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About Oregon emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1915)
OREGON EMERALD EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDDAY, SEPTEMBER 21,1915. NO. 2 VOL. 44. 26 GLEESTERS ARE RETAINED AFTER 46 COMPETE FOR CLOB Two Tryouts Are Scheduled to Sift Club Down to 20 Members. GOOD MATERIAL SHOWS UP Seven Tenors, Three Baritones and Three Basses Are Still Required. Of the 46 new men showing up for Men’s Glee Club tryout at the School of Music yesterday at 4 p. m., 26 were retained for further trial. As the club's personnel is limited to 20 members, a second tryout will be hellj. Wednesday afternoon at four in Villard, and a third process of elimination later. The voices required are four first tenors, three second tenors, three baritones and three bases. “We ex pect also to retain a substitute man for each of the four positions,” says Prof. Ralph H. Lyman, dean of the School of Music. The officers of the club, who were elected last semester, are: Merlin Batley, president; Both well Avison, vice-president; Bob Langley, secre tary and treasurer. The prospects for the club are good, according to Prof. Lyman, con sidering the number of veterans miss ing. Seme good new material is showing up, he says, although no stars can be picked from a first try out. ‘‘Forty-six ip a islighltly larger number than tried out last year,” says Batley, “and with conditions fair, Oregon should put out as good a club as she has ever had.” First Tenor — Stevens, Nelson, iPhipps, Weinheimer, George, Ed wards, Morrison. Secon'd Tenor—Church, Miller, Fleischman, Corbett, Hurd, Giger, Roberts, Ross. First Bass—Neil, Gates, Burns, Humbert, Monitague, Bond, Seng stake. Second Bass—Black, Beach, Dolph, Kennon, Huang, Wayde. Bill And The Sea Can’t Quite Agree Restless Ocean Interferes With Hayward’s Digestion While En Route Home. “Roughest out this season, sir.” The questioner was none other than Bill Hayward, but such a change had come over him that one could scarce ly recognize him. His overcoat was buttoned tightly about his neck and his hands hung desperately to the rail. With a sigh he returned to the state room and the berth for an other day. To be sure this Incident is not of recent occurrence, but it deserves mention. For the first time in his life Bill tasted of the sickness that comes to all landlubbers, when he returned from San Francisco after the track meet in August, and the little box of “Mothersill’s Seasick Pills” was of no avail. After two days on board, Bill followed the ad vice of the little saving, “Any port in a storm,” and disembarked at As toria to partake of his first meal since leaving the exposition city. Coffee and toast constituted his re past. Phi Delta Theta announces the pledging of Dolph Phipps, of Med ford. Gong Booms As Scores Advance Fji’s Score Arrival of Pledges and Observe Osculation of Fair Maidens. . When peeping Sol first showed his glowing rim above the wall of east ern-lying hills, fair September Sat urday morn, the sleepy Gamma Phis perceived the Watchers waiting grim and silent on the playground of the Patterson school. Beside them was a giant score board, and, in the dim dawn-light, a mighty gong, such as Jupiter rings in the golden streets. As the slowly rising sun gilded the avenue on Thirteenth street, the anx ious sisters saw more plainly the Ones-Who-Waited-For-the-Morning. They were Fljis, and on the board beside them— ** ********* * SCORE * * Gamma Phi . * * Kappa . * * Theta. * * Tri Delta . * * Delta Gamma .. * *.****** *•** When the first Prepper, anxious, trembling, tearful, yet happy, came running to greet the lips of the sis ters-to-be with fervent osculations, Scoop Rathbun plied his big blue crayon and Bob McNary swung on the can’t-get-’em-up-in-the-morni'ng gong with such ardor and energy that grand bid Spencer's Butte added its encore in booming echoes. All through the long morn of waiting and anxiety the Faithful stood before the Tables of Fate and graved upon their ivory faces the tale of doom, the names of those-'who-heard-the-' call. FROSH FOOTBALL MEN TO BE IIBBSITIZEO IS BEZDEK’S PLAN 'I Official Coach and Other Re munerations Will Serve as Incentives. Freshmen aspirants for/football are to be given a chance this year and the years following in a plan that Coach Bezdek has worked out and which he will place in vogue this year. That is of giving the freshmen football team official stand ing, so far as is possible, with an official coach and a regular and as good a schedule as possible. Class numerals will be awarded to mem bers making the team along with sweaters. “The idea of the plan is to get more men into athletics and the game, and to give the men that do not make the Varsity squad an op portunity to play football, building them up physically and mentally,” said Coach Bezdek this morning. “The boys will be able to have their fun as well as those that make the team, and will at the same time be given an opportunity to learn some thing of the game. “We will attempt to give the Freshmen this year five games, and expect to schedule two games with the O. A. C. Frosh, one here and one at Corvallis, one with Albany college, one with Eugene High School, and one with another high school. It is a little difficult at present to pick out some of the men that will be eligible for the Freshmen team, as they are trying out for the Varsity. But as soon as the season is more advanced, the Freshmen that are in cluded' on the Varsity squad will be allowed to try out for the Freshman (Continued on page four) “FIND” IS APPROACHED GIVEN TEMPTING OFFER “Husky”Hoskins Receives Visit From “0. A. C. Friend,”» But Does Not Fall. EDUCATIONAL LURE IS USED Freshman Star Maintains He Came For An Education, Not Athletics. Heaven, it seems, will not protect an honest football man from hearing tempting offers of a rival college, according to a story which gained circulation here, to the effect that “Husky” Hoskins, Coach Bezdiek's phenomenal find of the season, had been approached by a man who called' himself Mr. Reynolds of the exten sion department of Oregon Agricul tural College. i It seems that Mr. Reynolds rambled into town in a sporty runabout, in quired of the Freshman who first an swered the call. He posedi as a friend of Hoskins from Echo. The “friend,” whom Hoskins says he had never seen before in his life, came down to business in a jiffy, dwelling on the educational advantages of O. A. C. and especially featuring a course in animal husbandry. Only once did Mr. Reynolds wander from his main subject, and that was to casually inquire, “How much are you out here?” Charley Hoskins informed the man that he was out exactly what it was costing his father to put him through college. Moreover, he said that he had thoroughly examined the educa tional advantages of O. A. C., before entering Oregon. “It was for a col lege-education, not for athletics, that I came to college,” said Hoskins. The Fresman find entered Oregon, hav ing never before donned a football suit. Hoskins is being put through school by his parents, and is neither working on the campus or in Eugene. The University of Oregon is op posed to the athletic policy of the supposed member of the O. A. C. faculty, and President P. L. Camp bell, on hearing of the incident em phasized the point that discriminat ing in favor of athletics in offering work to preparatory students con stitutes an inducement which should not prevail among the colleges and that Oregon practiced no such dis ori mi nation. iStudents refuse to believe that Hoskins was sought out only for the purpose of acquainting him with edu-» catlonal advantages. Student opin ion interprets it as athletic aggrand izement. BURGARD, GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER, RSCUES MAID One more man becomes a hero at the expense of a girl who thought she could swim and failed. Jessie Purdy wadad out to the jump-off In Bond’s aquarium and at tracting the attention of all the on lookers, announced she was going to swim across the deep water and back to the haven of safety. Just then Cora HosfoH, who had been standing on the diving tower, plunged into the race. All eyes were turned to witness the performance. Scarcely had she hit the water, when cries for help, femininely gargled, came to the people about the tank, from the pool. Several men imme diately dived in to rescue Miss Purdy, but Clark Burgard, who has had ex perience with water from association with Bill of Deck-Hand-to-Captain fame, stretched out upon the boards and grabbed her just as she was sinking for the last time. The deed has as yet not been re ported to the committee in charge of the Carnegie hero fund. * WELCOME HOME GRADS AT U. 0,0. A; C CLASSIC Special Effort Is Being Made to Interest “Aggie” Alumni to Co-operate in Plan. STUDENAS ARE URGED TO HELP Wide Publicity Campaign Will Be Launched to Make Plan a Success. “A glad time, with everybody counted in,” is to be the motto for the great Homecoming Day planned for November'20, when Oregon meets O. A. C. on the home field for the first time since 1907. Former sons and daughters of O. A. C. will meet and mingle with their ' Oregon” neighbors on the new bleachers to be erecteidi for the ac commodation of 10,000 people, who will witness the great game, accord ing to the prediction of Lamar Tooze president of the Associated Students. Special notices are being sent out by the fraternities and sororities to their alumni members and old grads, throughout the state, and it is plan ned to have as many high school guests as possible. President Tooze is planning to semd> a communication to Oregon Agricultural College, stat ing that their alumni will also be welcome visitors. Arrangements are now being made for the entertain ment of the visitors. It has been estimated by the com mittee in charge that $1,000 will be spent in the building of new bleach ers. At present but 3,000 people can be accommodated. Don Orput and A. R. Tiffany, who are the instigators of the plan, are working on arrangements. A “Home Coming Special” will be run from Portland, where the work of arous ing enthusiasm is in the hands of Don Orput and Harold Fitzgtbbons. A dance will be given in the even ing after the game, also a stag smoker, and several stunts are also being planned for the amusement of the visitors. The Student Council has selected a special committee to attend to all arangements. This committee is composed of Max Sommer, chairman; Bothwell Avison, J-.ouise Bailey, Gen evieve Shaver and Carl Beck. A meeting of this committee will be held tomorrow night after Student Council meeting. PI BETA PHI IS GRANTED Eleven Women to Be Initiated Into the Oldest National Sorority. Pi Beta Plii will make its apjtear anoe on the campus some time dur ing October. The charter was granted to the active members of Mu Phi Eppsilon on July 9, during the meeting of the national convention of PI Beta Phi at San Francisco. Pi Beta Phi, which was established in 1867, is the old est and one of the strongest of the national sororities. It will be the eighth national social women’s fra ternity to be established at the Uni versity of Oregon. The women to be initiated next month are: Myrtle Ken, Leah Per kins, Mona Dougherty, Rita Fraley, l^eta Mast, Ruth Lawrence, Helen Dresser, Ada Matthews, Hester Hurd, Mildred Woodruff, Jennette Mc Claren. Junior Class meeting in Villard j hall. Wednesday at 4 p. m., for nom i inatlon and election of Vice-Presi dent. Parsons Returns to Bezdek’s Fold Johnny Parsons LIVES THERE A PROF. WITH BASS? IF SO, REPORT! Wanted—A second bass—music ally speaking. If any member of the faculty of the University of Oregon is possessed of a good second bass voice, there is a position awaiting him on the faculty* quartet. A faculty quartet has been one of the ambitions of 'Professor W. P. G Thacher since his enrollment in the Oregon faculty a year ago. “We have a high tenor in the per son of M. C. McClain. Professor F. S. Dunn desires to sing baritone, and l could essay the role of second tenor,” said Profesor Thacher. “A good second bass would complete the organization.” This quartet would be primarily for the private enjoyment of the members, but Professor Thacher in timated that if urgently requested they might condescend to appear in public. FACULTY CONSIDERS SEVERANCE OF ALL ATHLETIC RELATIONS Resolution Introduced Last Year Before Meeting September 23. The severance of athletic relations between the University of Oregon and all other collegiate institutions will be considered at the faculty meeting of September 23. This measure was introduced by Dr. Barnett at a meet ing last June, and it was laid on the table for discussion. The main objections to Intercol legiate relations, as given by those in favor of this measure, are: 1st. That intercollegiate athletics seri ously affect scholarship; 2d, that they professionalize athletics and pro hibit the general student body from participating; 3d, thrt the student tax is increased, thus excluding many students of moderate means rrom the University. The plan is to confine all athletic activity entirely to the student body. The text of the measure In Question is given, verbatim: ■‘W]hereas, the faculty has, by a unanimous vote, passed a resolution favoring the ultimate withdrawal of the University from Inter-collegiate contests, and ‘‘Whereas, the interests of the Uni versity now demand such a with drawal, be it “Resolved, That after the scholas tic year 1915-16, the University shall participate In no intercollegiate ath letic contests." SCRUB GAME SHOWS CHILDISH PLODDING AND NO SENSATIONS Hoskins, Becket, Monteith, Ris ley and Bartlett Show Up Well. JOHNNY PARSONS ARRIVES With Multnomah Game Near, the Squad Shows Need of All Around Improvement. By Chester Fee. With the Multnomah game a week off, the Varsity went through a 4B minute scrimmage with the scrubs, displaying as usual the by-this-time accustomed steam-roller variety of speed and agility. Not only did the line men act like runners in a slow race, but the backs and ends plodlded along like children on their way to school. At times the play was in teresting, but on the whole there was nothing of a startling order dis played in the lineup and it seems that Bezdek will ultimately hit upon some thing that looks better than the ideas he is working on at present. Captain “Anse” Cornell is coach ing Monteith as an understudy in the pivot position, in case of accident. He seems to learn and is fairly quick at mastering the ruldlments. As usual Johnny Beckett, the giant tackle, was in every play. The longer Johnny plays the better he looks, so no one need be surprised if he cov ers himself with glory in the coming seaso.n. The rest of the line have not shown any stellar tendencies as yet and the way they are going, even though they have hitched their wagons to stars, it will be some time before they enjoy their first ride along the ethereal paths. Improvement was noticeable among the ends. Rlsley and Bartlett of the first squad, and Mitchell and Teggert, on the second team, showed well for early season, and by the emd> of the year ought to be numbered among the men well up In the ex tremity end of the game, been putting the boys through, there were enough signs and actions show ing fatigue to make one thing clear —if the team doeB not do some hard digging this week and develop more wind and endurance, they are going to have a defeat chalked up against them for their first round. Mult nomah has a team that has worked hard for nearly a month and are much farther advanced In every de partment, so It will assuredly be some battle. Noticeable among the errors were the lack of footwork, Inability to pass, and the idea that cleverness was in no way essential. It has long been acknowledged that the “bust ing” game does not compare with the quick an'd agile work, but despite the coach’s Instructions the fellows hang to it as tenaciously as a bulldog collars a cat. Against the hard fighting scrubs the first team scored five touch downs, two in the second quarter, one in the third, and two In the last stage of the game. Hoskins, the freshman desired by O. A. C., slipped and glided about for the first score from the 25-yard line. He Is looking good for a man entirely new to the game. In the third spasm, Monteith and Rlsley participated in a forward pass that netted 40 yards and was of a pleas ing variety. Among other men going well were, Bigbee, halfback on the second string, and Miller, a Hue man from Coos i Bay. I The hearts of the campus fans grew ; lighter yesterday upon receipt of the news that Johnny Parsons, last year’s | (Continued on page four)