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OREGON \ •PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK diversity <qk Oregon? eugene. Tuesday, November 10,1914. Volume XVI, No. 23 student body resolution will BE CONSIDERED IN ASSEMBLY AUDIENCE TO HEAR NEW MUSIC PREPARED ESPECIALLY FOR THE BAND DANCE TO BE GIVEN SATURDAY EVENING SPECIAL TRMM IS TOPIC An Amendment Concerning Women’s Glee Club Framed; No State ment Made As Yet Assembly hour tomorrow morning will be given over to a special meet ing of the Student Body. Two reso lutions and an amendment will be brought before the meeting. Special music will be furnished by the Var sity Band. This will be the initial appearance of the band before an as sembly audience. Of the two resolutions that will come before the students to adojot, one deals with the matter of adver tising. On account of the complaint of the merchants that there were too many University publications to sup port through advertising, the Execu tive Council took up the matter and decided to recommend limiting the student publications soliciting adver tising only for the Emerald and Ore gana. The resolution to be adopted by the students will be to ' this ef fect and will be introduced by Leland Hendricks. The other resolution re lates to students hurriedly calling a meeting together and adopting reso lutions without first consulting an authority. The amendment to be submitted by Bert Jerard aims at Article VI, Sec tion 1, of the Constitution. Section 1 now reads: “The Girls’ Glee Club shall be governed by the same provis ions that apply to the Glee Club, excepting that the members of this club shall not be entitled to emblems.” As to the purpose of the amendment, no statement was offered by those framing it, because as they said “they were afraid of adverse sentiment.” However, the amendment will not be voted upon till a later meeting than the one tomorrow and will be before the students during the intervening time just as prominently as it will be between the time the Emerald comes out this evening and tomorrow morning. An opportunity will be given the' student representatives of the two railroads bidding for the official train to the 0. A. C.-Oregon game to ar gue for their respective lines. After having had an opportunity to hear the arguments pro and con, a vote of the students will be taken as to which line shall have the special train. The purpose of this is to prevent any one bunch of students ruling the majority. The band dance is to be given next Saturday night, and to prove to the students that the music will be of the highest order, “Maury” Hyde will wave the baton through two or three numbers at the assembly while his cohorts revel among the notes of ball room music. “If the toes of every one in the audience wiggle ntfct and his enthusiasm remains as thick as molasses When we play,” says Hyde, “we will do the groundhog act when the groundhog sees his shadow and bury ourselves for years to corn0 ” DRAMATIC CLUB * Important meeting Thursday * evening, 7:00 o’clock,. Dr. Scha- * fer’s room, Library. Election of * officers. All old members be pres- * ent. n * * * Beckett Is Down With Tonsil it is JOHNNY BECKETT IIIIP RATE 10 SEATTLE Oregon Electric and Southern Pacific Railways Will Give Reduced Fare to Game Parties of fifteen going to the Wash ington-Oregon game in Seattle next Saturday will be given reduced rates on either the Oregon Electric or the Southern Pacific railroads. One and one-third fare will be charged for the round trip from Eu gene to Portland, and from Portland to Seattle one and two-thirds fare. The only restriction on this block ticket scheme is that the fifteen peo ple must travel on the same train. The Oregon Electric will leave Eu gene at 6:10 Friday afternoon and arrive in Seattle about 7:30 Saturday morning. It will leave Seattle at 10:30 the same night and arrive in Eugene at 12:25 Sunday afternoon. The. Southern Pacific train leaving Eugene at 5:30 Friday afternoon will arrive in Seattle Saturday morning at the same time as the Oregon Elec tric. It will leave Seattle also at 10:30 Saturday night and will arrive in Eu gene at 2:30 Sunday afternoon. EUTAXIANS HONOR AUGUSTUS THOMAS WITH A PROGRAM An Augustus Thomas program was given by the Eutaxian Literary So ciety, which met this evening at the Bungalow. The program was as fol lows: “Augustuso Thomas, His Life and Works,” Clare Raley; review of “As a MSn Thinks,” Margaret Belat; review of “Arizona,” Hazel Knight; biographical sketch of Mary Ander son, Bernice Perkins. All Freshmen will in the near fu ture be housed in dormitories at the University of Michigan, if the present plans under consideration by that Uni versity are put in effect, because of the new fraternity rushing rules. Dor mitories on the campus is the solu ' tion to be used at Michigan. AFTERMATH SHOWS WHY OHEGOK WAS DEFEATED With Payne, Bostwick and Huggins In Commission, Locals Might Have Copped Saturday’s Race By Floyd Westerfield. If Payne, Bostwick and Huggins had been able to represent Oregon at the cross country race at Coravllis last Saturday, the Oregon trio would have been placed nearer the head of the list. First place went to Hobgood, who covered the four and one-half miles in 23:59. All three of the above named men have in practice made time that would have placed them in the front rank. The inexperience and the short time for the training of the three Freshmen who represented the University was only one handicap that worked against them. When “Bill” received word of the race, it was understood that the run was to be three and one-half miles. However, when the men arrived in Corvallis they were informed that the race would be for four and one half miles. The team had trained for the shorter distance, and the ex tra mile, a soft, muddy road and a quarter of a mile of plowed ground were conditions that were not ex pected. Every member of the team finished in good condition, the last man making the distance in 24:45. Belding, who finished first for Or egon, anu KaddfcHy of O. A. C., IcO the runners for the first mile. Hob good, of O. A. C., was the first man to enter the armory at° the last of the race. McKay, of Whitman, who was thirty yards behind him, sprint ed, and for half a lap the two men were even.' At the last turn Hobgood took the pole and was able to finish about ten yards ahead of McKay, who was the third man to cross the tape. Lafky had worked up to second place in a sprint at the finish. (Continued on page 4.) FEW OUTSIDE STOUTS OK GLEE U TRIP Concert Will be in Eugene December 3; “Attend and Support Your Organization,” Says Tiffany An Eastern Oregon tour will com prise the Christmas vacation of the 22 members of the Men’s Glee Club. A lack of the wherewithal, however,' will prevent as many concerts being given as wpre originally intended, and for the same reason the “stunts” will be acted only by the singers themselves. “I have heard that some, men out side the club may try out for the di alogues,” said Professor Lyman. “They will have to be exceptionally good. We are relying more than ever upon the work of the Glee Club mem bers alone. Apperson, with his xyl phone, made a hit last year and will probably reappear this season. Jerard and Batley, last year’s comedians, who are again trying out, are assured of a place in next month’s program. Sprague, tenor, and Gillette and Vaw ter, baritones, are doing good work.” The trip through the eastern part of the state will cover Pendleton on December 29, Baker December 30, La Grande December 31, Hood River Jan uary 1, and on the return trip a con cert will be given in Albany January 2. Portland and Salem will be vis ited later in the season. According to Manager Tiffany, the club will make its first appearance in Eugene December 3- “Every student in the University,” he added, “should attend this concert. It is your organ, ization and needs your moral and financial support.” *********** * OREGANA STAFF WILL * * HOLD A MEETING TOMOR- * * ROW AT 4:00 P. M„ IN DR. * * STRAUB’S ROOM, VILLARD * * HALL. *******7* * * LINING FOR OREGON SQUAD - «» \ / TONSILITIS PUTS BECKETT ON SIDE LINES AND LEAVES TEAM WITHOUT A PUNTER—CORNELL AND MALARKEY ARE OUT OF GAME FOR THE SEASON I Gornell Is Out Of Football ANSON CORNELL DRAMATISTS REVIVIFY First Meeting of the Year Will be Held Thursday to Elect Officers A meeting of the active members of the University Dramatic Club will be held Thursday evening at 7:00 o’clock in Dr. Schafer’s room in the basement of the Library, to elect of ficers and to plan for the coming season. Thursday’s meeting will be the first to be held by the organization this year. According to Bert Jerard and Maurice Hill, who have called the meeting, several important matters will be discussed and decided upon by the club. “It is very important that all old members be present Thursday even ing,” Jerard said today. “Besides electing officers, the time for holding tryouts for membership will be de cided. Jerard says that it is altogether probable that the tryouts will be held nevt week. He says the plan this year is to give only modem plays. The Dramatic Club has been organ ized for several years, and each year presents plays. Last year it produced “A Woman’s Way,” which met with great success. A number of places on the club will be filled by the tryouts. Last year over 50 students tried for places. The tfyouts consist in reading certain selections from Shake speare and other works. • ° PROF. LYMAN CHOOSES WOMEN’S GLEE QUARTET Professor Lyman held tryouts for the quartet of the Girls’ Glee Club last week, and those chosen for the parts were: Eva Brock for first so prano, Marie Churchill, second so prano, Charlie Fenton, first alto, and Bernice Perkins, second alto. FIGHT IS ONLY HOPE At the Crucial Period of Fight Bezdek Must Develop Men to Fill Holes Left by Cripples By Harry Kuck. Coach Bezdek can imitate Dobie’s calamity talk with a clear conscience, for, in face of all this newspaper gas about Oregon’s phenomenal luck, there is not a vestige of over-confi dence in the Oregon camp. In fact, things begin to look worse than du bious. Johnny Beckett, Oregon’s star punter, and one of the mainstays in the line, has tohsilitis and may not be able to enter the Washington game. In sizing up the situation, Coach Bezdek says: “It’s a pfetty hard dose to swallow. The material was here; we won our early sehson games all right, and just as we seemed to have a chance, this procession of unfore seen setbacks is ushered in. You can’t guard against mumps and ton silitis, you know.” Malarkfey and Cornell are through with football for the -year. There is not a chance of either of them play ing against the Purple and Gold Sat urday. Malarkey’s eyes are in bad shape, and football is out of the ques tion for him. “Bill” and “Bez” have been work ing all season with Cornell’s knee, but it refuses to improve. Conse quently, Oregon’s sagacious little foot ball general will view the game from the sidelines. Although out of the hospital, Sam Cook is in no condition to don his ar mor, and in all probability he, too, will be an interested spectator at Sat urday’s entertainment. This will ne cessitate a change in plans, for Cook was counted upon to back up the line. If Beckett does not recover p. d. q. we may just as well kiss that old game good-bye and hope (at best) for a low score and few injuries. When asked who would do the kicking if Beckett was out, the coach replied: “I guess I’ll go in and try my hand at it.” There is no one who can fill the big tackle’s place and do himself credit. With Cook and Beckett absent, Wash ington’s backs, Miller, Noble and Shiel, would make yardage through the Lemon Yellow line at will. The only ray of sunshine that is con stantly peeping through the gloom is the old “Oregon Spirit.” Every man on the team is instilled with a “do or die” fight, which is a wonder ful asset on the gridiron. Two full teams work hard each night, under the arc lamps, vainly trying to counter balance the misfortunes which befall them almost daily. Moreover, there is perfect harmony in camp. Coach Bezdek brands as an absolute falsehood a recent statement in a local newspaper which said that it looks like the old ‘bogey’ fraternity (Continued on page 4.) * * * * 5 * * i * * * * For the purpose of learning the * * Oregon songs to sing at the Ore- * * gon-O. A. C. game, the Women’s * * League wants all of the women in * * the University to come to the Wo- * * men’s Gymnasium at half past * * four next Friday afternoon. * *** ********