OREGON
EMER1LD
PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1915.
Volume XVI, No. 45
OREGON TOSSERS PUT
''METHODIST” QUINTET
MEN IN INITIAL LINEUP HAVE
NEVEk WON “O’s” IN
BASKETBALL
VARSITY IS OUTWEIGHED
Opponents Were Beaten Before by 41
to 28 Score, and O. A. <C. Came
in for 29 to 14 .
By Harry Kuck.
Local enthusiasts will get their first
real chance to conjecture upon Ore
gon’s chances in the conference strug
gle tomorrow night, when the Var
sity meets Willamette University in
Hayward Hall.
Basketball conditions at Oregon
this season are unique, ,and much in
contrast with those with which her
two rivals—O. A. C. and Washington
—have to contend. In the first place,
when the whistle announces the stait
of the game tomorraw night, there
will be not a single man in the Or
egon lineup who won his letter in
basketball last year. Looking at the
situation from another viewpoint, only
two out of the five entered a single
conference game last season—the
Bigbee Brothers.
Dudley will be found at center. Al
though this is his first yeaer in con
ference ball, he has had four years
of high school experience, three at
Athena and one at Lincoln High, in
Portland. Dudley was also a member
of the championship Freshman team
of last year.
Carson Bigbee has one forward
berth cinched. “Skeet” hails from Al
bany, where he starred on the high
school team for three years. He was
captain of last year’s Frosh team.
The other forward job goes to
Sharpe, whose prep school efforts were
dedicated to Lincoln High School, of
Seattle. Besides three years in high
school, he was a member of the strong
Multnomah Club team for the past
two seasons.
Lyle Bigbee s strong hold is left
guard. He also hails from the Hub
City, where he played three years. He
was captain of the Freshman team
two years ago, and last year lacked
about 20 minutes of earning his let
ter.
Tom Boylen will start the game at
the other guard. Judging from his
pedigree, Tommy must have been
raised on basketball.- He started his
career in the seventh and eighth
grades in Pendleton, whence he jour
neyed to Denver and played two sea
sons on the North Denver High School
team. His prep ball was rounded off
with three years more at Pendleton.
He did not report for basketball his
Frshman year, but made his letter in
1912.
“Tubby” Wheeler will likely get a
chance at guard before the game is
over. He is a local product and made
the high school team here in his Sen- [
ior year. He was a member of the;
1916 Freshman team and made his
letter last year in college ball.
Oregon defeated the “Methodists”
last week-end by the score of 41 to 23
and since then O. A. C. has taken
them into camp 28 to 14. Reports
from Salem say that the visitors have
been going better lately and that they
will put up a better brand of ball than
heretofore. Coach Thompson’s team
is composed of Shisler and Jewett,
forwards; Flegel, center; and Bag
ley and Crawford, guards. This com
bination held O. A. C’s first team to 14
points and registered 9 themselves
during the last half of the game at
Corvallis, Wednesday night.
Coach Bezdek says that his team
was off color at Salem last week and i
that with this week’s practice they'
ought to put up a better game. “I
have been working the same five to
gether most of the time and their
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“TICK 'MALARKEY TUNES LYRE
TO PICTURE PUGS OF LOVE
Varsity Halfback Laments of Woman’s
Frailty a la Shakespeare and
Stoddard
The Soliloquy of “Sour-Balls”
By Leo J. Malarkey.
I’ve hung around in the smokin’ room,
Where the “fussers” spread much
guff,
Have heard thqjr tales and lovesick
wails, 0
And the rest of that one-armed stuff.
I “piped” one gent rave long of the
c moon, “
And tell how its rays kissed herohair
As they drifted along, while music
and song " «
Lent a charm to the evening air.
Yes, I’ve heard ’em chin as they gath
ered ’round,
In their tragic fight by the fire,
’Till it grew in my mind there are
few of my kind
Who win their heart’s desire.
Apd somehow I, of the host, lost love,
Feel nary a pang of the heart,
For I’ve been there once, and a fine,
large dunce,
I was at the end of that start.
So give me some hop and a peaceful
flop,
In front of this frosh-built blaze,
For I’ve had my fill of co-ed thrill
In a few short college days.
EDITOR BELIEVES IN
II VIGOROUS POLICY
ELBERT BEDE ADDRESSES JOUR
NALISM CLASS ON EDITO
RIAL STANDARDS
Echoes of Public Sentiment Come
from the Pen of Spineless Hypo
crites, Is Speaker’s Opinion
“Why in the name of common sense
should a newspaper do nothing but re- j
fleet public sentiment? The editor
who knowingly guides his editorial
policy by sentiment of this kind is a
spineless hypocrite. He is not honest
with himself or his readers,” said El-j
bert Bede, editor of the Cottage Grove
Sentinel, and son of Congressman
Adam Bede, of Minnesota, in an ad
dress before the first year Journalism
class today.
Mr. Bede is of the opinion that the'
duty of newspapers is to adopt a vig
orous editorial policy, instead of run
ning their editorial pages as mere
echoes of public sentiment. The sub
ject of the address was “Editorial
Principles.”
Mr. Bede had much to say in con
demnation of the paper whose policy
it is to reflect public sentiment. “In
my opinion,” he went on to say, “the
editorial page that does nothing but
reflect—that creates nothing—is of
about as much service to humanity as
the outside of a bald head. I believe
the newspaper should put into the ed
itorial pages what the editor honestly
believes ,with the idea in mind of
reaching and convincing someone who
dares not think the same way. Some
may say that it is poor business, but
from a business standpoint it is not
a question of whether or not you make
enemies—it is a question of whether
or not you make people read your pa
per. To read your paper they must
pay for the privilege—and the adver
tising goes to the paper that is read.”
As an example of this policy, he
used the Cottage Grove Sentinel and
contrasted the present policy with a
former one—the subscription list be
ing now twice as large.
Mr. Bede does not look entirely at
the financial side, but believes that a
newspaper has certain responsibilities
—certain duties to perform—against
which financial considerations have no
(Continued on third page.)
CRITIC DECLARES PLAY
IS GREAT POPULAR HIT
“HUCK FINN” IS AN ADMIXTURE
OF BROAD FARCE, POETRY
AND TENSE DRAMA
"NIGGER’ JIM TICKLES THRONG
Bowen and Ash Shine. Score of Oth
ers Display More Than Am
° ateur Skill
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o
By H. C. H. 0
In0Hack Finn, Professor Reddie’s
Dramatic class has scored its great
est popular hit. They Havejiever be
fore put on anything so well adapted
to amateur performance, or so sure
to send the audience home in good hu
mor. “Huck Finn” is not a play. It
has no trace of dramatic construction,
and no unity of atmosphere—the last
partly because of the bringing in of
scenes from “Tom Sawyer,” a book
so differently keyed as to make amal
gamation with “Huckleberry Finn” aiv
tistically impossible. Professor Red
die’s production is a kaleidoscope of
delightful scenes and characters,
whirling at top speed and filling, ev
ery moment with satisfaction. Act I
is chiefly, and Act IV entirely, broad
farce. Act II is poetry, and Act III
is drama, tense and exciting.
The cast is very large, and fairly
swarming with “character parts,” in
which a clever amateur may succeed
as well as a professional. Given a good
make-up, an odd part makes its own
hit. The favorite of the audience was
Nigger Jim, played by Mr. Bowen. Mr.
Ash> as Uncle Silas, very nearly tied
for first place. His Dauphin was good,
but hardly found as sympathetic a
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oput in me iicoi i/ ui uic auuicutc> iui,
Weiss, as Bilgewater, Mr. Smith, as
Pap, Miss Cogswell as Piney, Miss
Moorhead as Miss Watson, Miss Beer
as Susan Arminta, and Miss Nellie
Cox as Joanner, were all conspicuous
ly successful in parts scarcely less
prominent, and Mrs. Thorne made her
infinitesimal part an unforgettable
pure delight with her “Aint it tetch
in’,’’ and her gleeful anticipation of
the joys of a lynching. Tom Sawyer,
played by Mr. Howe, and Becky,
played by Miss Zahl, were also favor
ites with the audience, though one
rather grudges them so large a part of
Huck Finn’s play. Indeed, the play
was staged with a uniformity of ex
cellefice not approached in previous
student productions. Ben Rogers, Dr.
Robinson, the aggressive blacksmith,
Aunt Sally, and even those minoK,
characters whose names one cannot
remember, were all done to the huge
satisfaction of the audience. And for
the first time we saw a perfectly satis
fying stage mob. The class is large
enough this year to fill the whole stage
with trained actors, and the result in
the funeral scene was a success which
only a few of the professional compa
nies ever equal.
Professor Reddie himself, as Huck,
and Miss Stebno as Mary Jane, had
more difficult parts to play. After all,
in the novel Huckleberry is rather u
connecting link than himself an object
of interest. As we read the story, we
see through his eyes events and char
acters so much more interesting that
we tend to forget Huck himself. Some
thing of this lingers in the dramatic
presentation. Huck is necessary to
the narrative, but the audience is more
interested in the nigger, the two ras
cals, and Uncle Silas. Played with
any less than Professor Reddie’s skill,
Huck would be inconspicuous, and the
sentimental heroine part of Mary Jane
would baffle the skill of a professional
actress to carry it to the audience in
such a rush of more striking charac
terizations.
We extend congratulations to Pro
fessor Reddie, to the class, and, above
all, to the audience. J
EIGHT OF LAST YEAR’S
TRACK TEAM RETURN
STULLER AND PAYNE MAY BE
BACK IN TIME FOR SPRING
TRAINING
DISTANCE MEN ARE SCARCE
New Mgterialols Plentiful and Prom
ising—Work Will Start After
Examinations
#
Eight of last year’s Northwest
Championship track‘'team are'back and
twd more will probably enter the Uni
versity in time for the spring cam
paign. Besides the veterans, a good
many of last year’s squad will be out
again for places. The Freshman class,
also, has contributed some likely ma
terial to be developed into Varsity cal
ibre.
Last year’s men who are back are
Cook, Fee, Hamstreet, Loucks, Boy
len, Parsons, Nelson and Heidenreich.
Payne, who is in Portland, will prob
ably return, and Stuller may report
for spring training. Bandy is in Los
Angeles, and will not be back. Ex
Captain McConnell is working near
Eugene and probably will not show up.
Among the Freshmen are several
who have made good in preparatory
schools. Muirhead, of Columbia, will
specialize in the hurdles and high
jump. Gorezky, also of Columbia, and
Wilson, of Washington High, will
tackle the sprints. Men will have to
be developed for the vault and for the
broad jump.
The distances may need replenish#
ing, but someone may show up •when
the spring work starts.
TracK worK will not stave until
after the examinations,’’ sai'i Bill Hay
ward today. “The fellows are not
turning out much yet, but as soon as
the running sheds are repaired we will
get busy.” The long shed (which lias
not blown down yet this vearl needs
repairing in order that early training
may be launched. Vaulting, hurdling,
jumping and shot putting all require
firm ground for the proper developing
of form. This sort of early practice
cannot take place in the open at this
time of year.
“Next semester most of the gym
nasium work will be outside. That will
give the fellows a chance to do some
thing and let them see the object-of
their work,” said Hayward. The spring
work will consist principally of track,
basketball, baseball, tennis, lacrosse,
soccer and the regular calisthenics.
The past warm weather has brought
several men out for cross country, but
the roads are soft and only a few
have made the rounds.
STRAUB TELLS OF “CONCRETE
VALUE OF AN EDUCATION”
“The Concrete Value of an Educa
tion.” This is the subject upon which
Dean Straub has been lecturing at
several of the Oregon high schools.
“The value of education in dollars
and cents is what I have been trying
to impress upon the high school stu
dents,” says Dr. Straub. “I do not
forget that there is a cultural value
in education; I simply let that side
of the subject-rest and take up the
practical side. Instead of showing
how education helps one to more thor
oughly enjoy a book of a painting, I
point out how, if it is continued
through high school and college, it
makes for efficiency, and efficiency for
dollars and cents.”
Dr. Straub gave his first lecture at
Salem High School, before an audi
ence of about 600, among whom were
several of his old students, who are
now members of the State Legisla
ture. He gave his next lectures at
the Silverton and Woodburn High
Schools, where he addressed about 260
students.
ESCAPE OF REPTILE CAUSE
OF UNEASINESS TO REODIE
Garter Snake Intended to Scare Aunt
Sally Seeks Other Means of
Enjoyment
When it comes to shakes, “Rattle
snake Jim” has nothing on Prof. Ar
chibald Ferguson Reddie.
Now, there are many varieties of
snakes—including, be it said,»the va
riety known to over-bibbers of the am
ber beverage—but the reptile in ques
tion is t^e kind the small boy car
ries around in his pocket—just a com
mon garter snake.
You see, Prpfessor ^Reddie. needed a
crawler in the prod’action of “Huck
leberry Finn,” which, was staged at
the Eugefie Theatre last night. Con
sequently, several days ago, he en
gaged a small boy to secure one for
him.
The ambitious youngster captured
the snake, confined it in a paste-board
box, presented it to the professor and
received the stipulated reward.
The box was deposited, for safe
keeping, in the home of the professor.
Yesterday, prompted by curiosity,
Professor Reddie lifted the lid of the
box.
The snake was gone!
A small hole in a corner accounted
for its absence. A thorough search
of the house failed to disclose the
whereabouts of the truant, but his
would-be captors fully expect him to
reappear at the first inopportune mo
ment.
BEZOEK SAYS GREEK
• COUNCIL IS SUCCESS
COUNCIL o PRESIDENT STATES
THAT FRATERNITIES SHOW
BETTER FEELING
Old Clannishness on Athletic Field
Has Completely Disappeared,
According to Mentor
“The Interfraiternity Council has
been very successful,<*’ said Hugo Bez
dek, President of the Council, today.
“It has brought about better feel
ings among the fraternity men here
on the campus. The clannishness that
used to exist among the men on the
athletic field has disappeared, and now
good fellowship exists among them.
The friendship between the different
houses has also improved, as shown
by the invitations to parties, dinners,
and dances given by the different
houses to the others. I feel that the
Council has been a good thing for the
fraternities and the men,” remarked
Bezdek.
The Interfraternity Council was or
ganized last April on the suggestion
of Hugo Bezdek, and has been in force
among the fraternities ever sine?.
The purpose of the Council is to keep
different houses from quarreling over
pledges, pledge lifting, pledging high
school students before they register
in the University. According to a
statement made by Lee Hendricks,
Secretary of the Council, all of this
trouble has been done away with, as
there has heen no violation of the
rules covering this.
The Council meets very seldom, as
there is nothing for the fraternities
to do unless there is some complaint
or a demand for a certain rule to
be interpreted. A smoker was given
by the Council a short time ago and
another will probably be given next
semester.
The Council is not original witfi
Oregon, as nearly all the larger in
stitutions hdve some such organiza
tion for the benefit of the fraterni
ties. yhe creation of good fellow
ship among the houses enables the
member of one house to visit any oth
er house whenever he wants to and
also insures him of a place to eat or
sleep if he should be unable to reach
his own house.
FACULTY CONSIDERS
ENTIRE NEW SYSTEM
STUDENTS MAY BE CLASSIFIED
ACCORDING TO CHOICE
AND ABILITY
PLAN FOLLOWED IN ENGLAND
“Passmen” Will Grind on as Under
the Present Rule; “Honormen”
• Will Enjoy Academic Freedom
Greatef academic freedom for those
students who are able to do Univer
sity wor& without the constant over
sight of the faculty.was .proposed by
Prof. H. C. Howe and discussed by
members of the faculty at an infor
mal meeting of the^ colloquium held
! at the President’s house Tuesday ev-t
ening.
Professor Howe maintained that' the . **
requirement of unremitting attendance .
at classes, daily assignments of work
and oversight as to details was ihju
irious to the student of vigorous and
inquiring mind and independent jfower
of thought, even thought it was un
doubtedly absolutely necessary in the
case of the average student.
Professor Howe’s views were en
dorsed by Professors Rebec, Warren
Smith, Schafer, Allen, Boynton and
others. At a coming meeting of the
colloquium Professor Dyment will de
scribe the working of the honor and
pass system in the University of To
ronto.
i
j ine system proposed for Oregon,
and now under informal discussion by
the faculty is a modification of that
in use in English and mL
versities. A somewhat different mod
ification is being tried out in Reed
College, in Portland. Under the new
plan the classes would be divided at
the end. of the Sophomore year into
two groups, the “henormen” and the
“passmen.”
“Honormen” would be allowed, in
close co-operation with their major
professors, to direct their own work
to a very great degree for the last two
years of the course, and would not
be held to rigid rules of attendance
at classes, or even to the completion
of individual catalogue courses. Their
test would come, not day by day, or
even semester by semester, but, pro-*,
vided they should not in the meantime
have lost their status as “honormen,”
they would undergo, at the end of
their course, a thorough written and
oral examination at the hands of the
faculty, and perhaps outsiders. Their
knowledge of their subjects and of
all allied-subjects would be thor
oughly tested wfcfibut' regard to the
courses taken or omitted, and their
general knowledge and power to think
would be taken into consideration.
The “passman,” under the proposed
plan, would continue lor the last two
years to work under the system that
has become familiar to him through
his experiences in high school and in
the undergraduate classes,in the Uni
versity. Standards (of requirement
would continue to be m?.de higher for
this group, as well as for the oher,
in the hope that the next ten years
| would see as great a stiffening of
i courses as the last ten years has seen.
Professor Howe estimated that the
| number of students adapted to the
j “honors” grade would run, ir. the av
erage American college, under pres
ent conditions, about five per cent,
(perhaps a little more or less, while
those who would get the most out of
their work under more detailed direc
tion, with daily quizzes and examina
tions twice a year or oftener, would
number about 95 per cent of the Stu
dent Body. An evener division could
be hoped for later.
The system has no connection witfr
the so-called “honor system,” which is
nothing but a device for conducting
examinations.