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PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1914.
Volume XVI, No. 35
PRELIMINARIES END •
IN»CLOUD OF DUST
PHI DELTA THETA, DELTA tAU
AND SIGMA NU TO PLAY
IN FINALS
DIE WILL BE CAST NEXT WEEK
Kappa Sig, A. T. O. and Dorm De
feated in Last of Hard Fought
Preliminaries
By Rex Kay.
When the Phi Delta Thetas sunk
the Dormitory fleet in a 20 to 0 en
counter Thursday afternoon, the In
ter-fratemity preliminaries came to
an end.
The finals are now up to the Delta
Tau Deltas, Sigma Nus, and Phi Delta
Thetas. The games are to be played
off next week. The schedule is as fol
lows: Monday, Sigma Nu and Delta
Tau Delta, at 4:00 o’clock; Tuesday,
Phi Delta Theta and Delta Tau Delta,
at 4:00 o’clock; Wednesday, Sigma
Nu and Phi Delta Theta, at 4:00
o’clock.
As arranged by schedule, the last
three preliminaries were played off
Thursday afternoon.
Before a full gallery of rooters,
who missed no opportunity to cheer
a good play or roast a poor one, Sig
ma Nu defeated Kappa Sigma 16 to 4.
The game was more interesting
than the score indicates. For real good
feeling on both sides, comedy and
fight to-the-limit spirit, this game
leads them all. From the minute Ref
eree Hayward blew the whistle until
he sounded the final knell, there was
something doing. The “doing” con
sisted chiefly of basket throwing on
the part of Sigma Nu during the first
half.
Dudley went into center against
Sam Cook, and the latter proved him
self worthy of the job when it came
to roughing and breaking up mass
plays and interference. Dudley, how
ever, dropped the ball through the
hoop four times in the first quarter.
Bean, Parsons and Bush also hung
up a few.
bigma Nu seemed to have a better
idea of the game in respect to shoot
ing baskets. Elliot finally scored one
for Kappa Sigma on a hard shot, but
for the most part the latter dealt in
comedy. “Kaiser” Wilhelm tried to
— use his golf stroke and Cawley in
sisted on getting in the way of Hen
dricks, who really knew what to do.
In the last half the game turned
into a good natured rough house.
Cook and Parsons worked their old
football tricks on one another and in
vented some new styles of play. The
crowd was kept in one big continuous
uproar of laughter.
Although Sigma Nu was unable to
score, Kappa Sigma made but one
basket and then took the count. *
There was not a personal foul
called during the whole game.
Next came the Delta Tau-A. T. 0.
struggle, the feature of which was
the unveiling of some of the best
trices known°to tfie game. 0 In order
i that thte skirmish might not be one
grand goal throwing contest, not one
foul was called.
Brownell, Muirhead and Furney
were working together in good style.
Their passing and working of the ball
the length of the floor was class.
Huggins, Sweek and Kirk made it
interesting for Delts, however, and
through the first bout it was any
body’s game.
The first half ended 6 to 2 in favor
of Delta Tau.
In the last half Huggins started to
break up the game by making a sen
sational goal from a bad angle. Kirk
followed suit.
About this time things were firing
up and the ring of one slap and the
thud met the echo of another. Fin
1, ally Delta Tau broke up the show
(<
4.)
WRESTLING INCREASES SALE
OF CERVICAL ADORNMENTS
Coach Shockley Says Sweaters Pro
vided for Grapplers Must be
Flexible
Sweaters—of the most flexible va
riety—will hereafter constitute the
principal as well as most economical
articles in the wardrobe of Varsity j
wrestlers. Linen collars and negligee
shirts have gone by the board. Coach
Edward Shockley says that the necks
of the grapplers have grown from
one-fourth to one-half an inch larger
since the beginning of the year: more
business for the rag men.
Suggestion: the manufacturers and
sellers of Arrow and Silver collars
should encourage wrestling.
No charity work will be done by
the Pan-Hellenic Association at the |
Christmas season. Each fraternity
will decide upon its own course in the
matter.
The Junior and Senior game has
been postponed until after the Christ
mas vacation.
COMMITTEE ON CUTS
TO MEET III FEBRUARY
Deans Straub, Sheldon and Guppy
Will Excuse Absences Caused
by Sickness
The “cut” committee, composed of
Dean Straub, Dean Guppy and Dean
Sheldon, will meet after the last reci
tation, at the end of this semester, for;
the purpose of examining certain cuts
made by the students. /
Sickness lasting two days or more i
are the only cuts that will be excused
by the committee. This rule was made
by the faculty several years ago.
“If a student wishes a cut excused,”
said Dean Straub, chairman of the
committee, “he or she must apply to
the Registrar, as soon as possible
after the absence, so dates will not
be confused. The Registrar will give
the student a card, on which the dates
and cause af absence must be writ
ten.”
“It is impossible,” continued Dean
Straub, “for a student to be excused
for one day’s absence on account of
sickness.”
WARNING WILL BE SENT TO
STUDENTS LIABLE TO FLUNK
The last monthly report from the
faculty contained a list of all students
who are in danger of flunking out in
February, according to Registrar Tif
fany. Before the holidays word will
be sent to those people having ex
tremely low grades, with the warning
to make the most of their vacation
studying.
“This is by no means advising them
not to come back for the remainder
of the semester,” said Mr. Tiffany,
“but only giving them a fair warning
that unless they do spend their time
studying they are liable to flunk out.”
This plan, which is bfeirtg tried for
the first time, originated with Dean
Straub, who hopes to reduce the num
ber of flunkers.
FRESHMAN DEBATE TRYOUTS
POSTPONED FOR LAGGARDS
In order that several of the men
who entered the Freshman debate try
outs at a rather late date would have
more time for the preparation of their
arguments, the date for the selection
of the two teams has been postponed
until Monday, December 14. This try
out will be from 3 to 5 P. M. in Dr.
Straub’s room. Villard. The question
is “Resolved, That the Federal Gov
ernment should own and operate inter
state railroads acting as common car.
riers, including intrastate lines com
peting with them, constitutionality
waived.”
KUEHNEMANN CHANGES
NO NEUTRALS--SCHAFER
PROFESSOR OF HISTORY SAYS
SPEAKER MADE NO NEW
ASSERTIONS
AUDIENCE ASSUMED IGNORANT
German Scholar's Command of Eng
lish, However, to be Admired
by American Students
Dr. Joseph Schafer, of the Depart
ment of History, does not believe that
the lecture delivered by Dr. Eugene
Kuehnemann, in Villard Hall last
Tuesday night, will have the effect of
converting neutrals to the German
cause, or of turning the sympathy for
the allies into neutrality.
“Dr. Kuehnemann’s lecture,” said
Dr. Schafer, “was certainly a vigor
ous and thorough setting forth of the
German side of this world contro
versy. A feature which must be
greatly admired was the masterly
way in which the German scholar used
the English language as a medium
in his attempt to convince Americans.
This in itself contains a lesson of so
much importance to American stu
dents that it would render Dr. Kuehn
emann’s visit significant.
“His argument probably leaves his
hearers where he found them—the
pro-Germans are pro-Germans still;
the pro-allies found in it no reason
to become pro-Germans. For, so far
from his fundamental assumption that
Americans were ignorant of the Ger
; man viewpoint being true; it was evi
I dent that Dr. Kuehnemann’s lecture,
.outside of one or two points', was
merely a. re-statement of the German
case as presented by American news
papers and magazines early in the
history of the war. In nine-tenths of
the matter of the lecture there was
nothing new. Even the other fraction,
which has reference especially to the
Belgian business, found American
minds somewhat prepared through the
press reports of what the Germans
have claimed to find in Brussels. It
may be said that this new evidence is
possibly important and possibly not.
3 depends entirely upon what unpreju
diced invesigators shall have to say
about it, editorially, after it has been
fully published to the world. We all
know that political campaigns bring
forward many ‘canards/ and such a
tremendous campaign as the present
for the influencing of public opinion
in neutral countries, is subjected to
the same moral contamination. •
“Two or three things immediately
occur to the intelligent listener to
such an address as Dr. Kuehnemann
delivered: first, he did much less
than justice to the intelligence of his
audience in assuming on their part,
the densest ignorance of European
politics.
“Second, that the political organi
zation known as the German Empire,
which has Prince Bismarck for its fa
ther and Frederick II of Prussia for
its grandfather, is estopped from
pleading child-like simplicity and hon
esty, in extenuation of its political
discomfitures. o
Third, when Dr. Kuehnemann in
sists that the success of Great Britain
over Germany would mean a serious
danger in the future to the United
States; he must expect Americans to
forget that we are just now celebrat
ing the completion of one hundred
years of peace between the United
States and Great Britain: a century
bringing forth a series of difficult and
complicated questions, some of which
held the possibility of war, but which
in all cases were settled peaceably,
either by direct negotiations or ar
bitration; the two nations acting upon
a profound determination to avoid
war. That feeling of the unnatural
ness of military conflict between Brit
ish and Americans is stronger today
than ever before, and there is no rea
(Continued on page 4.)
HI MILLER OPENS
SATURORY SESSION
OREGON’S RESOURCES LIE IDLE
BECAUSE ELECTRIC POWER
IS NOT DEVELOPED
ORGANIZE DISTRICTS IS PLAN
W. D. B. Dodson and Charles S.
Warner Discuss Various Phases
of Same Subject
“Fifty per cent of the electric pow
er of the United States lies in Ore
gon, Washington and California,” said
H. B. Miller, chairman of the Oregon
Hydro-Electric Commission, in his
opening address this morning before
the Commonwealth Conference. Ev
erywhere unlimited resources are ly
ing idle because this vast amount of
electric power is not being developed.
The commission is convinced that the
formation of hydro-electric districts
in Oregon would result in power cor
porations, too, helping to promote the
best interests of the people.”
Today’s sessions were devoted en
tirely to discussing how best to utilize
Oregon's water power.
A form of organization of hydro
electric districts was outlined in a
speech by W. D. B. Dodson, secre
tary of the Hydro-Electric Commis
sion, this morning. Under this plan,
public utilities would be authorized
to incur bonded indebtedness for con
structing the works and the acquisi
tion of property, and to levy taxes for
maintenance.
Charles E. Warner, consulting civil
engineer, presented aspects of the
hydro-electric problem in Oregon.
Public employment agencies as
one partial remedy for the problem
of the unemployed was suggested
by all the speakers at the Thursday
morning and afternoon sessions of the
Oregon Commonwealth Conference.
“Labor has been neglected,” said
Joseph Mayper, of New York, a
worker with North America Civic
League of Immigrants. For example,
education and transportation are ade
quately provided for m all states,
but not so with labor.”
Besides the creation of public em
ployment agencies, Mr. Mayper sug
gested the regulation of private em
ployment agencies, the establishment
of municipal lodging houses, and the
offering of seasonal labor rates by the
railroad.
A. H. Grout, Labor Commissioner
of Seattle, outlined the system of em
ployment bureaus in the state of
Washington. Public agencies are now
located in Seattle, Spokane, and Ta
coma. Mr. Grout furthermore pre
sented a plan for a system of nation
al employment agencies. The depart
ment should have the duties, besides,
of preventing the circulation of false
information concerning jobs, and it
would seek to secure the fullest ap
plication of the labor forces of the
state, suggested Mr. Grout.
A. H. Harris, formerly editor of the
Portland Labor Press, outlined a pro
posed state system of employment
agencies, with a central office in Port
land and branches throughput the
state, under civil service regulations.
The intent would be that information
regarding jobs should be so organ
ized that the seasonal labor of the
different localities would provide
more nearly continuous work for the
working men.
“Get the people on the land,” said
Charles James, a social service work
er of California, in his discussion of
the problem of unemployment at the
Thursday evening session. “Have
the state lease lands for long terms
at small rentals. Freedom is the
panacea of all human ills.”
Mr. James compared the present
labor situation to a pyramid resting
on its apex. ,The pyramid is support
ed by monopolies on land, money, and
patents, and by the tariff, Mr. James
(Continued on page 4.)
BLACKSTONES "TAKE LAW.
INTO THEIR OWN HANDS
Members of Dr. Bennett's Classes
Continue Pursuit of Knowledge
Under Improvised Faculty
When Dr. Ralph C. Bennett fell
Heir to the mumps many a weary
student was envious of the embryo
lawyers who wouldn’t be able to car
ry oh their education for a week or
two. Looks of envy’have now given
place to stares of wonder, however,
for what should the Blackstones do
but to prove that they take law for
their own good and not to pass the
time.
They have “taken the law in their
own hands,” and under the guidance
of a few instructors picked from their
own number, are continuing the pur
suit of knowledge uninterrupted by
the affliction of Doctor Bennett.
C. C. Baker, Mash Goodwin and El
mer Barnhart are the members of this
improvised faculty that is holding in
a grip of iron the upperclassmen of
the Law School.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
SEASON IS OPENED
Frosh Defeat Prep Seniors by 10
to-9 Score in First Melee
of the Year
The first women’s basketball games
of the season were played Friday af
ternoon in the Women’s Gymnasium.
The women’s University Freshman
Basketball team won the game from
the Eugene High School Senior team
by a score of 10 to 9. The Eugene
High School Freshmen won the game
with the Patterson Grammar School
by a score of 26 to 3. The personnel
of the teams was as follows:
University Freshmen: Guards, Nel
lie Cox, Flora Allen; centers, Veola
Peterson, Bernice Thom; forwards,
Margaret Crosby, Esther Furusett;
^substitutes, Florence Pierce, Helen
Phillips.
Eugene High School Seniors: guards
Dorothy Guy, Kathleen Fraley; cen
ters, Ruby Bogue, Elizabeth Griffin;
forwards, Maude Lombard, Hazel
Rankins; substitutes, Ruth Ellis, Mel
ba Williams, Veta Taylor, Loraine
Taylor.
Referee: Mrs. E. W. Shockley.
Time keepers: Ruth Sears, Ann
McMicken.
Score keeper: Mary Fisher.
FFNAL TRYOUT FOR DRAMATIC
CLUB TO BE HELD TUESDAY
The second tryout for the Dramatic
Club will be held in the Civil Engin
eering Budding next Tuesday even
ing at 7:30. Those eligible for this
competition are the contestants who
were picked by the judges at the last
tryout fop another trial, but if any
students who did not participate in
the previous competition desire a
chance they will be given the oppor
tunity if they hand their names to
either Maurice Hill or Bert Jerard
some time before Tuesday night.
A meeting of all old members of
the club will be held in the Civil En
gineering Building at 7:00 o’clock the
evening of the tryout.
BAND TAKES LAY-OFF AND
PRACTICES ONCE A WEEK
Once a week practice is the order
of things with the Band, now-a-days,
according to President Maurice Hyde.
The Band will probably not be called
upon to liven things up again until
the opening of the basketball season,
and so the members are taking a va
cation from the regular routine.
Of the 445 members of the Fresh
man class of Dartmouth, 184 men are
ineligible to represent the colleege in
any activity because of deficiencies in
scholastic standing.
PLEJtSES'WITHYGOMBE
CONGRATULATES UNIVERSITY
UPON INSTITUTION OF
CONFERENCE
MEASURES HELP LEGISLATION
Governor-elect Also Expresses Ap
preciation of Good Judgment
Shown by Women Voters
— '
“The University of Oregon is to
be congratulated for initiating the
idea of the Commonwealth Confer
ence,” said Governor-Elect Withy
combe in an interview Wednesday.
t'Since the formation of this confer
ence seven years ago, many impor
tant measures have been discussed,
and when the recommendations of *
this specially called session are
brought before the legislature next
month I am sure those in charge will
be rewarded for their efforts. Sev
eral representatives of the various
districts are attending the conference
for the purpose of securing new ideas
which will, in the end, benefit the
state.”
“I am sure,” the Governor conclud
ed, “that measures passed by this
conference will be a great help to
constructive legislation.”
The Governor-elect made a tour of
the campus and expressed himself as
highly pleased with the aspect of the
new Administration Building.
The above remarks were substan
tiated in the Governor’s opening ad
dress at the conference in the Y. W.
C. A. Bungalow.
“I was afraid,” he said, address
ing the assemblage, “that our con
stitution was unsecure, but since this
election I am convinced that it is
stable and we certainly owe a great
deal to the women of the state for
keeping it so. We need better co
ordination between departments, how
ever, and the resolutions adopteed
by this conference will undoubtedly
have a great influence upon the leg-,
islature in that direction.”
CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT
FEELS EFFECT OF WAR
The Department of Chemistry is
beginning to feel the effects of the
European war. Some of the orders
assigned to German markets are now
tied up in English harbors or ports
along the line. Many of the chemicals
and drugs used extensively in the
Chemistry Department have increased
from 25 to 500 per cent.
Professor Stafford, of the Chemis
try Department, said, “We have, at
present, none of the departments suf
fering great inconvenience, but if the
war continues a year, the next year’s
advance classes will be seriously ham
pered.”
PROF. H. B. MILLER SPEAKS IN
SALEM ON “POTATO GROWING”
Prof. H. B. Milleer, Director of the
School of Commerce, will give a talk
at the Salem Commercial Club the af
ternoon of December 19, on the sub
ject of “Potato Growing.” The occa
sion is a convention called by Luther
J. Chapin, County Agriculturist. Mr.
Miller’s speech will include the com
parative advantages of the various po
tato growing localities as regard their
production, together with the relative
consumption of the Northwest mar
kets. It is intended to be particularly
applicable to the needs of the potato
farmers of Marion county.
Much of this material has been col
lected through the aid of the Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington,
D. C., and from reports of United
States consuls all over the world. A
bulletin will be issued shortly which
j will include Mr. Miller’s data and a
collection of Gevomment statistics
| that have been worked over by the
students of the School of Commerce.