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PUBLISHED THREE TIMES ▲ UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1914 .. Volume XVI, No. 31 PROF. YOLMG DIVULGES CONFERENCE PURS SPECIAL COMMONWEALTH SES SION CALLED TO DISCUSS LEGISLATIVE PROBLEMS CLASSES MAY MEET AS USUAL Program to Extend Over Three Days; Governor-Elect Withycombe Will Preside “Of course we want the students to be interested and present as much as possible, but I don’t think the rec itations will be waives except in the case of a few of us who have to be present,” stated F. G. Young, Pro fessor of Economics and Sociology, in speaking of the Commonwealth Conference which will be held in Vil lard Hall at the University, on Thurs day, Friday and Saturday, December 10, 11 and 12. This is the first spe cial session of the Commonwealth Conference on Legislative Problems. The program is as follows: I. The first problem: Efficiency and Economy in the State Government of Oregon, Thursday, December .10, at 10:00 o’clock. Opening address, by Dr. James Withycombe, Governor-Elect and Pre siding Officer. The Proble mof the Organization of the State Administration, by James D. Barnett, Professor of Political Sci ence at the University of Oregon. II. Presentation and Criticism of Plans —Outlined as suggestions for reor ganization of different departments of State Administration. Principles upon which reorganiza tion of departments, offices and insti tutions should be planned. III. Three members have been asked to lead in the discussion of each of the outlined plans covering the following proposed departments: 1. Agriculture. 2. Education. Afternoon Session, 1:30 O’Clock 3. Finance Administration. 4. Public Health and Safety. 5. Public Works and Conservation. 6. Labor. 7. Charitable and Correctional Ad ministration. 8. Control of Public Service Cor porations. The improved state budget that would be possible under such a reor ganized State Administration system. IV. Second Problem: Unemployment and the Conservation of Labor. Friday, December 11 Tendencies and Plans in the Em ployment Legislation. State and Na tional. By Joseph Mayper, General Secretary and Counsel on Distribution, . North American Civic League fob Im migrants. Employment Legislation for Wash ington. A. H. Grput, Labor Commis sioner of Seattle. Proposed Program for Legislation for Oregon. A. H. Harris, formerly Editor Portland Labor Press. General Discussion. V. Friday Evening Outlook as to Immigration and Pol icies that should call forth. Joseph Mayper, North American Civic League for Immigrants. Aspects of Problem of Unemploy ment. Charles James. Friday, Forenoon Session, 9:30 Opening Address. Hon H. B. Mil (Continued on page 4.) SOPHOMORE JOKESTER PLIES PRACTICAL PRANK ON SENIOR Diploma-Chaser Outpigs Sopher, but —Oh, Sad Story—the Senior Is Stung ine r-ornana eiectnc ciangea inxo the O. E. depot Sunday evening. Stu dents, fresh from their attack on the gobbler, were rushing off the train. A prominent Senior made his way, laboriously, through the vast throng that crowded the platform to the side of a fair arrival. She was a Fresh man and was escorted by a Sopho more who carried two suitcases. Ask ing no questions, the Senior seized the suitcases from the unwilling hands of the second year representa tive, who, incidentally, wears the same pin as the Senior. The cases were heavy and the destination was a certain big, yellow house on Twelfth and Hilyard streets—but these diffi culties in nowise dampened the ardor of the ambitious Senior. Finally, af ter a long and tiresome walk—punc tuated by frequent stops—he arrived at his destination, only to find that but one case belonged to his fair com panion. The other was owned by his fraternity brother. , With true sportsmanship, next year’s alumnus gripped the handle of the case firmly and made his way down Twelfth street to the point of intersection with Mill and was hear tily greeted by the Sophomore joke ster. MABEL HUMAN, 13 DIES IN PORTLAND Deceased Dies After a. Sudden Illness Which Necessitated a Speedy Operation Intelligence was received on the campus today of the death in Portland yesterday morning of Miss Mabel Zim merman, a member of the 1913 grad uating class of the University. Miss Zimmerman’s death was sud den, following an illness of but a few days’ duration. She became ill Sun day, but was apparently in no danger until Tuesday, when she was removed to the Good Samaritan Hospital and operated upon. She lived but a few hours after the operation was per-, formed, dying at 1:00 o’clock yester day morning. - Miss Zimmerman was born at Fair view, Oregon, 23 years ago. With her sister, Olive Zimmerman, she en tered the University in 1909. She was a member of the Delta Gamma soror ity. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church of Portland. The pall bearers will be Donald Pague, John Black, Francis Curtis and Earl Murphy, all former students of the University.” • • °. t' --- 0 •* , GIRLS’ FIRST* INTERCLAS|> BASKETBALL GAME DEC. IP The first game of the women’s inter class basketball will be played in the Women’s Gymnasium on December 15. There is a silver cup offered by Mr. Hayward to the winning team. It was won by the Seniors last year. The teams have been practicing for some time, but unless more Juniors and Seniors turn out they will be forced to forfeit the cup. In past years a cup has been of fered the sorority teams, but on ac count of lack of time and space in the gym, there will be no games be tween them this year. “SUPPOSITION AND REALITY” THIS IS THE TYPE That i* Supposed TO iNHKBit The CAMPUS y.m.c.a. THIS IS THE TYPE THM REAU.Y DOES INHABIT THE C AfV\POS Y. M.C.A. SOCCER TRYOUT DEC. 12 Whites and Blacks Will Meet On Kin caid Field Friday at 3:00 O’Clock A tryout game of soccer football, intended to test the candidates for the Varsity team, is to be played at 3:00 o’clock Friday afternoon on Kincaid Field. No admission will be charged. From the 22 men playing and from the substitutes will be hcosen the elev en that will represent the University in the first outside struggle of the year, probably December 12. The tryout teams will be called Whites and Blacks, respectively. The Whites are to weaer gymnasium suits or white jerseys and knickers The jerseys of the Blacks are to be of any color other than white, preferably black or blue. The referee will be ei ther Father Moran, of the Eugene par ish, or Professor Colin V. Dyment, who coaches the squad. The follow ing men are ordered to report on Kin caid at 3:00 o’clock tomorrow, and are assigned to the teams as indi cated below: ' Blacks Goal—Gorescky. Backs—Hazeltine and Hedges. Halves—Belknap, Guy and Sims. Right Wing—Wilhelm and Seng stake. Left Wing—Proctor and Hartley. Center—Huston (field captain). Whites Goal—Kennon. Backs—Spellman and Campbell. Halves—Ralston, Rathbun and Pearson. Right Wing—Crockett and Hugh Ford. Left Wing—Sheehy and Neal Ford (captain.) Substitute* Woodwortlf Egan, Melzer, Roberts. The game will give the campus a chance to see what the soccer squad has accomplished since October 1, and the encouragement of the students’ p&sence will be appreciated by the players. a ********* A MISTAKE The Emerald wishes to ac knowledge an error in the story which appeared in the Tuesday is sue under the headline, “West ern Girls Are Slower Athletic ally.” In the headline, Miss Da vis was given credit for the state ment, while, as a matter of fact, it was made by Miss Harriet Thompson, Assistant Physical In structor, as the body of the story shows. HAIRLIP HANDICAP WILL BE STARTED BY SENIOR MEN Christmas Recess to Mark the Begin ning of the Mustache-Growing Contest Moustaches, the 1916 Oregana . class finances and Senior memorial, took up the time of the Seniors yes terday morning at their monthly meeting in Deady. Not to be outdone by their prede cessors, the “Fourteeners,” this year’s wearers of the sombrero, have decid ed to keep the razor away from their upper lips until the second semester, the contest to start Christmas va cation. As a handicap, it has been decided to allow, the more youthful members of the class to begin a week early. A committee has been ap pointed to determine the “head starts." The Senior men will appear in two weeks with the moustaches—brown ones, black ones, white ones, fuzzy ones, curly ones, straight ones, and, in some cases, no prediction can be ventured. Lamar Tooze, representing the 1916, Oregana, presented the subscription proposition offered by the year-book. Sam Michael reported on the Virgil Noland Memorial. It was decided to defer action until the matter was in vestigated further. Anthony Jaureguy, class Treasurer, gave a short talk, outlining‘the finan cial condition of the class. He said that the 1915 Oregana committee was making a thorough campaign among the students for subscriptions to last year’s book, and that a similar cam paign would be launched among th^ alumni. The Seniors decided to give a series of Student Body dances to lighten the class debt. Preeident Ben F. Dorris presided at the meeting and announced the fol lowing committees: Virgil Noland Memorial committee, Sam Michael, chairman; Rose Sieler, Edith Moxley, Velma Sexton, Ernest Vosper, Bert Lombard. Senior Dance committee, Elton Loucks, chairman; Bert Jerard and Franklin Staiger. COLLEGE DATES GRANTED BY THE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE The following dates were granted by the Student Affairs Committee at it* regular bi-monthly meeting Wed nesday afternoon: January 22—Freshman-Sophomore Debate. February 19—University Orches tra. March 17, 18 and 19—Y. M. C. A. —Addresses by Dr. W, D. Weather ford, of Nashville, Tenn. ASSOCIATION SHOWS STUPENDOUS GROWTH IN 23 YEARS OF EXISTENCE BEGINNING WITH A MEMBERSHIP OF 19 UNDER JOHN R. MOTT THE Y.M.C.A, HAS INCREASED ACCELERATIVELY UNTIL IT NOW NUMBERS 235 MEMBERS 4 FROSH WORSHIP FATIMA AND ROYAL BACCHUS SATURDAY Annual Freshman Smoker at the Kap pa Sigma House Will Consist * of Novel Stunts I The lid will be “lifted” Saturday night at the annual Freshman smoker given by the Kappa Sigma fraternity. After a snappy program of boxing and wrestling matches, the doors of the historic “bar” will be thrown open and Bacchus and Fatima will keep the Froslj guzzling and inhaling until midnight, when a surprise awaits them. Frosh Tollman will preseide over the “free lunch” and foamihg steins, with Bert Ford directing the various stunts. This comes but once a year, and all Freshmen are advised to cut the “fantastics” which are also scheduled for that night, that they may be pres ent to rope and throw the horned quadruped and rest their weary num ber twelves on the shining brass rail. FULL DRESS OPTIONAL Sophomore Class Declines to Dictate Dress Members Shall Wear At Hop The heads of the several commit tees of the Sophomore Hop, under General Chairman Bernard Breeding, have had four meetings and one meet ing with all the members of the com mittees present, and preparations are being thoroughly made for the dance, according to Mr. Breeding. The entire cost of the danpe will be about $115.00 There will be a general meeting of all the members of the dance com mittees some time next week, and Chairman Breeding urges all mem ebrs to be present. According to the resolution adopted by the Sophomore class at the class meeting Wednesday, it will be option al with the men whether they wear full dress or not. The general sentiment seemed to be do away with this time-honored cus tom and to promote a more democrat, ic spirit. Dr. Conklin, class advisor for the men, commended the class on the step it had taken in regard to dress suits and urged members of the class to' pay their tax. Without this money Treasurer Scaiefe says it will be impossible to give the dance. *********** * PHI SIGMA ELECTS • * DON ORPUTT • * BOTHWELL AVISON *********** The Zoology Club held its regular meeting Tuesday afternoon in the Zo ology Laboratory. Mr. A. C. Shel ton gave a talk on “The Distribution of Animal Life in Relation to Life Zones.* MEN LEAD Organization Maintains Book Ex change, Bible Classes, Lecture Courses, Employment Bureau The Student Young Men’s Christian Association, from a membership of 19 at the time of its fpunding, 1892, has grown in the 23 years of its ac tive existence to an organization of 235 members. Three and twenty years ago, John R. Mott, recognized today %s the greatest Association worker in the world, and who recently declined an ambassadorship to a foreign coun try, organized the University of Or egon Y. M. C. A. Frederick S. Dunn, ’92, at present Professor of Latin at the University, was elected first pres ident of the organiaztion. The work of the Association has gone on con tinuously since its inception. Since 1910, the membership shows an increase of exactly 100. Last year the rolls included the names of 208 students. General Secretary Charles W. Koyl predicts that this year’s list will go to 275. Divided according to student organizations, the Men’s Dor mitory leads the field with 38 mem bers. Beta Theta Pi is next with 19 and Kappa Sigma is accredited with 14. Non-fraternity membership num bers 89. Among the foreign countries represented are India, Greece, Japan and China. 0. A. C., with a student body including three times as many men as the University, has a mem bership of 400, or considerably less than twice the local enrollment. The administrative work of the As sociation is in the handB of the Gen eral Secretary, C. W. Koyl, who is assisted by officers elebted by the As sociation and a Cabinet appointed by the President. This year’s officers and cabinet members are: Herbert Lombard, President; Ernest Vosper, Vice-President; Roy Stephens, Secre tary; Leslie Tooze, Treasurer; Cloyd Dawson, Lamar Taloze, Brie Lane, James Donald, Charles Collier, Martin Nelson, William Holt, Tom Boylen and Harold Hamstreet, Cabinet. Each Cabinet member is a chairman of a committee, 65 members doing commit tee 0 work this year. This year’s Bible Study classes in clude 196 stpdents as against 187 last year. Besides classes in fraternity houses, there are five in Eugene churches. Cloyd Dawson is in charge of the Bible Study Department. In addition to its other work, the Y. M. C. A. maintains a book exchange and employment bureaeu. So far this year, the exchange has returned to students in cash $170.50 through the sale of second-hand Looks. Last year the total sales of the Book Exchange amounted to $502.05. Seven hundred and seventy-five dol lars have been earned by University students since college started this year from odd and regular jobs se cured by the Employment Bureau, according to the General Secretary.