OREGON
VOL. XV.
EMERALD
EUGENE, ORE., THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1914.
No. LXVI.
COUNCIL S AIM
IS EXPLAINED
LETTER IS SENT TO FACULTY
ASKING FOR RECOGNI
TION
WILL PROBE THE CUT SYSTEM
Council May Ask for Changes as
to Cut Rulings. Campus
Smoking and Interruption at
Assembly Also Brought up.
Relations between the Oregon fac
ulty and the Oregon students have
been formally opened by the follow
ing letter sent to the faculty to ex
plain to them the purpose of the new
council and the relations which it
would assume in connection with the
students and with the faculty itself.
As yet no formal reply has been
vouchsafed as the letter has yet to
be submitted at the regular faculty
meeting. A favorable attitude on the
part of the faculty, however, is pre
dicted by those who have seen the
council communication:
“To the Faculty of the University of
Oregon:
“In order to put clearly before you
the purpose of the newly organized
student council, we are addressing
this communication to you. We are
especially empowered to act as in
termediary between the faculty and
the students, and it is our wish so to
discharge that duty as to bring about
greater harmony, and to eliminate
useless misunderstandings. We re
spectfully ask that any rules or regu
lations effecting the students be sub
mitted to us before passage, assur
ing you of our hearty co-operation in
interpreting and enforcing such regu
lations. It is our duty to take up in
our official capacity all matters of
student welfare, grievances, com
plaints, petitions, etc., or any sug
gestions for the best Interests of the
University.
Faculty Discussion Wanted.
“We believe that the sober judg
ment of the students, as represented
in a deliberate body like the council,
should be given more weight and
greater consideration than has
sometimes been the case in the past.
“We further ask that you treat us
as the official organ of the student
body through which all dealings be
tween faculty and student body may
be executed.
“We urge In conclusion that any
member of the faculty feel perfectly
free to come before us at any of our
regular meetings, held the second
fourth Wednesdays of every month
to discuss with us any matter which
may be of concern to the University.
“Respectfully submitted bf the
Student Council of the Associated
Students.’'
Cot System Disliked.
The second meeting of the council
was held last night In Villard Hall,
and action was taken which will re
sult in a thorough Investigation of
the present cut rules at present in
Toggle at the University. If it Is
found feasible, steps may also be
taken to effect a change in the cut
regulations through suggestion made
to the faculty. Wallace Caufield
heads a committee which will have
this in charge. The chief point in
the rulings now in use which were
objected to was the method of reck
oning cuts, which in connection with
the penalty involved, makes it al
most impossible for a student to get
through college without losing at
least one hour.
The council went on record as be
ing against the practice of smoking
on the campus as has heretofore been
the sentiment at Oregon, but advised
that the word should be taken to In
clude the walks bordering on the
campus. Representatives from the
council will be present at each of
the class meetings which will be held
next Wednesday, and will explain at
that time the stand taken.
TOM BOYLEN TRAINS IN
QUEER RIG; TICKLES BILL
As Mephisto, Quarter Man Ap
pears With Red Tights and
Black Goggles
Red tights—such as Mephisto
wears—track shoes, black goggles,
and a tall silk hat comprised the at
tire in which Tommy Boy leu went
out for track training yesterday aft
ernoon.
Tommy was late, he says, and fear
ing the displeasure of Bill Hayward,
he heeded the advice of Dean Walker
and dressed in a manner that is not
usually associated with a track ath
lete. He did his customary amount
of training and apparently was not
hindered in his running by the pe
culiar track suit.
Boylen’s outfit did not enable him
to break any world’s record, but it
did, according to eye-witnesses, bring
smiles to the faces of the track men
and a laugh from Bill Hayward up
on whom a gloom had temporarily
settled. This was Tommy’s sole pur
pose—dispelling the gioom clouds
that hovered over the track—and he
thinks that a man in red tights Is,
ike the Blue Bird, a sign of happi
ness.
DOUGHNUT SEMI-FINALS
IN HANDBALL REACH END
Oregon Club, Delta and Phi
Delta to Play Round Robin
for Pennant
The last games of the semi-finals
of the doughnut handball tournament
were played off Wednesday when the
Oregon Club, represented by Kuck
and C. Casebeer, defeated Sigma Chi,'
represented by Early and G. Watson
21-14, 16-21 and 17-21.
Both the Oregon Club players did
sxcellent work on the offense but
lacked in class when it came to the
defensive end of the game. Watson
and Early played a good defensive
same but were unable to cope with
.he combined luck and science
brought forth in their opponents
serving.
Furney and Quigley, playing for
Delta Tau Delta, defeated Trow
bridge and Rathbun, Phi Gamma Del
ta, 21-16, 21-14.
Three teams, the Oregon Club,
Delta Tau Delta and Phi Delta Theta
remain in the finals and will decide
he championship by playing off a
round robin. The schedule follows:
Friday, March 30, 4 p. m., Delta
Tau Delta vs. Oregon Club; 5 p. m.,
Oregon Club vs. Phi Delta Theta.
Tuesday, March 31, 4 p. m.. Delta
Tau Delta vs. Phi Delta Theta.
WALCOTT WINS TENNIS CUP
Defeats Scaiefe in Straight Seta,
Taking Laraway Trophy.
The finals of the freshman tennis
tournament were won yesterday when
Wollcott defeated Scaiefe in two
straight sets. The first went douce
and was finally won 9-7, while the
second set was taken by a 6-4 tally.
As the result of this meet, Wollcott
receives the Laraway cup offered to
the winner of the tournament.
Band Committee Named.
The embarrassment occasioned
speakers at Assembly hour by the in
terruption of class bells was men
tioned and it was decided to ask the
faculty to have this disturbance done
away with.
On the committee to endeavor to
introduce the Student Body band as
a student activity, Maurice Hyde and
Tommie Boylen were appointed.
A1 Davies, head of the Junior
week-end committee, reported that
the student body will have charge of
University day, and of the entertain
ment of the preparatory school visit
ors. The Junior Prom will be the
one exception to this.
The council recommended that the
matter of senior records be left to
the senior class as a possible solu
tion of the senior memorial prob
lem.
The next meeting will be held on
Wednesday evening Just before East
er vacation.
SENIORS WILL
WEAR GOWNS
ALSO MAKE PLANS FOB RE.
MAINDER OF
TEAR
COMNITTEES ARE APPOINTED
Commencement Committee and
Ones on Graduation Fee, Ex
animations and Faculty
Wearing Gowns Are Selected
The members of the Senior class
will attend the Commencement exer
cises and will appear on the campus
during Commencement week robed
In the customary caps and gowns, ac
cording to action taken at a senior
class meeting held Wednesday after
noon when this was brought up for
definite settlement.
Other matters that came up for
discussion and action were the Senior
play, the appointing of a committee
to have general charge of the com
mencement affairs, a committee to
investigate the reasons for paying
the $10 graduation fee, a committee
to see what can be done towards al
lowing seniors with certain scholas
tic standings to be exempt from ex
aminations, a committee to see what
can be done to get the faculty mem
bers to appear during Commence
ment in caps and gowns and Royal
Keeper of the senior bulletin board.
Alumni Wanted.
The committee which is to have
general charge of the Commencement
program consists of Eleanor Mc
Claine, chairman; Don Rice, Vernon
Motschenbacher and Aline Noreen.
This committee will confer with the
faculty committee which supervises
commencement programs and will
make the arrangements necessary for
this week. A big effort is going to
be made this year to keep as many
students in the University, as Is pos
sible, here for the exercises. Also,
an effort is to be made to get as
many alumni of the University as
possible to return for this annual
ceremony. A movement has been on
foot for several years to make these
exercises the subject of one big an
nual reunion for the members of the
classes that have been graduated
since the University was founded. It
is customary that plays and numer
ous exercises for the entertainment
of those present as well as the mem
bers of the graduating class should
be held during the week and more
publicity is to be given them this
year.
Would Eliminate Exams.
A committee consisting of Catha
rine Carson, chairman; Florence
Avery and Robert McCornack Is to
interview the faculty concerning the1
advisability of allowing seniors who
have maintained certain standards
in their scholastic work to be exempt
from final examinations In June. It
ia maintained that the last semester
is filled with important duties for the
seniors and that the last few weeke
especially are bo crowded with events
and preparations that have to be
made by the seniors that it Is an in
justice to compel them to take the
finals. It is also believed that after
a student has been in the University
for four years and in that time has
successfully passed through the agon
ies of seven weeks of exams, he is
amply fitted to pass the finals, and
that if his grades have been up to the
standard, he ought to be permitted to
enjoy his last few remaining weeks
of college life without the fear of
exams hanging over him.
A committee of Alfred Davies, Ira
Staggs and Chas. Fowler was ap
pointed to interview President P. L.
Campbell on the $10 graduation tax
in an attempt to find out for just
what purpose this fee is used. This
has been a matter of Inquiry by se
nior classes for several years and up
to this time nothing definite has
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SECOND GLEE
TOUR PLANNED
THREE DAT TRIP INCLUDES
CORVALLIS, PORTLAND
AND ALBANY
TO GIVE REGULAR PROGRAM
Concert in Rose City Expected
to Make up Deficit Incurred
During Christmas Tour Into
Eastern Oregon.
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A three-day trip embracing the
towns of Portland, Albany and Cor
vallis will be taken by the Men’s
Glee Club, beginning with next Mon
day, appearing in the order of the
places mentioned. This will be the
first time that the Club has taken a
second trip, besides the annual
Christmas tour.
The second trip is due to the fact
that when the regular schedule was
being made out, it was learned that
the Heillg Theatre in Portland had
an advanced booking and a suitable
open date for the Club could not be
obtained. The Lincoln High School
auditorium was offered as a substi
tution but Manager Walker deemed
it best to postpone the concert until
an opening could be secured at the
Heillg. March 30 was offered by the
Heillg management and the date was
readily accepted by Walker. In ad
dition to the Portland concert the
towns of Albany and Corvallis were
added so as to fill the gap between
here and Portland.
The Portland concert has always
proved a financial success and hopes
are being entertained that this trip
will be the means of offsetting the
loss incurred on the recent Christ
mas tour. On Monday afternoon a
canvass of all the Portland High
Schools will be made by the Glee
Club, giving a few selections here
and there, so as to Insure a large
turnout. Manager Walker is at
present in Portland arranging the
details of the concert.
Professor Lyman in speaking of
the Club’s tour says there is no rea
son why it should not come with fly
ing colors. The only marked change
will be the addition of a few new
members, who were chosen at a re
cent tryout. The same program that
was offered in the local conoert will
be given on the trip.
WOMEN’S GLEE MAY GO
TO UPPER VALLEY CITIES
Practice Will Be Resumed if
Satisfactory Schedule Is
Arranged
The Girls’ Glee Club will give con
certs In Monmouth, CorvalllB and
Portland It arrangements can be
made. Manager Dean Walker is In
Portland now conferring with Miss
Clara Wold, president of the Oregon
Alumnae, who is making an effort to
have a concert there.
Prof. Lyman will know definitely
about the plans in a day or two, and
practice will begin Immediately if
they are satisfactory.
The schedule Is Thursday, April 9,
Corvallis; Friday, April 10, Mon
mouth, and Saturday, April 11, Port
land.
Mrs. Jessup, house mother of the
Delta Gammas, has been confined to
the house for the past three days.
Caps and gowns, which have never
been worn at the commencement ex
ercises at Purdue, may come into
vogue at that institution as the result
of agitation started there.
Carl Grayson, ’12, who Is now at
Buhl, Idaho, is laid up with a frac
tured knee as the result of a run
away. Grayson is the manager of a
theater, and is also running a tailor
ing establlshinant In the Idaho town.
ORCHESTRA SEAT SALE
PRESAGES BIG CROWD
Concert in Villard Tomorrow
Evening Will Be Good
Says Lyman.
Tickets for the University Orches
tra concert, which is to be given in
Villard hall tomorrow night, have
been placed on sale at Eaton's book
store, and at the Y. M. C. A., and are
selling very rapidly, according to
Miss Winifred Forbes, director of
the orchestra.
"The young people seem to be
very much Interested in our work,
and we are expecting a good crowd,”
declared Miss Forbes.
"The University orchestra is much
better than most amateur orches
tras,” said Prof. Ralph H. Lyman
yesterday. “In fact, I have never
heard an amateur orchestra,” said
Professor Lyman, "that can compare
with it. A school orchestra of thiB
kifld rarely attempts such difficult
work, and does not play with aB
much finish as is noticed in this
one.”
The orchestra will be assisted by
Mr. Lyman and Mr. A. J. Gillette,
who will give several vocal selec
tions. Mrs. Hope will play the ac
companiments for the vocalists.
INTERCLASS HANDBALL
SERIES NEARING FINISH
Seniors With Early and Case
beer Have Strong
Team
The inter-class handball tourna
ment has been delayed because both
the Faculty and the Doughnut tour
naments coming at the same'time,
though the remainder of the week
the court will be reserved for this
tournament. The games from now
on will be scheduled at a definite
time, that the games will be played
more regular.
The Seniors have played the most
games at the present time, having
eliminated to the finals for class hon
ors, which remains between Case
beer and Early. The Sophomores
have not played a single game, while
the Freshman have played only one
game; Furney defeated Huntington.
The Juniors have played only two
games out of six games that will take
to eliminate to one man to represent
the class in the finals.
The schedule for the remainder of
this week Is as follows:
I Thursday, March 20, 4 p. m.—
Geary vs. Parcell; 5 p. m., Early vs.
Casebeer.
Friday, March 27, 4 p. m.—Kuck
vs. Runqulst; 4:30 p. m., Dlnneen
vs. McGilchrlst: 5 p. m., Stalger vs.
Jerard.
MAY GET LOW RATES
FOR SPRING VACATION
Rates Will Begain April 11 on
Both Oregon Electric
and 8. P.
It is probable that, for the first
time, reduced railroad rates will be
granted the University for the April
vacation, which begins Saturday,
April 11, and closes Sunday, April
19.
The rates will be good on both the
Oregon Electric and the Southern
Pacific and it is expected that they
will go into effect Saturday morning,
April 11.
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| Tulare Bends a Rhodes scholar
abroad this year.
JUNIOR PROM
LISTS NAMED
COMMITTEES APPOINTED
FOR ANNUAL WEEK-END
FESTIVITIES
DANCE WORK IS DIVIDED
Five Sub-Committees Selected.
Special Squads Oiven Charge
of Painting the “0,” Financ
es and Parade Arrangements
With the appointment of eight
committees for Junior week-end.
May 7, 8, 9, by President B. S. Je
rard of the Junior class, today, pre
parations for the annual gala event
of the University year will begin at
once. The committees appointed are
those for the Junior Prom, painting
the “0,” finances, and for parade ar
rangement for the first day of the
week-end.
The Junior Prom work haB been
divided into five parts and commit
tees of from five to seven members
selected for each. The heads of the
five committees, Tom Boylen, Earl
Blackaby, Tom Donaca, Millar Mc
GUchrlst and Anson Allen, who have
charge respectively of programs, de
corations, refreshments, music and
patronesses, will probably form with
President Jerard, a sort of executive
committee. All the members of the
five divisions will form the general
Prom committee.
The parade will be something on
the order of the one held last year,
but more extensive arrangements
will be made this spring. A baseball
game is scheduled for the opening
day of the week-end festivities and
the parade preceding the game will
mark the formal opening of the Ju
nior celebration.
The regular ceremony of painting
the "0” has been put into the care of
twelve men, headed by Bert Lom
bard. The finance committee will
have charge of the monetary affairs
of the class for the whole week-end,
and Is In charge of Anthony Jaure
guy, the class treasurer.
Arrangements for University day
of the week-end have not been made.
The executive committee and student
council will probably get together
with President Motschenbacher and
appoint the necessary committees
within a few days.
The Junior commtltees follow:
Junior Prom.
Programs—Tom Boylen. chairman:
Sam Michael, Lila Sengstake, Mar*
garet Mann, Ray Bryant, Lyle Stel
wer and JameB Pack.
Decorations — Earl Blackaby,
chairman; Georgia Cross, Walter
Dlnim, Roy Johnson, Josephine Moor*
head, Beatrice Lilly.
Refreshments—Tom Donaca, chair
man; Florence Kendall, Genevieve
Cooper, Lucile Shepard, William
Heusner.
Music—Millar McOllchrlst, chair
man; Edith Moxley, Lois Parks,
Ralph Young, Katherine Kirkpatrick,
Verne Apperson, Ruth Dorris.
Patronesses—Anson Allen, chair
man; Jessup Strang, August Scholl,
Velma Sexton, Helen Welrlein, Clar
ence Brotherton, Hazel Ralston.
Special Committees.
Parade—Maurice Hill, Clark Bur
gard, Alfred Lee, Lawrence Dlneen,
Daniel Boone.
Finance — Anthony Jaureguy,
Boyce Fenton, Fred Hardesty, James
Donald,.
Painting “O”—Bert Lombard,
Frank Staiger, Elton Loucks, “Bud
dy” Ryan, Carlyle Gelsler, Marsh
Goodwin, John Parsons, Gene Good,
Henry Heldenricb, Thornton Howard
Graham McConnell.
Seven hundred students at the
University of Illinois recently turned
out on “clean-up’* day and manicured
the streets of Champaign and Ur
bana.