GOME OUT TO ROUSING RALLY, VILLARD HALL, 10 A. M. WEDNESDAY
OREGON
EMERALD
VOL. 44.
EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1915.
No. 5
AFTERMATH OF 6JUWE
IS SEnUNG Dili
TO HARD PRACTICE
Drubbing From Multnomah
Shows Strength and Weak
nesses of Oregon Squad.
CLUB MAKES YARDAGE ONCE
Inexperience and Ignorance of
Rules and Principles Proves
the Undoing of Team.
(By Chester Fee)
The Multnomah game has come
and gone, leaving in its wake a few
bruises and plenty of "the stuff
dope is made of.” Oregon support
ers are lying awake nights putting
pyroglyphics upon paper, trying to
figure where we will get off in the
conference race whicn will soon oc
cupy the arena of attention. But no
one seems able to come to any
definite conclusions, other than that
the Oregon team is so inexperienced
that the horues at the Agricultural
Conege are apt to get them.
When a bunch of college football
players let a ball touch them and
then forget to fail on it until an op
ponent has it salely snuggled under
his arm, and when they absolutely
disregard instructions and are de
ceived by a play they were cautioned
against, something is wrong some
where, and it lies in the power of the
fellows alone to make good, and fol
low the orders of the coach.
Bez was reticent as usual, when
interviewed in regard to the game,
and the chances for some sort of a
team, but he finally said, “The ma
terial is decidely green and the only
way we can get anywhere is by hard
work. You noticed that the fellows
came in later tonight than usual.
We lost last Thursday, and in any
system of coaching, especially mine,
one lost day retards as much as a
whole week of solid work advances.
Saturday’s game shows what we
have, and the men are going to work
from now on.”
Captain Cornell followed the same
line in his remarks, stating "Hard
work is the thing from now on. The
game with Wv. S. C. in October is
going to be one of the hardest games
of the season. We have some good
prospects, but it is necessary for
them to work, and fight from now
on.”
The Oregonian of yesterday car
ried a statement, in which the
men of the Club mixed up in the
fray, stated they thought Bartlett
was Huntington, and they jumped
upon him to pay him back for some
rough stuff last year. No wonder
Bartlett got sore when three men
deliberately threw, held and wallow
ed him, especially when he knew,°of
nothing.hediad done to SieServe such
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treatment. •
In ^Saturday's game the team was
supposed to have one very weak
point, and that was guard and tackle
upon the right side of the line, but
Cawley and Endsley responded to
the call and both played games that
would do credit to much older heads,
despite the fact that it was their
first attempt at a Varsity game.
Perhaps their work shows that no
matter what people say, when an
Oergon man realizes it is up to him,
he pulls through with every ounce
of brain and brawn he possesses.
Judging from their showing in prac
tice, no one expected either to ac
complish much, but their playing
brought to light several things here
tofore concealed, and their appear
ance lifts a big load from the ahoul
Sophomores Elect
Sheehy President
Portland Athlete Wins in Presi
dential Race Over A. B.
Peacock by 16 Votes.
James Sheehy of Portland', with
78 votes, was victorious over A. B.
Peacock, with 62, in the election for
president of the Sophomore class.
The remainder of the results were
as follows: For vice president, Ir
ma Kiethly 70, Elizabeth Carson 22,
Sara aBrker 48; for secretary, Juan
Hazel Wymore 29; and for treasur
Hazel Wymore 29; and for Treasur
er, Don Belding; Editor, DeWitt
Gilbert, and sergeant, Marshall
Woodworth.
Turner Neil, Clark Thompson, Ray
Couch, Sam Bullock, Joe Hedges and
Jack Dolph acting as judges of the
contest, held official sway between
the hours of 2 and 6 Monday over a
table in the lower hall of the new
Administration Building, collecting
taxes from delinquent class mem
bers and -counting ballots.
SOPH-FROSH MIX OCT. 2
Annual Contest Will Be Full of
Thrills According to Junior
Committee.
A big inter-class contest between
the Freshman and Sophomore
classes will be featured as a prelim
inary to the Oregon and Pacific Uni
versity football game at Kincaid
Field on October 2nd. The contest
will consist of a big push-ball game,
grandstand decorating contest, yells
and stunts of all kinds.
The affair is the official annual
scrap between the freshmen and
Sophomore classes for the champion
ship of the day, and from the ex
isting rivalry between the two classes
it promises to be an exciting event,
with lots of fight and good-natured
antagonism. The class winning each
event will be awarded 10 points and
at the close of the contest the class
having the greatest number will be
declared victor.
The affair is under the auspices
of a committee appointed by the
Junior class. The judges are Lamar
Tooze, Eva Brock and Merlin Bat
ley. The contest will be policed by
members of the Senior class, under
the leadership of Bothwell Avison.
The executive committee, appointed
by Frank Scaiefe, President of the
Junior class, are Robert McMurjay,
Roland Geary, Alex Bowen, Emit
Rathburn and Robert Langley.
A great deal of care has been, given,
to the preparation for the event. The
push-ball consists of two. parts, the
leather cover, which „ ^as n obtained
from the University of California,
and th«» rubber bladder, which was
gotten- from® °the ° Portland Hunt
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Rex Putnam, ’15, is teaching at
Springfield.
Gwin Watson, a former student,
visited with his mother, Mrs. M. E.
Watson of Eugene, in June. Watson
made a seventeen day trip through
the Panama Canal, en route from
New York to San Francisco.
Announcement
Faculty meeting will be held at
4 p. m., Wednesday, in the architec
tural building.
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4 ternoon, Room 24, Deady Hall. 4
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WOMEN ARE ELIGIBLE
FOR DEBATING TEAM
First Tryout Is Dated For Octo
ber 16 and Aiready Feminine
Ciceros Have Applied.
COMPULSORY DRILL IS TOPIC
Triangular League—0. A. C.,
Reed and Oregon—Will Re
cognize Co-ed Debaters.
Women are eligible to appear, this
year, in debate tryout, for places on
a university team. The first tryout
will be held Saturday, October 16, on
the question, • Resolved, That United
States snould adopt some form of
compulsory military training.” Ac
cording to poster and to Robert W.
Prescott, assistant professor of pub
lic speaking, both men and women
may appear.
‘ The women of the University,”
says Professor Prescott, “have com
plained that they are not informed
when debate tryouts are to be held.
So we want all women who care for
a chance to make a Varsity team to
know about the try out two weeks
from Saturday.
“Three years ago we had a dual
contract for women’s debating with
Washington. But the contract ran
out, and interest died down so that
we couldnt ven get the girls out for
1 the team, although we broke even
with Washington. Last year a class
hour was arranged for co-ed debat
ing. But one girl signed up. This
year, however, there is more inter
est shown. Amy Carson, ’18, and
Mrs. E. S. Bates, entering from the
University of Arizona, are expected
to try out for Varsity team. There
probably are others who have not
mentioned the matter to me.”
A triangular state league, includ
ing Oregon, O. A. C. and Reed, will
admit women this year. This league
is an expansion of a former dual
league with O. A. C.
At the first tryout, contestant may
speak for ten minutes on either side
of the question. About 16 freshmen
have spoken to Professor Prescott
about trying out.
Of last year’s men who made the
Varsity team, only two are back,
Nicholas Jaureguy and Cloyd Daw
son. Other men who expect to go in
for forensics are Walter Myers, Les
lie and Lamar Tooze, and Prentiss
Brown. 0
"We wilj try to work in anybody
“Who comes,” said Professor Prescott.
“I am feady to talk at any hour
about debate. The most retiring
freshman0needn’t be afraid to come
around.”
Besides the triangular debate with
O. A. C. and Rooed, Oregon has a
dual with Montana, and a triangular
coast league contract with Sanford
and Washington. Practically all of
these debates will be held in March
and April.
While no new courses have been
added to the public speaking depart
ment this year, the course in extem
poraneous speaking has been- broad
ened from a two into a three hour
course. This course is intended es
pecially as a thorough training in
oral English, to prepare students for
coaching high school debating, and
to lay a foundation for effective ex
temporaneous speaking in public
Forensics need not be infulenced
by the intercollegiate athletic situa
tion, Professor Prescott thinks. “We
train all who come,” he says, “de
bating does not injure scholastic
standing, and expenses are low, since
the teams are small and the coach
stays at home.”
Announcement
The student afafirs committee will
meet Friday at 4 p. m. in President
STUDENTS WILL RW
TOMORROW IN VILURD
General Topics Will Be Present
ed On Matters of Univers
ity Significance.
"FROSH” EXPECTED EN MASSE
President Campbell Will Talk
on Scholarship, Bezdek Foot
ball, Hayward Track.
The first Student Body get-to
gether of the year will take place i'n
Vlllard Hall tomorrow morning at
the 10 o’clock assembly hour.
Student speakers will use most of
the hour in presenting student topics,
“Bill” Hayward will talk on
“Track,” Coach Bezdek, “Football,”
and President Campbell on “Scholar
sh.ip.” The band will make its
first appearance, and the men’s and
women’s glee clubs, combined, will
sing several songs. And for the
benefit of those who may not use
their voices in song, Merlin Batley
will be on hand to lead in Oregon
yells.
A short talk on the merits and
needs of the "Emerald” will be
given.
The complete plans and data for
the Underclass Mix, to be staged Sat
urday, will be given out, discussed,
and interpreted by Frank Scaiefe,
president of the junior class, Cloyd
Dawson will present the Y. M. C. A.
and debating. Along with the Y.
M. C. A., the subject of the Women’s
League will be spoken of by Louise
Bailey, President of that organiza
tion.
Much interest has been expressed
in wihat Coach Bezdek will have to
say on his first appearance after
the first game of the year. That
something important in the way of
“dope” will slip out is the opinion
of many followers.
The band held its first meeting
yesterday afternoon, when Maurice
Hyde, director, met some 20 experi
enced embryonic musicians in Vil
lard Hall. With more than half of
the old men back and so many Fresh
men appearing with Instruments,
Hyde says that the outlook is prom
ising for a really good1 band.
Much dissatisfied with the qual
ity of the “yelling,” Merlin Bailey
will take the opportunity of working
in a few practices, at the same time
pepping up the Wednesday meeting.
A large crowd, especially of Fresh
men, is expected.
MINES ARE SURVEYED
J. G. Mitchell From U. of 0.
and G M. Butler, 0. A. G.
Make Curry County Trip.
B. G. Mitchell, instructor of Geo
logy in the University of Oregon, and
G. M. Butler, former head of the same
department at O. A. C. left Marsh
field on June 13 for the purpose of
making a mineral and: general geolog
ical survey of Curry county.
Curry county, with a population of
but about 2,000, 1b one of the remote
districts of Oregon and little is known
as to its mineral resources.
Of the trip Mr. Mitchejl says: “In
the Rogue River Valley we found but
little placer mining, while in the
Bonanza basin the placer miners had
made a tyig strike. One nugget worth
$95, had been mined. In the Mule j
Mountain region we examined the
quartz and placer work and found
small quantities of iron and magnet
ite on the Wake Up Riley Ridge and
prospects of copper in the Collier
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JUST III EVEN DOZED
AMENDMENTS DRAFTED
Oommittee Draws Up Proposed
Changes For the Student
Body Constitution.
Twelve amendments to the consti
tution of the Associated Student
Body have been drawn up by the
drafting committee, consisting of
Oloyd Dawson, chairman, Ausou Cor
nell, Eva Brock, Louise Bailey, Both
well Avisou and Max Sommer. The
proposed changes will be submitted
to the Executive Committee before
they are voted on by the student
body.
First Amendment: Repealing the
amendment passed last year provid
ing that each class should retain
same Faculty advisor for entire four
years of college.
A resolution providing that the
Freshman Faculty advisor remain as
at present and at end of Freshman
year that class elect a Faculty ad
visor to serve them for remainder
of college course.
Second Amendment: The vice
president of the student body shall
be a member of the Student Council.
Third Amendment: To provide an
oath of office for officers of the As
sociated Students.
Fourth Amendment: To strike out
that clause in the section regarding
the Athletic Council which gives the
President of the University an ab
solute veto over all acts of the
Council; to make the President of
the Associated Students a member of
the Athletic Council.
Fifth Amendment:To provide five
regular meetings of the Associated
Students instead of three.
Sigth Amendment: Clarification
of the clause demanding that the
Graduate Manager sign all contracts
on behalf of the Student Body.
Seventh Amendment: Stipulating
a time for regular meetings of the
Executive Council.
Eighth Amendment: To provide
means for amending the by-laws of
the Associated Students.
Ninth Amendment: To set a defi
nite time for Student Body officers
on the first Wednesday in June,
rather than on the second Monday
in June.
Tenth Amendment: Providing for
election of Graduate Treasurer at a
joint meeting of the outgoing and
incoming executive committees on
the first Wednesday in June.
Eleventh Amendment: Stipulat
ing that the nominations of officers
of the Associated Students shall take
place at the regular meeting of the
Associated Students on the first
Wednesday in May; rephrasing that
section of the constitution providing
that the Australian ballot shall be
used in the Student Body elections.
Tweflth Amendment: To recon
struct the section of the Constitution
with regard to filling vacancies; to
make it conform with recent amend
ments.
Proposed Thirteenth Amendment:
To reorganize the Oregana as an of
ficial student body publication, and
that the editor-in-chief and the man
ager be elected by the student body
from the junior class; the manager
to be under the supervision of the
graduate manager.
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Stevenson, September
15, at Kelso, Wash. Mr. Stevenson
graduated in ’08, Mrs. Stevenson
FACULTY MEMBERS
EXPRESS VIEWS ON
BANNING ATHLETICS
Of 7 Questioned, 4 Oppose, 2
Favor Modifying, and 1 Pro
poses “Honest Trial.”
H. C. HOWt IS NOT WORRIED
1911 Statistics Are Unearthed
Showing That Athletes Are
Well Up in Scholarship.
(liy Mary linker)
lnteroouegiaU.* athletics will be
proed and couued tomorrow at facili
ty meeting. A few of the faculty
who have made up their minds say:
“For three years 1 was head of the
athletic department in another insti
tution. There we tried abolishing in
tercollegiate athletics, but in four
years we went back to them,” said
Morton, of the school of commerce.
"So 1 can apeak from experience
rather than experiment.”
“Under the department and class
system of athletics five times as
many men go out as were ever train
ed when teams for intercollegiate
games were made up,” he continued,
“but they lacked whoieheurtedness,
enthusiasm; the spirit of the group.
“Athletics ought to be entered in
to by more people. .Departmental ac
tivities are all right, class games are
a good thing, but they are harder to
regulate, aud it is more difficult to
keep scraps and hard feeling from
creeping in. Besides, they lack the
esprit do corps.' Bay for me that it
is a mistake to abolish intercollegiate
athletics from a university.”
Miss Harriet Thompson was asked
how the physical culture department
stood on the question.
“1 cun’t speak for the whole de
partment,” she replied, “but this
particular individual is decidedly not
in favor of abolishing intercollegiate
activities.’
"1 feel about this matter as 1 do
about the high cost of living,” said
Professor W. P. Boynton. “It needs
some modification. 1 am not actively
opposed to athletics if the students
really enjoy them. The present sys
tem is far too expensive, it seems to
me that the enthusiasm is rather
forced, us shown by the repeated
calls for rooters. However, I do
not think Intercollegiate athletics
will be done away with now.”
“Hightly handled,” declared Percy
Adams, of the school of architecture,
“intercollegiate activities are good
for a college. The time is not yet
ripe to revise the present rules in a
drastic way.”
“i don’t know the ins and outs of
athletics, but of one thing i am con
vinced,” affirmed Miss Burgess,
“and that is that freshmen should
be kept out of the intercollegiate
sports, because they begin their
career in intercollegiate athletics be
fore they begin their collegiate
scholastic career. Here we give the
best to freshmen. We ought to give
them something to look forward to
in their sophomore year.”
“I have seriously considered this
subject,” said Mrs. Pennell, “and 1
believe that under present conditions
this experiment would be worth
while; that is, if it were given an
honest trial, which, you understand,
would take several years, it is my
honest opinion that it might be a
good thing to do without games be
tween colleges. There is plenty of
spirit now, but the question is, is it
the right kind of spirit to bring out
the best in our boys and girls.”
Professor H. C. Howe said he was
not worried about the outcome; that
the question had .come up several