T
H. H. HERDMAN TELLS
OP WORLD'S DEMANDS
Principal of Washington High
School, of Portland, Speaks
at Student Assembly.
SPIRIT OF WORK NECESSARY
Thinks Reliability, Resourceful
ness and Resultfulness Requi
sites of Successful Man.
Reliability, resourcefulness and result
fulness are the demands made on a uni
versity graduate by an intelligent public,
according to Hugh Henry Herdman, Jr.,
principal of Washington high school,
Portland, who spoke at the assembly
hour yesterday.
“The reliable man is always in the right
place at the right time,” said Mr. Herd
tnan. “He is steady, confident and sure.
The public prays for the reliable man; it
tolerates the eccentric. An eccentric
man compares with a reliable man as a
shotgun compares with a rifle. The shot
gun has a shell of say 100 shots; but the
rifle has only one bullet. The hunter
discharges the former in hope that at
least one out of the 100 shots may hit
the mark. But if he uses a rifle he
shoots with a .certain confidence that the
bullet will 'accompliedi its purpose.
All Problems Not In Text Books.
“A working man cannot do without Re
sourcefulness. Wherever his lot be cast
it is evident that he will meet with prob
lems whose solution is not provided for
in text-books or class-lectures. He will
find situations that mere knowledge can
not solve. If the regular remedy does
not suit he must devise a substitute. The
supreme test for this resourcefulness is
to know when to act and what to do.
“In order to be called successful he
must get results'. I do not say that the
most valuable thing to form personally is
accomplishing a purpose, but it is certain
that the more results he gets the more
effort will have been applied^ Necessar
ily then, the personal value will have
^been greater.But after having gone
through a university and having added
some degrees to his name, he is expected
to get results. Degrees and diplomas
are only indications of the preparation
and opportunities that you have had.
Head the Words sf Pot on las.
I “In accomplishing these results it
would be well to heed the words of old
Polonius—
“ ‘To thine ownself be true;
■ And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.’
“And I should like to add:
‘‘Thou canst not then be false to thy col
‘ lege or university.’
> “Under wise leadership the university
has passed its period of probation. It
has proved that it is one of the greatest
assets in the state. It has a great fu
ture, but that depends upon the accom
plishments and results, of those who leave
its doors. You are not senseless pro
ducts of the soil, but living human be
ings, endowed with power and life and
action. You must have the spirit of
work; the earnest desire to accomplish
something, now in student capacity, later
in other capacities. This institution can
not accomplish results without these su
preme arts—reliability, resourcefulness
and resultfulness.”
Public Sent'ment Has Changed.
Mr. Herdman pointed out also the
change in public sentiment concerning its
commands. There was a time, he as
serted, when public opinion merely said
“This thou Shalt not do,” whereas now it
also says, “This thou shalt" do.”
“The world demands; the world will
be your judge. What qualities and ideals
should you seek here in order that you
can live up to what the world expects of
you? Ihct, kindliness, contentment
spiced with ambition, charity, firmness
and constructive joy in your work—these
are a few of the measuring qualities. You
are here to fit yourself to do something
and to do it better than if you had not
come to the university to take its ad
vantages.”
ATTEND editorial meeting.
The Saturday session of the Willam
ette Valley Editorial aasociation at For
est Grove will be attended by both Prof.
Eric W. Allen and Mr. Dyment, of the
journalism department. In order to give
i practical turn to the session each
member of the aasociation who attends
is asked to submit bis estimate on the
cost of printing the program, as sent in
advance to the members, and to tell how
he arrived at die estimate.
Mr. Dyment left for Forest Grove this
afternoon. Prof. Allen will first go to
Portland, attend the “jinks” of the Port
land Ad Club Friday night and from
there go on to Forest Grove.
GOLF DAY POSTPONED.
Grcflf Day. scheduled for Satur
day and editorialized on in today’s
Emerald, has been postponed on ac
count of snow.
BUSINESS BAROMETER IS
EXPLAINED BY BREEDING
From Statistician’s Report the Conclusion
Is Reached That Conditions Are
Improving in Northwest.
Bernard Breeding gave a report about
the Babson Barometer at the meeting of
the Commercial club which was held in
the Commercial bnilding last night.
Breeding showed how the various maps
and schedules of the report should be
read to understand the report. Babson’s
Barometer is not seen by very many peo
ple in the United States. It is used by
all the large banks of the country to en
able them to understand the business
conditions and to make safe and sane in
vestments of their money.
Babson Is an Opsa-AIr Fiend.
The report is compiled by Robert W.
Babson. Mr. Babson is a graduate of
Boston "Tech” and was at one time an
engineer. He is used to a life in the
open and all his work on this report is
done while he and his stenographer are
out of doors. Mr. Babson has agents all
over the country who keep him advised
of the conditions. A subscription to the
report costs $90 a year. The subscriber
receives a report every week. This ser
vice is especially for the banks and con
tains a report on the lines of business
that they would be most interested in
such as oil, fur, lumber, leather goods,
furniture, real estate, paper, steel, iron,
breweries and jewelry, cotton, livestock,
mining, beet sugar and stocks and bonds.
"Desk sheets” which show the condition
of thirty-three activities are issued ev
ery two weeks, by which the banker or
business man is able to keep in touch
with these activities and trace their con
ditions. These are invaluable to the in
vestor, for they are much more depend
able than “tips.”
Cenditlens Improving.
Bernard Breeding in his talk showed
by the use of the latest charts the condi
tion of business all over the country but
especially in the northwest. It was found
that conditions were improving. In the
northwest this was due to the new im
petus • given to the lumber industry
through the receipt of foreign lumber or
ders. Business in the entire country jb
better than at this time last year.
Dr. D. W. Morton of the school of
commerce secured the barometer for the
club. It will be posted each week in the
reading room in the commerce building.
COUHGIL WOULD HDD
HONOR TO YELL JOB
Leader’s Job Not Considered
Attractive Enough to Encour
age Best Talent to Compete.
The student - council it considering
ways and means of making the position
of yell leader more attractive and a big
ger honor.
“It’s an important place,” aaid Max
Sommer, who introduced the subject at
the meeting laat night, “and we ought to
make it more desired place. If some sym
bol could be devised, some emblem of
the position, more men would want the
job. We should be able to have a tryout
among several candidates.’*
Karl Becke and Max Sommer were
appointed to look into the matter and
report at the next meeting of the coun
cil.
As the board of directors of the co
operative store this semester or next
fall came op for discussion.
“It would be possible to take it over
right away, of course,” stated Cheater
Miller, “but it is not feasible. The sec
ond semester business doesn’t amount to
a great deal, and we would probably re
turn a deficit to the student body. That
would be discouraging for a beginning.”
Max Sommer spoke of the advisability
of waiting to consult with President
Campbell and with the commerce depart
ment.
“Mr. Thompson, who is to be added
to the department of commerce, is a re
tail store expert,” be said. “We could
have the benefit of his advice. Dr. Mor
ton also suggested that, as there would
be hardly enough work in the commerce
department to employ all Hr. Thomp
son's time, the student body might be
able to employ him on part time as man
ager of the store.”
The matter was laid on the table.
A vote of thanks was extended to the
faculty for their assistance in making up
the homecoming day deficit. Individual
faculty members contributed six dol
lars toward the deficit of t2L
oan taus mum
PERFECT PEFGENTAGE
Won and Lost Column of Dough
nut League Not Pulchritude
to Fijis and Sigma Nus.
team won
Sigma Nu.0
FIJI* .0
lata Chi.I
A* T. 0*. «»l
Beta . 2
Kappa Sigma...2
Sigma Chi ... 3
Oregon Cluh....3
Dorm .3
Phi Delta.A
Delta .A
LOST PCT.
4 .000
. 5 .000
3 .250
2 .333
2 .500
2 .500
2 .600
I .750
3 .750
I .800
0 1,000
Tuesday’s Scores.
Delta. Tau 10, Betas 7; Iota Chi 18,
Sigma Nu 9; Phi Delta 8, Fiji* 2; Oregon
Club 16, Sigma Chi 9.
Wednesday’s Soares.
Delta Tan Delta a3, A. T. O. 6; Dorm
23, Iota Chi 0; Phi Delta 11; Kappa
Sigma 7; Sigma Chi 9, Fijis 5.
The Delta Taus still maintain a per
fect percentage by beating the A.T.O’s in
a rough and tumble bout Wednesday.
Spills were frequent in this game. Dick
Nelson put over several good punches
and Furney used his left frequently.
“Lefty” has found his shooting eye. He
Tung the hell four times during the
game.
Medley and Garretson, Delt guards,
are a good pair and stick to their men
for dear life. On Tuesday the Betrs
met the Delta with blood in their eyes
and struggled fiercely to take, a fall out
of the league leaders. The air grew so
warm that Coach Besdek called time
twice to let the atmosphere cooL
Dorm Team is FSxy.
The Dorm team completely outfoxed
the Iota Chis, administering the first
whitewashing of the season. Strongarm
Cossman got away with six points. The
Dorm guards are handy at slipping up
the side and registering baskets. Camp
bell and Knighton each looped one. Dal
King and his cohorts took three shots at
the ring.
The Phi belt black jerseyed “Pirates”
are making all their opponents walk the
plank. Dead shot Roberts rings the
bull’s eye on fouls at every crack. The
Kappa Sig ship was sunk Wednesday
evening with all hands on board by this
bloodthirsty crew.
J. Fox the Kappa Sig. forward, had
the range of the evening’s basket and
slipped several in the hold of the pirate
bark.
8:gs Going Good.
The Sigma Chi Froeh and Graham Me
Connel are going good. During their
games with the Fijis four men fait the
floor simultaneously with a jar. Some
wisacre in thj balcony yelled "fourth
down.” The Fijis still have a bunch of
goose eggs in the percentage despite the
efforts of Bill Tuerck to curve one in.
Walt Grebe has .it on a greased pig
when it comes to eluding the guards.
The Sigma Nus did not take their
usual drubbing Wednesday. They met
the Iota Chis Tuesday and then some
body had to bust into the percentage
column.
Soheduls Will Prooend Merrily.
The intra mural schedule will proceed
merrily on itsway in accordance with
the following schedule for Friday and
next week.
Jan. 14
Phi Delt vs. Sigma Nib
Sigma Chi vs Delta Tau.
Beta vs. Iota Chi.
Dorm vs. Oregon Club.
Jan. 17—
A. T. O vs. Sigma Nu.
Kappa Sig vs. Delta Tan.
Iota Chi vs. Phi Gam.
Dorm vs. Phi Delt.
Jan. 18—
Oregon Club vs. A. T. O.
Dorm vs. Sigma Nu.
Kappa Sig vs. Sigma OhL
Phi Gam vs. Beta.
Jan. 19
Sigma Nu vs. Oregon Ohib.
Delta Tau vs. Phi Delt.
Sigma Chi vs. Iota Obi.
Beta vs. A. T. O.
Jan. 20— 0
Dorm vs. Beta.
Kappa Sig vs. Sigma Nu.
Phi Gam vs. Delta Tau.
Iota Chi vs. Oregon Chib.
Jan. 21—
Phi Delt vs. A. T. O.
Sigma Chi vs. Dorm.
Kappa Sigma vs. Beta.
Sigma Nu vs. Phi Gam.
Jan. 24—
Delta Tau vs. Oregon Clula'
Iota Ohl vs. Phi Delt.
A. T. O. vs. Sigma Chi.
DRESS REHEM. IS
WATCHED BK CRITIC
Appreciative Things Might Be
Said About Oast of “What
Public Wants.”
(MARTHA BEER.)
“What the Public Wants”—is to be
played in Guild Hall, on next Friday and
Saturday nights, at 8:15 p. m., sharp.
And they bad—a dress rehearsal last
night—and since—I was to write up the
play—I thought—it mjght be well—to ;
have a little first-hand—information— j
about the play—and what to expect fromI
the oast.
So I went And—critical as I am—I
liked it
There are all manner of—appreciative
things—I might say about every mem
ber—of the cast—if—I had the time—
and the space—and the vocabulary.
But then—I have heard—of profes
sional jealousy—among actors—and act
resses—and I’m afraid if I did say any
thing—particularly alee— abput—any
one—and neglected to mention some
one else—there might be hard—feelings
—«o you’d better come—tomorrow night
or Saturday—and see for yourself—
What the Public Wants.
I will say—however—that there are
some—in the cast—who have appared
before—and satisfied folks—with their
work—and doubtless will again—and—
there are others—who have not—ap
peared before—who will surprise you.
And—lest you think I’m—untruthful—
or putting up—a hig bluff—and lest you
forget—I’ll just add here—the cast for
the production—so you may. judge—for
yourself—whether—I mean what I say*
—or not.
Saul Kendrick, Manager of Worgan’s
Limited .. .Creston Maddock
Sir Charles Worgan, Newspaper Pro
prietor .Mr. Reddic
Page . Victor Sether
Francis Worgan, his brother, a trav
eler .. Ernest Watkins
Simon Macquoid, dramatic critic.
.. Clayton Baldwin
BmOy Vernon, an actress and a widow
.. Charlie* Fenton
Holt St. John, theatrical manager....
. Robert Earle
Mrs. Cleland, (Henrietta Blackwood)
an actress .Mar'on Tuttle
Sam Cleland, her husband, St. Johns’
Stage Manager .... Algie Weinheimer
Mrs. Downes, widow, friend of Mrs.
Worgan . Ela Walker
Annie Worgan, John Worgan’s Wife
. Virginia Peterson
John Worgan, oldest brother of Charles,
. Kenneth Shetterly
James Brindley, friend of Worgan’s..
.. . .'Ernest Wilkins
Edward Brindley, a playwright, his son
.Richard Nelson
Mrs. Worgan, mother of John Charles
and Francis .Marion Reed
Servant at John Worgan’s.. Alma Paton
Lady Calder, ardent admirer of Sir
Charles .. Margaret Welch
“HELP DANCE A BUILDING
INTO BEING,” DEAN STRAUB
- «
Urge* Representative University At
tendance at the Fortnightly Hop
for Weman’s Building Benefit.
“It is a shame," said Dean Straub,
Wednesday, at assembly, "that so few
girls have been invited to the armory
dance on Friday night. The party is a
benefit for the women’s building fund,
given by the downtown women; and we
must remember that these women and
their husbands came out in large num
bers to the progressive dinner given by
the women’s league of the University for
the same fund. Reciprocity is the right
spirit. So get busy, boys, and see that
the University is, well represented.
“Besides, you can have, a right good
time. It’s a case where joy and duty do
not clash, but where you can help dance
a 'building into being to the strains of
wait* music by Hendersbott’s orchestra.”
The grand march will begin at 8 p. m.,
led by President P. L. Campbell and Mrs.
W. P. Boynton, president of the Fort
nightly club. v
Dancing‘will continue until 11:30 with
short interludes of music by the girls’
glee club, sml of feature dances by ten
U. of O. girls in the card ballet, and by
Miss Goldsmith pnd Miss Rader in their
new aesthetic dance of Pierrot and Pier
rette.
Tickets are fl.00 per couple, 50 cents
per person, obtainable in any of the
bouses or from Miss Mary H. Perkins.
8. C. TRACK WORK STARTS.
Southern California colleges have al
ready started work on the track for the
spring meets. Many of the stars who
formerly represented U. S. C. will not
rnn for the Trojans this year and track
prospects all over the south are not very
bright
REX LAMPMAN COLLECTS
HIS ‘ONCE-OVER’ INTO BOOK
Rex Lampman, the exponent of
vers libre who works on the Ore
gon Journal when he’s not stam
mering and stuttering in his
“once overs,” has placed before
the public an artistic book con
taining his choice bits of human
comedy and tragedy.
The book has a unique frontis
piece of “'Me in Mud,” which is
none other than the author in
caricature, and was made by
Howard Fisher, a Portland sculp
tor. i
Rex Lampman in his little
journeys into the lands of the
unique visited the campus last
year, dining and visiting at sev
eral fraternities. Lake the late
Elbert Hubbard, Lampman has a
sixth sense, which enables him
to see the comic philosophy of
life, and he even put a humorous
twist on some of the college char
acters who were at that time on
their last legs before exams.
Professors Allen and Dyment
have copies of the “Once Over”
for inspection.
OREGARA ADD EMERALD
FINANCES ARE FAIR
For Oregana to Be Success the
Students Must Get Behind
Undertaking, Says Stoddard.
According to statements made by Mil
ton Stoddard, editor of the Oregana, and
Floyd Westerfield, manager of the Em
erald, the two student publications are
in as fair condition as could be expected
at the present 'time. Howovcjy Mr.
Stoddard intimated in a talk with an Em
erald reporter last night that if the Ore
gana was going to be a success this year
there would have to be strong support
from 'the student subscribers and state
advertisers. Mr. Westerfield says that
the Emerald is in as good condition as it
was last year at this time.
Subscriptions Arc Wanted.
“If the Oregana is going to be the
book that we want it to be, the students
will have to come through with their sub
scriptions,” says Mr. Stoddard. “ Not
only that, but the advertisers must do
their share. Heretofore the publication
has been under the management of the
junior class and now as it is being un
dertaken by the student body the book
should be wider in scope thnn ever be
fore. This means a greater expense
than in former years. The 1915 edition
cost $2300.
"We want an Oregana of which the
whole University of „ Oregon will be
proud. I know that my redactorians will
do their share in making the departments
complete, artistic and interesting. But,
it is dependent upon the student body as
a whole whether it gets the book it de
serves.
Will Welcome with Rah-Rahs.
“We shall welcome with redactorial
‘rah-rahs’ any contributions, especially to
the feature department, be they clever,
snappy, ultra-intellectual, or interestingly
insipid or stupid. Anyone who hands in
enough good stuff to make his influence
felt will have his name jostled into print
as a member of the ‘auxiliate’ of the
book.
“If you have a joke on your rooipmate;
if you have a snapshot of him in some
ridiculous predicament that he would not
have published for the world, hand it to
the editor.”
Stoddard reported the Oregana’s finan
cial conditions, including the probable
costs and money raising possibilities, to
the executive committee of the student
body last week.
Emerald Report Not Finished.
Manager Westerfield has not finished
his report on the financial condition of
the Emerald as yet but will probably
have it ready for presentation some time
this week.
In speaking of.the Emerald yesterday,
he said: "The paper has been having a
successful year financially and I think
it will keep up. There is no way of get
ting a real fair comparison with this year
and last. However, in 1915, through the
months of January, February, and part
of March, only two copies were issued
weekly; this year we intend tp go Tight
through with three issues a week. Since
we are using seven point type instead of
eight we are putting one^fifth more
news in a column than formerly, so we
have more room for advertising.”
TURKEY DAY FOR BIG GAME.
Turkey day is the date set for the
Syracuse-O. A. C. game to be played at
Syracuse, next year. At present Dr. E.
J. Stewart, O. A. C. coach, is in Ithaca
making arrangements.
PRESIDENT CAMPBELL
RETURNS FROM EAST
H. B. Miller’s Paper Is Unusual
ly Effective and Leads to Ap*
pointment of Committee.
VISITS ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
Concensus of Opinion Is For
Preparedness in Mechanics
of Warfare But Not Drill.
Flushed with enthusiasm for his stau
and University, President P. L. Camp
bell returned from his trip east early
this morning where he attended the ses
sion of the ran-American Scientific
Congress at Washington, reading a pa
per by H. B. Miller who was unahle to
attend. The entire morning was devoted
to s horatteth
to short chatty 15-minute interviews on
the results of his trip.
H. B. Miller's Paper Effective.
“One of the outstanding features of
the congress,” said President Camp
bell, “was the paper by Mr. Miller, di
rector of the school of commerce. “As
a direct result of this paper the chair
man of one o$ the subsequent sessions
authorized the appointment of n com
mittee of 15 to consider various prob
lems which Mr. Miller brought out in his
paper.”
Attends college sport conference.
While east, President Campbell also
attended the meeting of the National
Collegiate Athletic association, which
indirectly resulted in the appointment of
Prof. Colin V. Dyment to membership
on the national committee on associa
tion football rules.
The Pan-American Scientific Con
gress, before which President Campbell
read Mr. Miller’s paper outlining the
work, aims and future of the Oregon’s
school of commerce, met nine years ago
in South America and tho next meeting
is scheduled in 1023 in Bolivia. The
congress is attended by the America’s
authortties on scientific and educational
topics.
Speaking of the influence of the con
gress, President Campbell said: “The
meeting heralds the beginning of a great
Pan-Americanism. Instead of a hyphen
ated congress there was a bracketed
meeting and questions of immediate and
future concern to the American coun
tries,” were discussed.
West Is Advanced.
“The discussions on higher commerc
ial education showed withotu a doubt
that the west leads the country in this
particular type of education. Oregon
made a favorable showing chiefly
through the reports of work that Mr.
Millar was primarily concerned in in
stituting.”
Tho constructive side, of Mr. Miller's
paper was the possible relationship be
tween the National Bureau of Com
merce and the University schools of
commerce. In part the paper stated: “It
is suggested by the writer that at some
future date it might be possible for the
department of commerce at Washing
ton to so closely connect itself with tho
University schools of commerce as to
he able to make surveys of these schools
such ns arc now being made by the spe
cialists in education of the United States
Bureau of Education.”
To Standardize Schools.
By means of such surveys, Mr. Mil
ler’s idea is to so standardize commerce
schools of the country as to make them
a co-opemtive adjunct to the govern
ment, and also to properly equip men
tvho intend going directly into business.
The relationship would also make it pos
sible for the various schools to furnish
courses to especially prepare students
for consular service.
Suggests Statistical Bureaus.
It was also suggested that the schools
might develop statistical report bureaus
which would gather together and classify
vital statistics concerning market, trade
and induatrjal conditions for the locality
in which they are located. Such an ac
tivity would be of inestimable value to
bankers, business and professional men.
It would resemble, in a smaller and nar
rower way; the work of the Babson Stat
istical Bureau which has a large follow
ing among the commercial houses in
every section of the country.
By intimate co-operation between tho
Portland chamber of commerce, the na
tional chamber of commerce and the
commerce schools of the country each
section would profit by being able to
focus more attention on the conditions
and demands of each section of the coun
try. This triangle of co-oporatlon would
establish continuity of progress in com
mercial lines by getting the business mea
of the future in touch with the business
i
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