OREGON
EMERALD
No. XLIV.
COUNCIL PLAN
MEETS FAVOR
STUDENT OPINION SEEMS
OPPOSED TO COMPLETE
SELF- GOVERNMENT
HALF WAY STEP IS ADVISABLE
Proposed Committee to Work
With Faculty Would Be In
termediary Step to Self-Rule,
Says President Campbell.
That the students of the University
of Oregon are not at the present time
ready for self-government, but that
on the other hand the student coun
cil plan is more logical and feasible,
is the opinion of a majority of the
students and faculty if the results
of a canvass made by the Emerald
may be taken as a true indication.
In the student council system,
there would be a body of represen
tatives of the student body which
would act as a buffer between the
faculty and the undergraduates. "The
Senior committee, which was ap
pointed Wednesday evening to work
out a plan,” says Vernon Motschen
bacher, "that-is employed in other
colleges where the council is compos
ed of the president of the student
body, presidents of the various
classes, the editor of the college pub
lication, three to five representatives
at large from the senior class, two
or three from the juniors, and repre
sentatives from the women’s league.
President Favors It.
President Campbell: "As soon as
the students show willingness and
earnestness for it, I am in favor of
self-governme't. It is a mere mat
ter of growth. The Student Council
plan that has been proposed is a very |
good one. This offers an intermedi
ate position and will bring still great
er co-operation between the students
and faculty.”
Don Rice, editor of last year’s I
Oregana: “I hardly believe the stu
dents are ready for self-government.
It is too big a jump. A student coun
cil will accomplish practically the
same results in a much more satis
factory way. Then, as the students I
are organized at present, it would
make possible discord among the dif
ferent organizations. Let’s try the
student council scheme first, then if
this is successful we might think of
self-government.”
Students Not Ready.
Mae Norton: “The students
are not ready for self-government.
Further, I don’t think they are capa
ble of It. On the other hand I am
heartily in favor of the student coun
cil plan. I should like to see it put
into operation this year. By means
of this intermediate step the students
can gradually pave the way for self
government.”
Maud Mastick: "I don’t favor the
scheme of self-government at all. I
much rather favor the Student Coun
cil plan suggested.”
Dr. Joseph Schafer: “Personally
I think that self-government for the
students is a very good plan. Of
course it would be like any other gov
ernment—its success would depend
wholly upon the members. If they
failed to take part, of course it would
fail. I should be reluctant to think
that the students of the University
are not capable of shouldering the
responsibility.” .
O
Committee “Crawfished.”
Dutch Young, yell leader: “The
student committee has ‘crawfished’
and dodged the issue. I believe we
are fully capable of bearing the re
sponsibility of self-government.”
Rose Basler: “I think we are not
ready for self-government. We
should establish the student council
plan first, as an intermediate move
that might develop into self-govern
ment.”
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DOJM RADER GETS OFFER
FROM FEDERAL LEAGUE
Former University Man Also Is
Wanted by Chicago
White Sox
Medford, Ore., Jan. 23.—Don Ra
der, ex-high school baseball star,
who has signed up with the Chicago
White Sox last year, is seriously con
sidering taking a contract with the
Federal League.
Rader was not satisfied with his
1914 contract forwarded from Chica
go the other day, and declared he
would give up baseball before he
would accept it. Yesterday the offer
from the Federal League was re
ceived, which was much more satis
factory. Rader will make a definite
decision in a few days.
Rader, ex-’15, is well known here,
having played on the ’Varsity basket
ball team in his Freshman year, and
was an exceptionally fast-man. He
did not get a chance to play ball, as
he was professionalized before the
season opened.
RETURN GLEE CONCERT
WILL BE GIVEN FEB. 13
Men Have Been Practicing
Twice a Week Since Va
cation Time
A return concert of the Men’s Glee
Blub will be held in Eugene in the
Eugene theater February 13. The
date was settled on night before last,
when, according to Graduate Man
ager Walker, the concert which was
to have been given by the Women’s
Club was postponed until later in the
month, and the date given to the
I men.
, Contrary to the example set at last
j year’s second performance, no reduc
! tion will be made in the admission
charged. Dean Walker states that he
feels that justice to the singers, and
to those who have already attended
the Glee Club program, demands that
the price charged should be the same
as before Christmas, namely, $1.
OHIO INSTRUCTOR DIES
AFTER LAB INJECTION
Veterinary Work Leads to Con
tracting of Glanders
Bacilli
As the result of* infection by glanders
bacilli while working in the labor
atory, A. M. Jansen, instructor in the
veterinary college, died at 8 o’clock
Sunday evening, January 4.
Mr. Jansen, who* was connected
with the department of bacteriology,
was engaged in his regular class
room work when he contracted the
disease. He was taken to the Prot
estant hospital December 16, where
his case was diagnosed as typhoid
fever.
Not until a blood test was made
was the real Mature of the disease
known. Glanders is a disease com
monly found among horses and cat
tle, but rarely attacking man. It is
said that a cure for the malady does
not exist.
CORNELL GETS $4,350,000
FOR MEDICAL DEPT
Gift From Colonel Payne Is
Anonymous But Donor Is
Known
Ithaca N. Y., Jan. <e. 1914.—The
report already published that Cornell
medical college of Now York city
had received a gift if $4,350,000
from Colonel Oliver H. Payne of New
York City was confirmed this week
in a formal announcement by Presi
dent Schurman. This did not include
the name of the giver, as Colonel
Payne requested the withholding of
his name. It is thought that he 1j
undoubtedly the donor.
The present gift is not for the
purpose of erecting new buildings,
I nor is any of it to be spent for the
Ithaca branch of the university’s
1 medical college.
REGENTS WANT
LARGER FIELD
34 ACRE GROUNDS, TO AL
LOW FOR VARIED SPORTS
IS PLANNED
TOO FEW ARE IN ATHLETICS
President Campbell Would Have
Exercises Become More Gen
eral. New Field to Be Fin
ished by Spring of 1915.
A thirty-four acre athletic field
providing room for two football
fields, three baseball diamonds, ten
nis courts, golf links, running track
with a 220-yard straight-away, and a
soccer field, is the plan outlined by
President P. L. Campbell yesterday.
"It is the aim of the Board of Re
gents and the Faculty to create the
greatest amount of interest in out
door athletics at the University,”
said President Campbell. “It is de
sire# that all students, both men and
women, take out-door recreation.
In order to do this, we must have a
field large enough to accommodate
all.
“At the present time, only a frac
tion of the students are taking an
active part in athletics, principally
because of the lack of facilities. Af
ter the new field is completed, ample
opportunities will be opened to all to
participate in football, baseball, track
and other sports which are now prac
tically limited to the members of the
regular collegiate teams.
“Although the plan is yet in the
embryonic stage and no definte ac
tion has been taken, it is reasonably
certain that the field will be ready
for use by the Spring of T916.”
The thirty-four acres lie adjacent
to Kincaid field and are slightly roll
ing, making the plat easy to drain.
The tract was included in the orig
inal University grant.
When it is completed, Oregon will
have one of the largest athletic
fields in the West.
THE RULES ARE UNCHANGED
National Pan-Hellenic Makes No Sug
gestions New to Oregon.
National Pan-Hellenic Makes no Sug
gestions New to Oregon. ,
“Yes, there will be a new list of
rules sent to the sorority houses
soon," said Miss Ruth Guppy, dean
of women, yesterday. “However,
they will not be new rules for us at
the-University of Oregon. These rules
were passed by the National Pan-Hel
lenic Association* in its Convention
last October, for the purpose of co
operating with the local chapter of
Pan-Hellenic and with the faculty of
the various universities. A list of
these rules has been sent to each
chapter and copies will soon be dis
tributed to the sorority houses.”
TRACK MEET TO BE ON MAY 2
Five Oregon Men Will Probably
Qualify For Events.
Graduate Manager Dean Walker
has received official notification that
the annual Inter-Collegiate Track
Meet will be held at Berkeley, Cali
fornia, May 2.
Any man is eligible to enter this
meet who has made a specified record
in his event. According to Graduate
Manager Walker the University will
probably have five men qualify for
the meet. All expenses are paid by
the Track Association.
Chester Huggins, ex-’14, Gage and
Brinck, of the Salem Yellow Jackets
basketball team, are staying at the
Alpha Tau Omega house.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Word, Jr., are
•pending the week-end in Eugene.
VARSITY GETS
HIGH RANKING
EDUCATION BUREAU RAISES
STANDARD FROM CLASS
B TO A*'
EQUALS EASTERN COLLEGES
German Universities Will Take
A. B. Degree From Oregon at
Face Value Under Late Rec
ommendation.
By the action of the United States
Bureau of Education and the Asso
ciation of American Universities, the
University of Oregon has been ad
vanced from Class B, in standing, to
Class A*, and placed on a par with
the largest schools of the east in
ranking. The information is supplied
by Miss Ruth Guppy, dean of women,
who recently returned from a tour of
eastern colleges. While at Illinois
she met Dr. Babcock, dean of the
University of Illinois, who is a spe
cial investigator for the United States
Bureau of Education, and who gave
her the information.
It is Dr. Babcock’s duty to visit
the Universities and Colleges of the
United States, reporting their stand
ing and the quality of work being
done. He investigated the University
three years ago, and at that time
gave it the Class B standing. His
latest report to the Bureau of Edu
cation gives the high ranking of A*.
The deficiency in graduate work and
the Law School is all that prevents
the University from getting the full
A rank. The Board of Regents are
now working on these two depart
ments, and when the present plans
are carried out there will be no high
er college in the United States as far
as the National Board of Education is
concerned. The present rating, how
ever/' places it on an even footing
.vith Harvard, Cornell, Yale, Prince
ton and other big eastern schools in
all other respects.
The Association of American Uni
verties has recommended that the
A. B. degree granted here, be ac
cepted by German institutions for ap
plicants for Doctor of Philosophy de
grees. This recommendation marks
che removal of the last barrier from
the path of the Oregon graduate. He
can now enter Heidelberg, Bonn,
Leipsic, or any of the big German
Universities with full standing, equal
to that of any other American school.
Phi Beta Kappa, as well as other
honor societies, will now be able to
establish chapters here. Also the
Collegiate Alumnae Society will be
willing to take in the Oregon Alum
nae Society as soon as a woman's
building is erected on the campus.
LONG UNDER-WATER SWIM
MADE BY DORRIS IN TANK
Junior Is First to Set up Any
Kind of Record in the
New Plunge
Friday morning at ten o’clock,
Den Dorris swam the entire length of
the University swimming tank and
hack again under vs a er. His time
was thirty-five seconds. About
twenty-five University students wit
nessed the feat.
At ten o’clock Fr'cay morning
Dorris dove into the water and with a
"man fashion” stroke, which is plac
ing the hands out in front of the
heajJ and drawing them to the body,
he swam over te the east end of the
tank where his feet appehred for an
instant, and then returned, under
water all of the distance. On the re
turn the spectators watched him as
he was swimming higher than when
he went over the first time. He
reached the ladder on the west end
and climbed out unassisted, seem
ingly none the worse for kls ewlns.
ART EXHIBIT MAY BE
SECURED FOR UNIVERSITY
To Show Sixteen Valuable Pic
tures Is Plan of Allen
Eaton
Allen Eaton, of Eugene, one of the
most ardent supporters of the Uni
versity of Oregon, is working to se
cure an art exhibit from the Ameri
can federation of artists, for the ben
efit of Eugene and University people.
The federation, whose purpose is
to educate the public in the works
of American artists, has collected one
each from the paintings of sixteen
leading American artists, including
such men as John W. Alexander, Wil
liam Chase and Frank Benson.
“I am interested iu the movement,”
said Mr. Eaton today, "because of its
educational value. This exhibit has
already been sent to San Francisco
and Los Angeles, and will be sent to
Portland and Seattle. I would like
to put Eugene on the map.”
0. A. C. IS DEFEATED
BY WASHINGTON, 34-24
Fast Game With 32 Fouls Op
ens Conference
Series
University of Washington, Seattle,
Was.—The Oregon “Aggies” lost the
rst game of the series to Washington
in the first conference game for the
Northwest Championship, by a score
of 34 to 24.
The game was exceptionally fast,
and there was little rough work. O.
A. C. was fouled 18 times and Wash
ington 14. The "Aggies” outplayed
Washington in the rirst half, which
ended 14 to 13 in their favor. In the
second half Washington came back
strong, speeding up the game, and
the final score showed 34 points for
the home team and 2 4 for the visit
ors. May and King for O. A. C. and
Savage for Washington played the
star games. Savage scored 18 points
for the northerners and Blakeley 11
for the college. The line-up:
Washington—Schreuder and Rob
inson, forwards; Savage, captain, cen
ter; McFee and Fancher, guards.
O. A. C.—King and May, guards;
Billie, center; Blakeley and Dewey,
forwards.
Substitute—O. A. C., Mix.
DODGE CITY GIRLS AVOID
MEN HAVING BAD HABITS
Liquor, Tobacco and Gambling
Taboo—Men Declare Against
Store Complexions.
Dodge City, Kan., > —A
Cood Habits club, composed of young
women who have taken a vow to de
cline the attentions of young men
who swear, smoke, drink intoxicating
liquors or gamble, was organized
here with 40 members. A clause of
the vow taken by the young women
binds them not to attend any party or
social gathering to which any young
man not meeting the club’s require
ments has been invited.
Plans for forming the club have
been under way since the new year.
An inkling of Its purpose reached th^e
ears of the young men. These al
ready have held one secret mee^^g,
at 'which the question of yielding to
the demands of the girls was dis
cussed, and tonight the boys Issued a
counter-ultimatum stat'ng that “girls
who wear rats, drug store complex
ions, slit or hobble skirts, will not
be considered acceptable company/'
A basketball team, representing
the University faculty, will meet a
team, representing the Eugene High
School faculty, In the University
Gymnasium Wednesday evening for
the first of a series of three games
that are to be played between the two
teams during the next month.
The players on the University fac
ulty team Include Dr. Dallenbach,
Coach Bezdek, Professor Ayers, Pro
fessor McClain, Physical Trainer
Shockley, Assistant Professor Living
ston and Graduate Manager Walker.
OREGON BEATS
SALEH 40 TO 6
COACH BEZDEK DISSATIS
FIED WITH SHOWING MADE
BY VARSITY TEAM
FENTON AND SIMS ARE FAST
Oregon Defense Impregnable.
Team Work, However, Is
Faulty. Yellow Jacket Cap
tain Predicts Good Season.
(By Fred Dunbar)
In a game Interesting to the spec
tators but one which does not bring
satisfaction to Oregon's coach, de
spite the fact that every man on the
team scored, the Varsity won from
the Salem Yellow Jackets last night
by a score of 40 to 6.
Unable to pierce Oregon’s defense
ind when finding themselves with the
oall, unable to advance it towards
.heir basket, the Jackets attempted
shot after shot from the middle of
che floor but with no results.
Oregon’s game was much faster
md there was more team work
shown last night than in previous
>raetico games, but It was only
shown in flashes. _ Captain Fenton
.ilayed the all-rq* nd game that is his
.'ame ecuring s >ven baskets and
hfowing four ft Id fouls out of five
ittempts. "Ole” Sims played an un
usually fast gaii e and covered the
rioor well, allow] lg his man one bas
ket and dropph g three clean ones
himself, all dif icult shots. Brad
shaw Is Improv] lg in his game, al
lowing his manio baskets and drop
ping the ball in I llmself for one. Don
itice 'was substikited for Sims in the
second half and showed up much
better than he has so far this season,
tie secured one basket and took the
ball down the f|eld several times on
his fast and bard drives. He Is com
ing b|ck into bis old form of last
year which has not shown itself thus
far.
Second Team Goes In.
wajcim. goi * coupie oi ringers ana
Ferney, bis sub in the second half,
secured one. L. Bigbee took Wheel- _
er’s place in this period also and1
played a ha~d game, showing up well.
‘Boo” Sims and Stevenson were also
>ut in in the last frame, taking
Bradshaw's and Fenton’s places.
With more practice on team work
with the rest of the squad' they
should both make good.
The first ltte-up played a fast
game but at times the team work
was not good. The men are improv
ing considerably in their basket
shooting, each man getting at least
me basket. 0\lr forwards were un
ible to shake ^pose from their guards
ind our guarite threw more baskets
-han the forwifrds. Sim’s work here
vas exceptionally good. His speed,
iodg-ng and Ip-lbbles were unequaled
nor copt^ <« i ii jb> the opposing team.
Coach Not Pleased. t
“I am not at all satisfied with the
ihowing of the team,” said Coach
Jeadek after the game. ‘While they
worked well together at times, the
tenoral run of the work was not
good. The >re ire no especial faults
that I know of .except that they have
lot yet reached that stage of devel
opment which makes all of their
games sure, at least of a good fight
and that they will not be surprised,
blow up and lose everything,” said
the coach, shaking his head.
“The game was good in spots,”
said Captain Fenton. "Only at times
did the men show any signs of real
work and real team work. We con
tinually were throwing the ball away
when there should have been clean
passing.”
Uneup Shifty.
| Last night’s game brings out the
fact that Oregon has a team that can
J shift its line-up to suit any team. If
! the forwards cannot keep a/way from
j their men long enough to drop In *
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