Oregon emerald., April 21, 1914, Image 1

OREGON
EMERALD
VOL. XV.
EUGENE, ORE., TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1914.
No. LXIX.
COLLIER ITEM
WHITTLESEY'S
FORMER STUDENT WRITES
ARTICLE SCORING
ALMA MATER
“MA/ SiM HARSH” HE SAYS
Unheeded Criticisms Result in
Drastic Editorial Recently
Appearing in Weekly of Na
tional Circulation.
An Oregon Alumnus of the class
of o 1 was the author of the editorial
paragraph which appeared in Col
lier's Weekly several weeks ago ex
coriating the faculty of the University
for not "polishing” the Oregon Em
erald. Prof. E. W. Ai.en’s complaint
to collier's at the gross inaccuracies
as well as injustices perpetrated by
the writer of the paragraph brought
acknowledgment today from W. L.
Whittlesey, 40 0 Riveirside Drive,
New York, that he had himself con
ceived the idea of directing the force
of publicity against his Alma Mater,
and had himself written the para
graph and caused its insertion in
Collier’s.
Story Reprinted
The item in the Emerald which
Mr. Whittlesey undertook to criticize
in a magazine of half a million cir
culation, going into ail parts of the
United States, was a "story” taken
from the University of Washington
. Daily. Mr. Whittlesey, however,
directed Uis criticism entirely at tlie
publication of liis own college disre
garding its original source. The item
was a plain and perfectly obvious in
stance of the dropping out of one
linotype line, an acci.. _nt which hap
pens occasionally on e.ery newspaper
in the United States. Mr. Whittlesey
(disregarded this, nowever, in order to
make his point, and implied that it
was a case of illiteracy on the part
of University of Oregon students.
If Mr. Whittlesey had caused the
item to be reprinted as it appeared in
the Emerald, it would have been ob
vious to most readers of Collier’s that
the make-up man in the printing
shop had dropped out a line. He
took no pains, however, to insure this
amount of elementary fairness, but
allowed the copy to be reset in a dif
ferent width of type, causing the
lines to end on different words, and
reducing the whole to unintelligible
gibberish. The result he referred to
as "a gem.”
Mr. Whittlesey then closed his
comment as follows:
"No wonder some old fogies have
been invoking the referendum on the
University’s appropriation. The pro
___ lessors ought to polish that ‘Emer
ald.’ ”
Is Industrious Critic
Mr. Whittlesey has been an earn
est-minded critic of the Emerald for
at least three administrations. Uni
versity tradition is that administra
tions even further back were equally
uDable to please him, and that the
editors, whether acquaintances of Mr.
Whittlesey or net, were in more or
less constant receipt of letters from
him pointing cut deficiencies. The
desire of the Emerald to print all let
ters of criticism from alumni was
generally thwarted by Mr. Wh’ttle
sey's failure to observe the ordinary
courtesies of amicable discussion. His
mind usually ran to typographical
errors, or such a thing as the Em
erald’s reference to the football team
in cne paragraph as the "lemon yel
low" and in the next as the “green.”
These, Mr. Whittlesey would main
tain, were evidences of gross incom
petence, ignorance and inconsistency.
°Mr. Whittlesey’s letter to Professor
Alien follows:
"Your letter of April 8 to Mr. Sul
livan was referred to me because I
wrote the editorial paragraph in
question. I graduated (sic) at the
University of Oregon in 1901 and
served as Prof. F. G. Young’s assist -
- (Continued on page four)
UNIVERSITY ISSUES NEW
ILLUSTRATED PAMPHLET
Booklet of 48 Pages Is Sent to
High Schools of the
State
t -*
“Choosing a Calling” is the title of
a pamphlet that has just been pub
lished by the University for distribu
tion among the high schools of the
State.
The pamphlet gives a description
of the University, the courses offer
ed, and other information designed
to be of interest to high school stu
dents. It contains pictures of vari
ous University organizations, build
ings and campus scenes.
The pamphlet is 48 pages in ex
tent. The main contributors are
Prof. Eric W. Allen, Miss Julia Bur
gess and Prof. Colin V. Dyment.
Dr. Lowell, president of Harvard,
will be the commencement speaker
at the University of Missouri this
spring.
WOMEN’S GLEE CLUB WILL
NOT GO ON PROPOSED TRIP
University Co-eds Not to Play
in Same Town With Evelyn
Thaw
No trip will be taken by the Wo
men’s Glee Club, contrary to the
plans formulated before the Easter
vacation as the result of a meeting
held yesterday afternoon, at which
the matter of taking the tour was
submited to a general vote. In ac
cordance with plans made known be
fore the vacation, the club was to
have sung at Corvallis on Thursday
and at Albany on Friday of this
week.
At the meeting yesterday after
noon it was discovered that Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw would play in Corvallis
and it was decided unwise to attempt
to buck this counter attraction. It
was decided that the Albany trip
would not be feasible unless the O.
A. C. town could be included.
The only remaining date at which
the trip might be taken is during the
week before Junior week-end, which
would necessitate a return concert |
after the strenuous Junior celebra
tion. As this is considered a poor
time of the year in which to draw a
crowd, and as the Oregon women
wrould be compelled to guarantee a
.louse which would at least amount
to the expenses of the visiting club,
it was decided that the Oregon song
birds must put off their trip until
next year.
Other towns, including Portland,
which had been tentatively included
on the club’s itinerary, have .also
been dropped, and no more entertain
ments by the club will be given either
in or out of Eugene this school year,
except the twilight concert during
commencement.
“ED” BAILEY ON ROCK PILE
Big Oregon Tackle Now Singing at
Kelly’s Butte, Near Portland
“On the rock pile all the while.”
This is the song that “Ed” Bailey,
Oregon’s famous tackle, is now sing
ing at Kelly’s Butte, the rendezvous
of auto speeders and “vags” located a
few miles out of Portland.
When the news became known on
the campus that the big football star
was enjoying the scenery of the
Butte, everyone asked the reason for
his sudden descent from an honorable
position on the Portland police force.
So far the mystery is inexplicable. All
that is known at present is that
Bailey is on guard at the Butte.
A rule that may have a consider
able effect on the enrollment of the
university has just been promulgated
at Brown. Hereafter the student
who fails in an examination will not
have the privilege of taking a re-ex
amination. He will have his choice
of taking the whole course a second
time or losing Just that much aca
demic credit.
AGGIES TAKE
FIRST MEET
; , • • V., ; . .. .■
FOR FIRST TIME HAYWARD’S
MEN FAIL TO WIN AT
COLUMBIA
FOUR RECORDS ESTABLISHED
Stuller, Cook, Reynolds and
Holdman Set New Marks in
High Jump, Shot Put, Half
Mile and Pole Vault.
SCORE
0. A. C. 37.
Oregon 32.
Multnomah 32.
Whitman 4.
Willamette 2.
(By Willard Shaver)
For the first time since Bill Hay
.vard’s arrival at the University the
ceam from Oregon failed to take first
place in the annual indoor meet held
'at Columbia. The fact 'that Bill’s
proteges were in rather poor condi
tion, due to inability to train at allj
during wet weather was added to a*
little hard luck, and the appearance
of a crack team from the Aggie insti
tution to bring about Oregon’s de
feat.
Four Records Made
The meet, which was wone by the
team from the Corvallis institution,
was replete with thrills, four new
Columbia records being established.
Stuller of Oregon beat Kerrigan’s
record in the high jump by clearing
the bar at a fraction of an inch under
six feet. Cook of Oregon bested Mc
Kinney’s former record by almost
eight inches in the shot put and Rey
nolds of the Aggie team hung another
record in the half mile by running it
in the fast time of 2 minutes and
four fifths of a second. The fourth
indoor record to go was the pole
vault. Holdman of Multnomah bet
tered Bellah’s vault of 12 feet 1 1-4
inches by three-fourths of an inch.
O. A. C. took every race except the
hurdles and the relay, Payne getting
only a second in the mile and neith
er Bandy nor Fee placing in the hur
dles. Hopgood of the Aggie team
took the mile, but as he is ineligible
for conference meets he will not ap
pear in the -dual meet here Junior
Week End.
No Excuses Offered
With no excuses to offer regard
ing defeat the Oregon squad will
train hard so that when the dual
meet is held on the local campus a
repitlon of last Saturday’s defeat
may be avoided.
The summary of events follows:
Fifty-yard Dash—Anderson, O. A.
C. first; Hummell, Multnomah, sec
ond; Small, Willamette third; Cohn,
Multnomah fourth. Time, 5 4-5.
Two hundred twenty yard dash—
Kadderley, O. A. C. first; Cohn, Mult
nomah second; Crouchly, Multnom
ah third; Brace, Multnomah fourth.
Time, 23 3-5.
Shot put—Cook Oregon first; John
son, O. A. C. second; Philbrook, Mult
nomah third; Foster, 0. A. C. fourth,
orty-one feet 2 % inches.
Four hundred forty yard run—Rey
nolds, O. A. C. first; Kedderly, O. A.
C. second; Loucks, Oregon third; Mc
Connell, Oregon fourth. Time 54
flat.
Fifty yard Hurdles — Hummell,
Multnomah first; Moses, O. A. C. sec
ond; Hoover, Whitman third; Carr,
Lincoln high fourth. Time, 6 3-5.
High jump—Stuller, Oregon first;
Magoue, Multnomah second; Phil
brook, Multnomah third; Lawrence,
O. A. C. fourth. Six feet.
Half mile—Reynolds, O. A. C.
irst; McClure, Oregon second; Nel
son, Oregon third; McConnell, Ore
gon fourth. Time 2 minutes and
four fifths of a second.
Broad jump—Bounds, Eugene high
first; Parsons, Oregon second; Muir
head, Columbia third; Boylen, Ore
gon fourth. Twenty-one feet 7
Inches.
OREGON WINS
FROM 0. OF W.
TWO-GAME SERIES TAKEN
BY 6-2 AND 4-3
SCORES
HARD HITTING IS FEATURE
Fenton in First Contest and
Big-bee in Second Start
Fireworks. Tuerck, Welch,
and L. Bigbee Pitch.
Timely and hard hitting won for
Coach Bezdek’s men the two opening
games of the conference season
against the University of Washington
last Friday and Saturday.
The first game, a 6-2 victory with
Bill Tuerck pitching against Ed
Leader, both former Portland high
athletes was notable because of the
consistency of Tuerck’s pitching and
the stickwork and base-running of
Captain Fenton. With two men on
bases, Fenton rapped out a three
bagger and later stole home on
Leader’s windup. Oregon’s Infield
was working nicely in this game,
only one error being chalked against
it. Leader’s support was ragged and
the Washington crew broke into the
error column often.
With Bigbee and Welch in the box
in the second game, Oregon found the
long end of a 4-3 score. Bigbee waB
in trouble often but held the Wash
ingtonians almost hitless up to the
seventh when he was replaced by
Welch. In the second game "Skeet”
digbee was easily the star. His field
ing as well as Cornell’s was above par
and with men on bases he registered
a l'our-ply swat as well as singling
on every other appearance at bat.
These games have demonstrated
that Oregon has a hitting team, any
member of it being capable of start
ing the fireworks. With such sup
port as it has thus far given its pitch
ers should prove an able contender
for the college conference rag.
League to Entertain
The Women’s League will give a
tea in honor of Miss Katherine Everts
at the Bungalow from two until five
o’clock Saturday afternoon. Miss
Everts has just spent a week at Berk
eley giving readings and lectures on
elocution. She will go to the Uni
versity of Washington next week. Ev
ery woman of the University and of
Eugene is cordially invited to hear
Miss Everts.
Her readings will include “My
Lady’s Ring,” a comedy by Alice
Brown, and also some scenes from
Shakespeare.
Y. M. C. A. ENOS MEETINGS
Special Sessions Now Take Place of
Regular Gatherings
The regular meeting® of the Y. M.
C. A. are now over for this year. The
only meetings from now on will he
special sessions with special speak
ers. There is a class of students
studying the “New Era In Asia”
which meets In the Y. M. office from
7:15 to 8 Tuesday evenings and all
men and women are Invited to at
tend. Joe Tomlnaga speaks tonight
on “Japan.”
Albany has started a fly campaign
under the supervision of Dr. C. F.
Hodge, professor of Social Biology
at the University. Already several
flytraps have been sent to Albany by
the extension division and are being
demonstrated In the schools.
Mile run—Hopgood, O. A. C. first;
Payne, Oregon second; McKay, Whit
man third; Langley, Oregon fourth.
Time 4:32 3-5.
Pole vault—Holdman, Multnom
ah, first; Bellah, Multnomah third;
Smith, O. A. C. fourth. Twelve feet
2 Inches.
Half mile relay won by U. of O.
ORATORICAL TRYOUTS TO
COME MONDAY, APRIL 27
Six Students Have Chosen
Peace and Unemployment
Topics for Contest
Two representatives, one In ex
tempore speaking the other In ora
tory will be selected Monday, April
27 in Villard hall, to represent the
University of Oregon against the Uni
versity of Washington in the dual
oratorical contest to be held in Port
land in the latter part of May.
The preliminary tryout was to
have been held April 20, but as there
were not enough students signed up
to justify a preliminary tryout then
all will participate in the finals.
James Donald, Milton Stoddard,
Henry Davies, Dal King, Bert Lom
bard and Victor Morris, the six con
testants, have taken for their sub
jects mainly the peace and unemploy
ment questions. Two thousand words
has been set as the maximum for each
essay.
OREGANA BARGAIN RATE
WILL END ON APRIL 30
;
Michael Starts Campaign to
Get in Late Sub
scribers
.\
Owing to repeated requests from
students another short Oregana cam
paign will be started by Sam Mich
ael, the circulation manager, com
mencing tomorrow, April 22 and last
ing to Thursday, April 30. This will
positively be the last chance to get
the Oregana for $2.50 according to
Michael.
"See me, 'Shorty’ Lee, or A. P,
Scholl or leave your orders at the
Book Exchange,” said the circula
tion manager. "Some of the students
are Just waking up to the fact that
the Oregana will be out In three
weeks,” he continued, “and they are
a little surprised. Numbers have
been coming to me and wanting rates
and since a few students entering the
second semester are among theee, a
week’s chance will be given them.
When this Is over I will compile the
subscription list so there will be no
eleventh hour rush.
“We are now on the final lap, as
nearly half the book is printed' and
all that remains is the feature de
partment.”
21 MEN WANTED FOR Y. M.
COLUMBIA BEACH TRIP
Five so Far Certain of Going.
Seaman Will Boost for
More
With five men already sure of mak
ing the trip to Columbia Beach, ef
forts are now being made to raise
the number to twenty-one. Gale
Seaman, Coast Student Secretary for
the National Committee, will be here
Sunday and Monday of next week to
take up the Conference question/with
the students and to arouse Interest.
He will also help the new commit
tees of the Y. M. C. A. cabinet to get
their work started.
Copies of the tentative plan for the
Columbia Beach Conference ha**
been received at the Book Exchange
and are now being distributed.
DR. PARSONS TALKS TO Y. M.
Eugene Preacher Speaks on Subject
of "Personal Loyalty”
l>r. William Parsons, pastor of the
Central Presbyterians church, talked
to the Young Women’s Christian As
sociation Monday afternoon. His
subject was “Personal Loyalty.”
“In building we depend on two
laws, cohesion and gravitation and
Jesus depends on us for these same
things. Cohesion Is brotherly love
and gravitation is personal loyalty,”
said Dr. Parsons.
He urged that the students use
their Influence In promoting loyalty
to God, to their fellow men and to
their Institution.
.
CLUBS START
BALLROLLING
DOUGHNUT LEAGUERS BE
GIN TO GET BASEBALL
FEVER.
SCHEDULES JUtE ARRANGED
Track Meet Will Be Held May
16. Baseball
Series Starts Next Monday.
Faculty May Enter Team.
The doughnut league will hold its
anuual track meet on the afternoon
of Saturday, May 16 while the Uni
versity track team Is at Seattle in the
dual meet with Washington. Eight
entries will be allowed from each
club. But three men from each or
ganisation may enter one event.
The committee in charge, composed
of Dal King, chairman, James Don
ald and Raymond W .rner, has decid
ed to to invite the faculty to enter
the Doughnut track meet as in the
handball tournament, provided the
dispensors of learning provide the
customary entrance fee of five dol
lars. Treasurer Fleming, of the
Doughnut League reports $79.15 In
the treasury. With this amount to
begin with, it will not be necessary
for the fraternities who were In the
league last year to deposit the regu
lar fee.
To Award Ribbons
Prizes in the form of ribbons will
be awarded to the individual place
winners. Those winning a first place
will get a blue ribbon. White rib
bons will be awarded second plate,
red, thlnd, and yellow, fourth. The
usual cup will he awarded the club
winning the greatest number of
points, and a gold medal will be giv
en the highest Individual point win
ner. The frst place cup remains In
permanent possession of the team
winning It two consecutive years.
Points will be given as follows:
First place, 5 points; second place,
3 points; third place, 2 points; fourth
place, 1 point.
The events will be the same ae
those customary In the northweet
track meets, except that half-mile re
lay race between teams of four men
will be added.
Schedule Arranged
The committee has arranged the
complete baseball schedule as It will
be played by the league, except that
slight alterations will be necessary if
the Faculty decides to rater a team.
Preliminary games will begin next
Monday, April 27, and the elimina
tions will start Immediately. The
meantime will be devoted to prac
tice games after 6:15 every evening.
The schedule for the preliminaries
will be as follows:
Monday—Kappa Sigma plays Phi
Delta Theta.
Tuesday—Delta Tau Delta plays
the Dorm Club.
Wednesday — The Oregon Club
plays Sigma Chi.
Thursday—Iota Chi plays Alpha
Tau Omega.
Friday—Sigma Nu plays Phi Gam
ma Delta.
Semi finals:
The winners of the first and fourth
games will play Monday, May 4.
Winners of third and fifth games
will play Tuesday.
Delta Tau Delta drew a by, hut
will play the faculty Wednesday if
the progressors enter a team.
The round robin will be played af
ter Junior Week End. A two year
cup for first place and anotnor for
second place have been provided, and
a cup will aleo be awarded the player
having the highest hatting average.
First place was won last year In
baseball by the Fijla, and Delta Tau
Delta won first place In track.
Missouri's cafeteria servee s thou
sand a day and has taken in $29,000
since September.