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EUGENE, ORE., SATURDAY, JAN. 17, 191%
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HENDRICKS IS
PRIZE WINNER
$25 ALMA MATER SONG CON
TEST REWARD WON
BY JUNIOR
MUSIC NOT YET SELECTED
Decision of Executive Commit
tee Was Given Only After
Getting Concensus of Student
Opinion on Songs.
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o We wish to express heartiest o
o thanks to each contributor to o
o the Alma Mater song contest for o
o their loyalty in offering their o
o best effort to provide a much- o
o needed Alma Mater song for the o
o Student-Body and University. o
o EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. o
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Lee Hendricks ’15 is the author of
the song chosen by the Executive
Committee this morning as Oregon’s
future “Alma Mater.” The special
local color and easy swing in the
poetry won the contest for Hen
dricks, who has been noted since his
matriculation as a poet of marked
ability. The two most suitable songs
were submitted to the Student-Body
in The Emerald columns, and general
concensus of opinion was considered
No music has yet been fitted to the
song, but the Executive Committee
will consider any offers of contribu
tions to fit the words. No special of
fer will be made for such contribu
tion, but satisfactory arrangements
will be made with the successful
composer by the Executive Commit
tee.
Lee Hendricks.
McCosh Contributes.
Miss Winifred Forbes and Mr.
Dudley McCosh have already ex
pressed their willingness to furnish
music for the words. Mr. McCash
has already donated his contribution
to the contest, to the Student-Body.
The music was highly satisfactory
to the committee, and the words are
being worked over by Prof. H. C.
Howe, preparatory to its adoption as
an Oregon song. An attempt will
also be made to set some of the
other contributions to music, that
they may be substituted for some of
the older Oregon songs.
Author Well Known.
Lee Hendricks, who now stands to
be remembered in years to come as
the author of Oregon’s “Alma Ma
ter,” is at present editor of the Ju
nior Annual, The Oregana, and has
worked on The Emerald for the
last three years. His humor
ous contributions to Oregon pub
lications have made him well known
about the campus. His Alma Mater
song follows:
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,
And her famous spirit thrills us
To defend her to the last.
(Co tiaued on Page 4.)
MEEK, MINUS TROUSERS,
WALKS HOME,IN RAINCOAT
Pants Purloined by Bob Pariss,
Who Leaves Before Swim
mer Realizes Loss.
Whether Bob Fariss is a confirmed
joker or simply absent-minded, Col
ton Meek had to brave the rain and
curious eyes, and return home from
the gym this morning trouserless.
Colton was among the very first to
enjoy a plunge in the depths of the
new swimming tank, and had placed
his trousers, with his valuables, in
the locker of the said Bob Fariss,
who was .also there for a swim. Bob
had finished his swim and had va
cated, leaving the breeches secured
behind the closed door of his locker,
when Colton finally heeded the call
to mid-day meal.
The chagrined Mr. Meek donned
his shoes and a borrowed raincoat,
and hied him home at the hour when
fewest pedestrians are abroad. Bob
was able to be around this afternoon,
so it is presumed that the two have
' not met since their morning swim.
UNDER-CLASS DEBATE
LISTED FOR APRILS
Will Be Followed by Dance Giv
en in Honor of Com
peting Teams
The Freshman-Sophomore joint de
bate committee, which decided sev
eral days ago that a double instead of
i single debate will be held, met yes
terday afterno m and decided that the
two debates will take place Friday,
hpril 3, one in the afternoon and the
ether in the evening. Following the
evening’s contest there will be a
lance given in honor of the compet
ing teams.
This is me second annual joint un
derclass debate, the first being won
ast year by the Freshman team. Its
purpose, is to develop debaters for
work on the Oregon team.
Allen O’Connell, chairman of the
iommittee, states that it is the inten
tion to make the dance which follows
:he evening debate, one of the most
unique affairs of the year, and says
hat great care will be taken in re
gard to decoration and general ar
rangements.
The cost of admission, both to the
debate and the dance, will be an
nounced later.
It is stated by the committee that
a request will in all probability be
made to the two upper classes to
hold a similar contest in the near fu
ture in order that the winners may
meet and determine the class debate
championship of the University.
GLEE CLUB DATES CHANGED
Women's Concert Will Be Given
Sometime in March.
Manager Walker now plans to post
pone the Women’s Glee Club concert
until some time in March and give
the February 13 date to the Men’s
Club is now the plan of Manager
Dean Walker.
The change will he made if it is
possible to get other engagements for
the women in some of the towns
near Eugene and thus give them
some real experience with their
stunts, etc., before appearing for the
big concert here.
In speaking of the new arrange
ments Professor Lyman says, “It w’ll
do the women lots of good and give
them more time for preparation to
give their initial concert if they are
able to somewhere outside of Eu
gene. The Men’s Glee Club concert
will then be given on February 13,
the date for their return concert,
which is always given in Eugene at
the end of their annual tour.”
Burton L. French, a graduate of
the University of Idaho and at pres
ent representing that state in the
lower house of Congress, has an
nounced his candidacy for the Uni
ted States Senate.
Johnny Welch, ex-’15, is visiting in
Eugene this week-end.
NEW PLUNGE
GETS TRYOUT
MEN PERSUADE HAYWARD
TO ALLOW SWIM THIS
MORNINO
FORMAL OPENING IS IAN. 26
Big Tank Is Ready for Use. Tiled
Floor and Electric Light Un
der Water Add to Conveni
ence.
The swimming tank in the Uni
versity gymnasium is at last com
pleted and filled with water, and this
morning a large crowd of eager men
were allowed to take a preliminary
swim in the plunge, although the
tank will not really be ready for use
until Monday. A slight hitch in the
filling system last evening, according
to the. tank attendant, let in a quan
tity of water which had not been
properly filtered, so the tank will be
refilled tonight before real swim
ming is started. However, the
water is only river water at the
worst, and the little discoloration
caused by improper filtration did not
in any manner deter the men who
asked Hayward to let them try out
the plunge today.
Tank Opened.
About 10:30 the crowd of would
be swimmers prevailed upon Hay
ward, so the doors were opened and
a rush made for the tank. The tank
was also k-ent. onen this afternoon,
and a chance was given for all to try
the plunge. The women will get to
use the tank Monday, and then the
.lien will get another chance. The
ormal opening will not take place
until a week from Monday.
Friday a fire was built in the fur
naces to heat the water, which was
turned in last evening. It takes
about eight hours to fill the plunge,
and it is planned to make the change
during the night.
Must Wear Trunks.
The pair of trunks which will be
the men’s aquatic garment, must be i
‘aew, and not part of his gym suit, i
Mr. Hayward says. They must be ■
used for swimming only. The old
■‘swimmin’ hole” garment of boyhood
is barred. Bathing suits are also
barred.
Those who have seen the tank in
a completed form agree that it was
vvorth while to wait for the new im
provements, consisting of a tiled
floor surrounding the natatorium,
and in the big lights underneath the
water.
Other improvements are being con
templated. About the first addition
will be a springboard, which will be
installed in the near future. A place
was made at one end of the pool for
the board.
MISS UPPLEGGAR TO TALK
To Address Y. W. C. A. on Jane Ad
dams and Her Social Work,
Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock,
Miss Uppleger will address the Y.
W. C. A. meetings. Her subject will
be “Miss Jane Adams and Her Social
Work.”
On Thursday afternoon, January
2 2, in the Y. W. C. A. Bungalow, a
r port will be given of the Student
Volunteer Convention by the dele*
^ates from the Hniversity of Oregon,
Miss Effie McCallum, Erie Lane and
John Black.
Ralph Ash is spending the week
end in Portland.
Ray Williams is ill with^a light at
tack of .pneumonia. He was'taken to
the hospital today.
Ted Holden, ex-’15, is visiting in
Eugene.
THETAS WIN
EMERALD COP
CHAMPIONS FOR TWO YEARS
WILL KEEP TROPHY
PERMANENTLY
FINAL GAME SCORE IS 27-10
Oregon Club Quintet Defeated in
Second Game of Series Yes
terday, Giving Sorority Team
the Basket-ball Title.
The Emerald Basketball cup, of
fered in 1910, to become the perma
nent property of the sorority or club
team which should win two champ
ionships in the iuter-sorority league,
was awarded to the Kappa Alpha
Theta team last night as the direct
result of their 27-10 victory over the
Oregon Club sextet in the game play
ed yesterday in the women’s gymna
sium. A championship won by the
same team at the close of the 1911
1912 season, was the pre-requisite for
permanent ownership of the cup.
Game Hard, Fought.
The game which terminated the
cup race, was clean, but hard fought,
but during most of the contest the
ball was in Theta territory. Vera
Moffat, forward for the Oregon Club,
was the only point getter for the los
ers, acquiring four baskets and two
fouls during the course of the game.
On the Theta team, Hess Cowden tal
lied a total of nineteen points, made
up of eight baskets and three fouls
thrown. Hazel Rader scored eight
for the winners with four baskets.
Tommy Boylen acted as referee,
and Miss Freda Goldsmith as umpire.
It was stated by members of the los
ing six, that the former was one of
the most satisfactory officials ever
appearing on the floor of the wo
men’s gymnasium.
Cup Goes to Thetas.
At the close of the contest, the Em
erald cup was presented to Bess Cow
den, Theta captain, and will receive
its final inscription in the near fu- i
ture. Other teams winning the cup j
in former years are: Gamma Delta j
Gamma (now Kappa Kappa Gamma),
1910- 1911; Kappa Alpha Theta,
1911- 1912; Oregon Club, 1912-1913.
The lineup:
Oregon Club—Forwards, Vera Mof
fatt and Ethelwyn Boydell; guards, i
Florence Moffatt and Ruth Smith;
jumping center, Bess Young; running
center, Merle Stearns.
Kappa Alpha Theta—Forwards,
Bess Cowden and Hazel Rader;
guards, Eleanor McClaine and Vir
ginia Peterson; jumping center, Ma
bel Smith; running center, Charlie
Fenton.
vVO.VJEN TO MEET TUESDAY
Miss Guppy Requests AH to Be There
At 5 P. M.
Miss M. Ruth Guppy, Dean of Wo
men at the University of Oregon, will
talk to the women of the University
at the Y. W. Bungalow Tuesday at 5
p. m. Concerning her talk Miss
Guppy says: “I wish to speak to the
women about the women I met while
in Chicago at the College Club and
the women of different Universities.
It will be a short description of the
Women’s Buildings and their ulti
mate connection with the activities of
the University women. Then, too, I
want to state our problems as com
pared with those of other state uni
versities.”
All women students are most earn
estly requested to come to this meet
ing, which is a meeting of the Wo
men’s League Inasmuch as it includes
every woman of the University.
The place of the meeting has been
changed from Dr. Straub’s room to
the Bungalow.
STAGG SAYS MICHIGAN
WILL COME DOWN NOTCH
Big Games Now With Eastern
Schools, But Slump
Is Due
Battle Creek, Mich.. Jan. 16, 1913.
—Coach Alonzo A. Stagg, head of the
athletic department of the University
of Chicago, who is in Battle Creek
attending a conference on race bet
terment, believes that Michigan is
destined again to enter the “Big
Nine” ranks.
Coach Stagg declared today that as
long as Michigan continued to win
in the east she will be satisfied. Once
the inevitable slump, such as she ex
perienced in 1907, the students will
want to come back to the old games.
Losing to Harvard at Cambridge will
not prove very appalling to the stu
dents, according to Stagg.
"Michigan belongs In the west and
her natural rivals are in this sec
tion,” said Stagg.
ENGLISH IN AMERICA IS
BAD SAYS PROF. THURBER
Reform in Use of the Language
to Be Treated at Lenghth in
the Extension Monitor
The central theme of the Extension
Monitor for January, which is to be
off the press Monday, will be reform
in English.
“The English of the ordinary
youngster in this state, and in other
states, and of the ordinary college
Freshman, is ‘bad, incredibly, intol
erably bad,’ ” says Edward A, Thur
ber, professor of rhetoric at the Uni
versity. “Bad English seems to be
bred in the bone of every American
boy.”
Instructors in English are teaching
all about literature, but very little
literature,” says H. G. Merrlam, of
the English department of Reed Col
lege.
A third contributor to the reform
in-Engllsh foium is Miss Jessie B.
Goddard, head of the English depart
ment of Lincoln High school, who
discusses a mutually profitable basis
of coo-peration between teachers of
English and teachers of other sub
jects in schools. Miss Goddard is a
University of Wisconsin graduate
who had post-graduate work in
France and Germany and has taught
English many years in Wisconsin,
Utah, California and Oregon. Pro
fessor Merriam is an Oxford M. A.
The reform-in-EngllBh movement
got its inception December 23 at Sa
lem, when the Oregon Council of
Teachers of English was formed.
Professor Thurber is president. The
Extension Monitor, construing the
movement as a most important one
in the Oregon educational word, is
devoting nearly the entire issue to a
discussion of the English issue.
The Monitor contains also an a-ti
cle by Prof. Fred G. Frink, of the
University Extension division faculty,
on the teaching of engineering by
correspondence, In which branch, and
in mathematics, 150 persons have
registered this college year.
Y. W. BUNGALOW TO USE
Mrs. Fletcher Regrets That Girls Do
Not Frequent It More.
“The Y. W. C. A. Bungalow has
been long planned and talked of and
has now been completed for some
time,” said Mrs. Fletcher yesterday,
"I do wish the girls would take ad
vantage of it. The Advisory Board
feel that they hove worked so hard
and now the building is not used
enough. There ic a reading room, a
rest room, and a place to make cof
fee, and do any little cooking.
Graham McConnell, ’15, a member
of last y ar’s track team, has re-en
tered college, having registered yes
terday. McConnell held the North
west record in the half-mile for two
years, and will be a welcome addition
to the University track team. He
has been In Eugene for about two
months but just this week decided to
return to college. His home is at
Boise, Idaho.
BOHLERS HEN
MEET DEFEAT
PRACTICE GAME LAST NIGHT
RESULTS IN 25-17
VICTORY
CONTEST FAST IN SPOTS
Anderson, Sampson, and Bohler
Star for W. S. C. Fenton,
Sims and Wheeler for Ore
gon Play Some Real Bail.
(Fred. B. Dunbar.)
With the score 25 to 17 as the
final whistle sounded, the ’Varsity
captured the first basketball game
of the season from W. S. C. last
night. The game was slow, but both
teams snowed signs of brilliancy and
Oregon played a good game for early
season ball.
A “dark horse” was brought forth
by Coach Bezdek in the person of
Wheeler, left forward, who showed
his worth by tossing five clean bas
kets in the first half. Wheeler is-a
Sophomore in the University, and
has always been an exceptional bas
ket thrower, but was considered
light and inexperienced for ’Varsity
material. His constant practice
through last year and thiB, however,
have put him in line for a berth on
Bezdek’s quintet.
Practice Needed.
The dope on the line-up for this
game was somewhat upset when It
was learned that Wheeler and Wal
cott were to play the forward posi
tions, thus eliminating older men
who would naturally be given pref
erence on account of experience. The
combination of these two new men.
one a Freshman, worked well and
gave Oregon a lead of two points at
the end of the first half. Sims and
Bradshaw played the guard positions,
and Sims, although he has been play
ing up forward, kept up his end of
the game in a speedy manner, allow
ing his man one basket. Walcott
played a steady game, but inexpe
rlenc in the collegiate game is prob
ably responsible for his not showing
up better. Fenton held down his
regular position as center, and did
himself credit. He threw four of the
five baskets in the Becond half, be
sides making three of five attempted
foul goals. Bradshaw played his us
ual hard game, but the big fellow
could not find the basket last night.
The entire team Bhowed lack of
practice and team work, and only
now and then would flashes of the
old form come out, which simply
took the visitors by Btorm. A few
more weeks and Oregon will un
doubtedly develop a team that is go
ing to make a strong bid for all
northwest championship.
W. 8. C. Overrated.
The team from the north, despite
the fact that they have been practic
ing regularly since about December
1, was considerably overrated and did
not show up in the form expected of
them. Some of this can undoubted
ly be laid to the fact that last night’s
game was their fifth this week, and
the men are somewhat worn out.
They played fairly consistent ball,
and, at times, their passing over
shadowed the ’Varsity’s, but they
seemed unable to keep up the pace
I which the ’Varsity set. Anderson,
all-northwest forward of last year,
I played one of the best games for
j speed and headwork, but due to Bez
dek’s system of keeping his men In
the enemy’s territory, he was forced
to take long shots from near the
middle of the field, which, tried time
after time, failed to chalk up any
scores. He secured one basket,
j while Bohler dropped in three and
Hildebrand two. Sampson made five
foul goals out of eight attempts.
At the end of the first half the
’Varsity was two points to the good,
but they came back stronger in the
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