OREGON
PUBLISHED THREE TIMES A WEEK
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, EUGENE, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1915.
Volume XVII, No. 55
mm idol of
SOUTH SAYS CONKLIN
PROFESSORS EXPRESS APPROV
% AL OF MAN Y. M. C. A.
SECURES
GOOD RESULTS ARE EXPECTED
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Religion Like Politics and Must be
Handled With Care, Remarks
W. D. Smith
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Several of the professors of the
University have expressed their ap
proval of the attempts of the Univer
sity Y. M. C. A. to secure definite re
turns from the students through so
well known a man as Dr. Weatherford.
President Campbell, in speaking of
the outlook furnished by the Weath
^ erford meetings, said:
“Weatherford is a man of wide ex
- perience and successful work. His
work in Southern colleges and univer
sities is especially well known and 1
am sure he will take well with the stu
dents here.
“Undoubtedly, the men of the Uni
versity will be many times repaid for
attending his lectures. A man such
as Weatherford, coming from a large
field where he has met with unlimited
experience, will be a strong factor in
forming the opinions of college men
along spiritual, moral and intellectual
lines."
Professor E. E. DeCou, head of the
Mathematics Department, says:
“Students while in college are apt
to spend a good portion of their time
considering material and physical
- things, while the spiritual and highly
k intellectual aspects of life are left
untouched. This truly presents a
very difficult circumstance for a col
lege man if he wishes to succeed
after his undergraduate and graduate
work.
“I am fully convinced that by bring
ing such a splendid man as Dr. Wea
therford to the students a great good
will be accomplished. Dr. Weather
ford has reaped wonderful rewards
with the college students of the South,
and he can do equally as well here.
“The springs of a man’s life are
bursting forth in his college career
and he is forming his opinions and
habits. If them ind of a highly spir
itual and intellectual character can
pour out to the student spiritual aid,
it will divert his mind from the mate
rial view, and a most satisfactory di
^ version will this be.”
Dr. W. D. Smith, head of the Geol
° ogy Department, remarks:
“Religion is like politics; we must
be careful how we handle it. But if
the Y. M. C. A. can get a good man
here, one who will not conflict re
ligions, but do first class spiritual and
intellectual aid, something indeed will
be accomplished.
“In my opinion, the Y. M. C. A. at
Manila, in the Philippine Islands, did
more for that community than any
other society or organization. If the
Y. M. C. A. is behind these Weather
ford meetings, they will be uplifting
and beneficial.”
Dr. E. S. Conklin, head of the De
partment of Psychology, says:
“Dr. Weatherford is a typical South
erner. He has a splendid character,
both socially and intellectually. In
the Southern and Eastern states, men
are idolized, that is they are looked
up to as persons to be respected above
everyone else. Weatherford is one of
these idols. He has gained the re
spect and co-operation of thousands of
students in the South. Men in the
West do not idolize, and I do not know
whether Dr. Weatherford will take so
unanimously with the students of Or
egon, but I believe we will break a
tradition and will really idolize this
man. #
“This work is a certain type of
evangelism. The Salvation Army
would have no effect on college men
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JOURNALISM BULLETINS
HAVE WIDE CIRCULATION
Illinois University Recommends “The
Choosing of a Calling” to Man
Wanting Guide for Son
That the publication of the Uni
versity of Oregon have more than a
local circulation was demonstrated by
a letter which Dr. John Straub re
ceived recently from a Chicago man.
The letter requested a copy of “Choos
ing a Calling.”o
The writer of the letter was J. S.
Jackson, of 1425 Marquette Street,
Chicago. He said he had written to
"he University of Illinois for infor
mation which might help his son, just
g raduated from high school, and that
the University authorities had highly
recommended that he obtain a copy
of “Choosing a Calling.”
“Choosing a Calling” was published
last year under the direction of the
Department of Journalism. It con
tained articles written by various
members of the University faculty,
and was circulated mainly among the
high school students of the state.
OREGON WINS ME
SUCCESSIVE GAMES
W. S. C. BITES DUST ONCE AND
O. A. C. TWICE IN TUSSELS
WITH LEMON YELLOW
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* STANDING OF THE TEAMS s *
* W. L. P. C. *
* Washington..11 1 .916 *
* Wash. State ..., 9 . 3 .750 *
* Whitman . 3 4 .428 *
* Oregon ...—. 4 7 .363 *
* Idaho .-. 5 9. .357 *
* Oregon Aggies . 1 9 .100 *
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By Harry Kuck.
Oregon’s basketball team has hit
her real stride at last. After get
ting away to a very inauspicious
start, the boys have mounted to fourth
place, and if Bezdek’s five grab the
two remaining games of the season
with O. A. C. the name “Oregon” will
rest third from the top in the per
centage table. If W. S. C. beats
Whitman twice, then the Lemon and
Yellow need win but one game from
“Doc” Stewart to cinch the state col
legiate title and third place in the
conference race. . \
After seeing his team beat Wash
ington State 32 to 20 Monday night,
Stewart journeyed to Eugene the next
day to watch the locals perform
against the Aggies. The result was
a 29 to 23 Oregoft victory, and “DoC”
is rather optimistic concerning to
night’s struggle.
O. A. C. will present a changed
front when hostilities start. Sieberts,
who starred against W. S. C., will
start at his old forward berth, with
Phillips, the “rook,” who has been
leading the Aggie scoring, as a run
ning mate. Dewey and Captain King
will play guards, and either Blagg
or Mix will do the jumping, proba
bly the latter.
Coach Bezdek will send the same
team against the Aggies that beat
them last week. He expects them to
repeat. The coach says: “The boys
are playing basketball now. We
started that fateful trip after a week
of cramming and examinations, and
it’s no wonder they didn’t show well.
We must win tonight’s game. I don’t
believe in putting it off till Satur
day.”
First O. A. C. Game
Oregon came from behind again at
Corvallis and beat the Aggies in a
driving finish by one point—21 to 20.
The game throughout was a trifle
hard on nerves. It was full of thrill
ers and two or three points was the
maximum margin._
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OREGON OUTPOINTS
AGGIES IN DEBATE
NEGATIVE DUO WINS UNANI
MOUS DECISION, BUT ROAD
STERS LOSE TWO TO ONE
VERBAL DUM-DUMS FLY THICK
Question of Government Ownership
of Railroads is Bone of Con
tention Between Colleges
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Oregon split 50-50 with Oregon Ag
ricultural College last night in the
first double debate ever held between
the two institutions.
Although Coach Prescott’s wran
glers did not succeed in winning both
events, they nosed out the Aggies in
I the matter of points, receiving four
of the total of six votes cast by the
judges.
With an entirely new and unex
pected line of argument to refute, the
negative team, composed of Peter
Crockatt and Victor Morris, won an
unanimous decision over R. R. Reich
art and E. H. Reichart, of O. A. C.,
on the home rostrum.
The question, “Resolved, that thj
government should own and operate
all railroads in continental United
States; constitutionality waived,” was
introduced by Prof. C. E. Edmond
son, acting as chairman. The judges
were A. C. Schmitt, of Albany; W. R.
Rutherford, of McMinnville; and Dr.
F. W. Ogburn, of Reed College.
The verbal broil here was declared
to be the most spirited heard in Vil
lard in many years. The affirmative
team maintained that government
ownership is the panacea for the pres
ent ills of railroad operation in the
United States. The negative argu
fiers assailed government ownership
as impracticable and provocative of
sectionalism, holding that the inter
state commerce commission should be
allowed to work out the problem along
its present line.
While Crockatt and Moms were
out-talking the Corvallis emissaries
here, Nicholas Jaureguy and Fred
Hardesty were putting up a strong
argument in the stronghold of Aggie
dom, as is shown by the close decis
ion. Hardesty and Jaureguy defend
ed the affirmative of the question.
President W. F. Foster, of Reed Col
lege, was the judgfe who decided in
Oregon’s favor at Corvallis. The ma
jority was composed of Marshall N.
Dana, of thte Portland Journal, and
Rev. William Elliott, of Portland.
The successful Aggie duo was com
posed of Hiram Currey and G. R.
Horner.
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* GRADUATE STUDENTS *
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* There will be a “graduate sec- *
* tion in the “Oregana” this year. *
* All graduate students, including *
* those who entered as Seniors last *
| * fall and are now doing graduate *
* work, are asked to hand in pic- *
* tures for Oregana cuts, to Mrs. *
* Lane, Steward’s office, by Friday, *
; * March 12, with the major sub- *
| * ject, former college fraternity *
I * and any honors attained since be- *
I * coming a graduate student. Cab- *
* inet sized pictures with dark *
| * background are preferred. *
* All graduate students are re- *
* quested to meet in Professor De- *
* Cou’s room, Villard Hall, Tues- *
* day at 4:00 o’clock. *
Two new Zeiss microscopes have
been received by the Department of
Geology. A number of plane tables
and compasses for field work are
also among the new lot of equip
ment received by Dr. W. D. Smith,
head of the department.
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* Oregon Club party scheduled *
* for March 13 has been postponed. *
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STUDENTS TURN DOWN
SUBSIDY FOB MUM
OTHER AMENDMENTS SUCCESS
FUL IN SPECIAL BALLOTING
LAST WEDNESDAY
ALL THREE VOTES DECISIVE
Soccer and Glee Club Propositions
Get Two-Thirds Easily; Ore
gana Fails to get Majority
The Oregana appropriation amend
ment, fathered by the Junior class,
was defeated at the special election
held last Wednesday, by a vote of
189 to 206. The amendment which
provided for the awarding of “O’s”
to the Junior and Senior members of
the Women’s Glee Club was passed
by a vote of 306 to 59. Soccer is now
a Student Body activity, for this
amendment also passed by a vote of
306 to 89.
William Holt, manager of this
year’s Oregana, makes the following
statement in regard to future action
by the Oregana committee:
“It is evident from the vote that
the Student Body does not care for
space in the Oregana; at least, that
it does not care for it enough to pay
for it, and we intend to go ahead and
leave it out, as we don’t feel able to
give space to it this year.
“The Junior class has given us in
structions to make the book come
out even, and we intend to do this
as far as possible without the neces
sity of levying an individual tax on
the members.”
While soccer has been voted a Stu
dent Body activity, letters and sweat
ers are not to be given to members of
the team. However, the graduate
manager, with the authorization of
the Executive Committee, is empow
ered to schedule any games without
further reference to the Student Body.
At the special Student Body meet
ing held in Villard Hall just preced
ing the election last Wednesday,
James Donald announced that the li
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EX-STUDENTS AND BRIDE
MAKE GOOD ON STA6E
Hal Grady and Harriet Harlow May
be Vernon and Irene Caatle
of West
Harold Grady, ex-’15, and Harriet
Harlow, appeared before the mana
ger of the Pantages Circuit some time
ago and said: “We want to get mar
ried, but before we do, work must
be assured us. The manager watched
them dance, and after they finished
hired them for a 14-week engagement
—at $200 a week.
The young couple came to Eugene
last Sunday and appeared at the
Rex Monday and Tuesday, showing
the modern society dances.
Grady has had some experience on
the stage. The beginning of his Jun
ior year at Oregon" University, he re
ceived a cable from Pete Burns (a
University of Washington man), to
meet him in New York. Grady left
Oregon.
He met Racey Kilmer, of Spokane,
and Burns, in New York. They joined
the Orpheum Circuit, putting on a
sketch called “Three Varsity Fellows.’’
They remained on the circuit for
about a year and a half.
From Eugene Mr. and Mrs. Grady
go to Spokane, from there to Salt
Lake, and then to New York.
LAWYERS MAY GET THREE
YEAR SENTENCE AT OREGON
“We want to enlarge the Law De
partment next year,” says Dr. E. W.
Hope, of the Law Department. “I
think one professor at least should be
added, and that the course should be
made one year longer.”
The Administration Department ad
vises that a canvass be made to as
certain the exact number of students
desiring to take up law .and will ad
vise the Board of Regents, who* meet
March 13, of the results of their in
vestigation. The inquiry is being
made with a view of adding one year
to the Law School course at the Uni
versity, making a total of three years
here.
Mggie “Yiddish” Duo Appears
With 0. M. C. Glee Club
ARENS AND MINS1NGER AT EU GENE THEATRE FRIDAY,
MARCH 12
THIRTY CANDIDATES
OUT FORBASEIULL
ALL KINDS OF MEN SEEN AT
FIRST PRACTICE ON NEW
DIAMOND
MANY OLD SIMS SHOW UP
Four Vacancies to be Filled—Outlook
Not the Best—But Hopes
Run High
By Rex Kay.
They’re at the, pole. Promptly at
3:00 o’clock Monday afternoon 30 can
didates answered to the beck of
Coach Bezdek and marched out to the
new baseball diamond. Bezdek has
ordered practjge to be held every day „
from now on.
All kinds of men, giants and mid
gets, were on hand. Captain Johnnie
Welch was bn^deck with all of the
other veterans in college. Dick Nel
son has really returned and was also
among those present. Anse Cornell
was on hand and the “bum” knee
seesm to be no longer “bum.” Sam
Liewellen, Bill Tuerck, M. Bigbee, all
veterans, came out with their well
known stock of pep and started the
pace for the new recruits.
“Skeeter” and Lyle Bigbee were
the only members of the veteran squad
who were among those missing. Nei
ther of these men will report for
baseball until after the basketball sea
son is over. In the meantime, neither
need worry much about losing out—
but of course a place is never closed
to competition, and some of the “bysh
ers are said to be thinking fast.
Before the grind started, Coach
Bezdek warned all of the men to take
it easy in every way for a few days,
and not overdo things on the start.
Every man was warned to begin train
ing and guard against anything which
might tend to give him a bad start.
Batting practice was the curtain
raiser. The new field was too heavy
and wet for use, so the open field
near by was put into use. Very light
hitting was the order and the men di
rected their attention to the matter
of form and getting onto the feel of
the stick.
Coach Bezdek took the prospective
catchers aside and gave them some in
struction along the order of foot work
and shifting of position. In throwing
care was used that no wings went out
of commission. “Handle with care”
is to be the motto for a fdw days.
“I am quite well satisfied with the
turneut yesterday,” said Coach Bez
dek. “As compared to last year’s
squad, the men look lots lighter and
perhaps not so good on the start, but
size doesn’t mean a whole lot with
ball players. Some of the new men
have good reputations back of them,
but that means nothing to me more
than that we will look them over
with the rest of the fellows who com
out.
“I think we will have a little game
about Saturday, then we will begin
to see who is who.”
Some of the veterans are express
ing the opinion that the outlook is
not the best that Oregon has ever had
by any means, but all seem confident
that there is no real good reason
for any real fan to start a calamity
howl as yet.
“You can’t tell what will happen
before the season is over,” said Cap
tain Welch. “There are lots of men
out and I am expecting things to take
on shape before long, but what some
of these men can do is still to be
seen. It will be a hard year and
there will be lots of hard work for
us.”
Liewellen, Huntington and Earl are
three husky men, all out for the job
behind the bat. All have had quite
a bit of experience and ought to make
a strong list of catchers. All have
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