fast man, at the same time putting up a heady game that would do credit to a man f much larger proportions. In "Pkeet” Bigbee Oregon undoubted ly has discovered a wonder done up in a small package. “Skeet” weighs in the neighborhood of 140 but he bag made such a showing in practice that he is sure to get a chance at some of the big fellows. “I have a number of combinations I that I am trying out,” said Bezdek yesterday, “and I do not know which j one will start the game. I am wor< j ing Bigbee and Walcott together and j also Wheeler and Ferney What 1 j want now is guards, as forwards are l •‘•ntlfur.” The W. S. C. lineup will probably MANAGER WILL KEEP RECORD OF CONTESTS Standing of Each Player Will Appear in University Log Book O _ A log is to be kept of all the col legiate games in which the University participates, with complete records of the scores and features under the charge of Graduate-Manager Dean Walker. “The book will show the names of the players in each game, the points made by each individual player and the features and the scoves. 1 have felt the need of this for some time,” said the manager yesterday. “It is something which the Uni versity should have as a matter of' record and will be a valuable asset in a few years, not only as a matter of record but for the purpose of com paring methods and scores. “I have received several requests from sporting editors and statistic collectors for our best scores and. rec ords, but there seems to have been no record of any of these events. 1 am sorry that this lias not been done before, for Oregon has some good records and they should be placed where they may be read by genera tions to come. Such things are not handed down for many years and many of the old records and scores are only to be found in the memories of those who were students here then, and when they pass away these things will go too.” DATE FOR PAN-HELLENIC FORMAL IS MARCH 25 Dance, Plans and Other Topics Discussed at Their Meeting An important meeting of the Pan Hellenic Association was held ^?n Tuesday afternoon at which plans for tiie annual Pan-Hellenic dance were discussed. The dance in which all the sororities will take part will be held in the men’s gymnasium on March 28. At this formal all the college people will be the guests of Pan-Hellenic, the only requirement being that the men shall be invited by the women. A new departure will be the doing away of all individual sorority dances as instituted last year, sub stituting one special Pan-Hellenic feature dance which is in charge of Norma Graves and her committee. Another plan is to do away with the large number of patronesses, lim iting the number. One plan which was much dis cussed and which will tend towards a more democratic dance was that of having regular Fraternity booths in ■which all people whose names begin with the same letter shall sit between dances. l here will be no elaborate refresh ments but plenty of punch and waf ers. The decorations are In the hands of Norma Doble and her committee, music In charge of Meta Goldsmith, programs In charge of Norma Graves, while Maude Mastlck has charge of the patronesses. Several other discussions were brought up, chief among them was the 'discussion as to whether there should be guests at the April Frolic. This is to be decided at a later meet ing- . Another interesting topic was the new dances. It has not been decided yet a3 to whether they shall be danced at the college dances or not. a student floor committee such as they have at all the large college dances in the east was advised. It was also decided that after this all sororities shall be called fratern ities. During the meeting Miss Ruth Guppy gave a talk concerning her recent visit In the east and told a great deal concerning the Deans’ con ference in Chicago. be: Hunt, Mass, Anderson, for wards; Love or Glove, center; Hil debrand, Samson and Bohler, guards. HOUSE MOTHER IDEA STARTED OPINIONS OP PROMINENT FRATERNITY MEN VARY WIDELY WOKEN BRING UP MATTER Pan-Hellemc Discussion Starts Talk. Houses Would Have to # Be Remodeled. Not Time Yet Says Motchenbacher. “Why not house mothers in the men’s fraternity houses?” was a question brought up at the Pan-Hel lenic meeting last night. The repre sentatives of women’s fraternities, present at the meeting, were' in fa vor of such a change in the system at Oregon, but realized, according to Miss Ruth Guppy, that their only part could be in suggesting from their past experience, the feasibility of such a scheme. ‘"Personally, I would like very much to see such a system inaugur ated at Oregon,” said Miss Guppy to day. The University women, too, who have seen the system worked) out at the sorority houses and at fra ternity houses in other colleges are alive to the advantages that would accompany such a change. In many of the institutions of the Middle West the fraternities have tried this and in almost all cases it has been | successful. “What do I think would be these [advantages? Well,, in the first place, it brings a real home-like at mosphere into the fraternity, and besides I think it has a refining in fluence on the University men. Not that they aren’t all right as things are now, but of course there is al i ways room for improvement.” Miss Guppy stated that during her stay in the East she had had occasion to observe the working out of the sys tem, and mentioned that at Michigan and Wisconsin the presidents of the Universities have become convinced that many changes for the better have been made through its intro duction. “Of course,” she said, "the matter rests entirely iwith the men, but Just for the good which they themselves would derive, I would like to see house mothers in the fraternity houses at Oregon.” Del Stannar.d, when spoken to on tins subject, stated that he thought the suggestion to be a good one. “Not that I believe we should have house mothers In order to make en tertaining more easy,” he said. “There is enough of that as It Is. But It would be a fine thing for the men in the house. The only trouble that l can see, is that the way most of the fraternity houses are built at the proesnt time, It would be impossible to start this unless considerable al terations were made in the construc tion of the house. Any time, how ever, that any fraternity rebuilds, I i believe it would be wise to make al ! lowances in the plans for just such a contingency.” President of the Student Body i Vernon Motschenbacher went on record as being against the plan. '“I don’t think conditions are ripe i for it Just now,” he said. “Not that * the refining influence of a cultured ! woman in the house would not be an excellent thing. And also they j would profit by her motherly ad vice. But I believe on the whole . that it would be better to wait a ■ while on this proposition.” When interviewed concerning the 1 inauguration of the custom at Ore ; gon, President Campbell said: "If ' the custom is foreseen and pro vided for in the construction of new fraternity houses, I think it will be an excellent plan. It is working very favorably at other colleges, eg (Contlnued on Page 4)