10ULTY MEMBERS SAY.
GUT RULE NECESSARY
v.
Fhink Students Not'though In
terested Always to Come
Voluntarily. \
v_ — ■ • j
UBSTliUTE MUST BE CHECK
We Seek Only to Co-operate
With Faculty”—Chairman *
of Student Committee.
"Would students be enough interested
i their classes to attend if the cut rule
ere abolished? This question comes up
ith the announcement that a student
Duncil committee is shortly to present
) the faculty a petition asking for
bolisliment of cuts.
“I doubt students being enough inter
red to come to classes,” said Profes
>r W. F. G. Thaeher. “And besides,
rofessors are not here to make classes
iteresting. We are here to require the
egular performance of assigned tasks,
he teacher is primarily a task-master.”
“We are not here to perform as en
n-tainers,” Professor B. L. Stetson
lid.
“We Are Not Militant”
But as to the whole question of abol
hing the cut rule, Max Sommer, chair
an of the committee preparing the pe
Otion, said: “We are not militant. We
sek only to co-operate with the faculty,
he committee does pot wish to recom
end any change in the cut rule that
ill offer a chance for less or poorer
ork. A substitution for the cut rule
ill be offered with the petition and
ith our reasons, for which President
lampbell has asked.”
Nearly all the faculty members who
live beeh asked their attitude on the
jolishment of cuts have said that the
ibstitution offered would affect their
>te according as it seemed workable.
As to the rule as it stands, the fol
wing say:
“Cut Penalty Not Severe”
Mrs. Mable H. Parsons: “The cut
malty here is anything but severe
om the standpoint of some other in
itutions. At Michigan when I was
lere, it was dangerous to cut some pro
■ssors’ classes four times. As to
hether students would attend classes
ithout a cut system. I doubt it, very
uch.”
Professor George O’Donnell: “It
lakes small difference to me. Report
ig cuts is a nuisance. But if there
ere no cut rule, I’d have one myself. I
ould flunk those students missing a cer
lin fraction of all recitations. I care
,ore for the efficiency of system than
for what students may think.”
4 Dr. C. H. Edmondson: “I would not
fovor the abrogation of the present cut
rule unless a very excellent substitution
•ere offered. If there were no cut rule
*t all, I think, each profegsor might well
devise his own, by refusing to give
Bedit if a student’s attendance at classes
bad been poor.”
“Penalty Is Necessary”
Dr. H. D. Sheldon: “More institutions
■e putting in cut rules than are taking
icm out. Some kind of a penalty for
•ntinued cutting is necessary. Nine or
n years ago we had no cut rule here,
it conditions were not satisfactory. I
ould say that if the committee offers a
ibstitute, it should be well safeguarded.
students were all mature and respon
ble, of course, we should need no
fegfiards.”
Professor F. C. Ayer: “I do not favor
e abolishment of the cut rule. It seems
ry generous to me as it is. However,
l instructors should turn in cuts im
irtially, or the system is inefficient.”
!| Professor A. R. Sweetser: “It is my
npression, off-hand, that our present cut
i-stem keeps up attendance very well.
: is all artificial, of course, but we
red an artificial scheme to keep us up.
'he cut rule need not apply to honor
udents, but they are the very ones who
ant to attend classes.”
Professor Colin V. Dyment: “If a stu
ent could could cover the ground after
is own fashion it would not matter to
le whether he came to class or not. But
here examinations count from nothing
t all to perhaps one-third of the final
rade, as they do here, I do not see how
le cut penalty can very well be
iariged.” ~
Would Like to See a Subst tute
Professor E. C. Robbins: “I would like
> see a substitute provided with some
ort of checks before I favor the abol
ihment of the cut rule. As to ex
npting any part of the student body
om the penalty of cuts. I do not see
i.at upperclassmen deserve favor. The
Continued on page four>
"tr' EMERALD.
The Emerald will suspend publiea
ti m after next Thursday’s issue until
tl.e Tuesday following examinations.
the editor.
s
tudy? Indeed-!
Cram ? No Never!
sychology Professor Hands
Out Advance Dope on Meet
ing Inevitable Next Week.
Should students review? Yes.
Should students cram for examina
tio is No.
This advice is given by Dr. R. H.
Wheeler, assistant professor, of psychol
ogy.
"Cramming should be organized and
controlled,” says Dr. Wheeler. “Thjngs
should not be learned in mechanical fash
ior, but learned in their relationships to
each other. Cramming is a hurried super
fie al review. Review is organized cram
mi ig.
‘‘ Experimentally, it has been found that,
given the same amount of material to
learn and the same time in which to learn
it, those who learn with the idea in mind
that it is to be remembered for only a
short time, remember it less well over a
lor g period of time..
‘The trouble with the crammer is that
ho looks to getting the material for n
short time only. The one who goes slow,
most often comes out ahead because he
organizes and forms associations.”
Dr. Wheeler cites, from his experience,
that it is best to organize the material
into outlines in which more important
and less important features can be em
phasized. The student should acquaint
himself with the relative importance of
th > subject matter.
"The result of ‘cramming’ the night
before, depends upon the individual,” says
Dr. Wheeler. “Some can do it and come
out better in examinations, others cannot.
The person easily confused, should not
cram during the last minutes. He should
ta te'a walk.
“But never let the work go, expecting
get it all on the last night.”
to
1916 BUDGET IT BE
BT
R
egent Goodrich Thinks New
Buildings and Athletic Field
Will be Granted.
SI1
The following matters were referred
to the executive committee of the Board
of Regents at the board meeting last
Tuesday: Pinal adoption of. the $350,
0C0 budget; acceptance of the plans for
the new building and the letting of the
contract; changing the athletic field; the
stadent body petition asking that the
class taxes be collected simultaneously
w th other student fees at the time of
registration; President Campbell’s recom
mendation for eleven new instructors;
ard the construction of the new medical
"holding in Portland. The executive com
mittee will meet on January 26.
Thinks Budget Will Be Adopted
Mr. Ray Goodrich, a member of the
committee, says, “I think that the pro
posed budget will be adopted as it stands,
w: th possibly a few changes. The con
st ruction of the new building for the de
portments of law, education and exten
m is provided for in the budget.”
“I think the structure will be located
?ht at the corner of Kincaid and 13th
streets. That particular place looks rath
er shabby and the building will improve
dppearances.
“One article in the budget provides for
e construction of a new athletic field,
e estimate being $10,000. The baseball
diamond and track will probably be com
eted a year from this spring. The grid
on will be ready for use a year from
this fall. The new grounds will ‘be lo
ted on the thirty acres which lie dir
tly east of the cemetery.
$ 10,000 for Library
“A fund of $10,000 will be set aside
r the general library, and the law lib
rv will receive $5,000.
“The matter of erecting a new medical
building on the property given to the Uni
versity by the O. W. R. & N. company
hits been referred to the committee. The
gjounds lie in South Portland and are
ry valuable. The state appropriated
>0.000 and the city of Portland was to
rtjise a like amount. It has raised that
in. and more, so I think the building
il be erected this year. The old build
ing in North Portland will very likely be
J
MILITARY
MAYBE
President Car(i
Appoints
Board
pbell Agrees and
Committee of
of Regents.
President F. L.
pointed a committee from the Board of
Regents to consid
form of military t:
ed by the Unive
named were: A
:r whether or not some
aining should be adopt
sity of Oregon. Those
D. Dixon, Mrs. George
Gerlinger and J. a. Churchill.
The committee
dations sometime
that, if favorable
vill make its recommen
early in the spring, so
to such a step, the
its
Board of Regenls will incorporate
action into the yearly catalogue.
President Camj
“The substance
the value of military trainin
lation to the colli
of democracy th
and told of the dt
to fit each studen
w
Campbell has just ap
Hears Talk c n “Preparedness.”
bell attended the lunch
eon at the University Club in Portland
last Saturday, and heard the address by
President John Grier Ilibben, of Prince
ton on “Preparedpess.”
of the whole talk was
ge student,
and its re
“said Pres
ident Campbell. “ le emphasized the spirit
it exists at Princeton
finite effort made there
t for some kind of com
munity service, lie believes in prepared
ar, but for protection
ness, not for
against war.
“President Ilibben told of the courses
now offered at Princeton along lines of
military tactics, 1 he handling of machine
guns, and military administration.”
No military drill is given there. The
students are urgel, however, to join sum
mer camps. At Harvard, where much the
same plan is followed, volunteer drill
is carried on.
Was Favcrably Impressed.
“I was very favorably impressed with
President Hibbei's talk,” said President
Campbell. “The matter of military train
ing in any sehc ol seems to me to be
a training for better citizenship, rather
than for war. Tie spirit should be civic,
rather than mil tary. Training, of this
kind counts for n ore than organized drill.
It means the bi dding up of character,
physical condition, and bodily alertness.
Believing this to be the real value of such
training, I have recommended, by report,
that the questioi be considered by the
Board.”
President Ilibben also recommended the
honor system no v being used at Prince
ton. There, every student is obliged to
sign a paper at the end of every examin
ation certifying :hat he has neither giv
en nor received lelp, of any kind.
THESIS WORK ADVANCING
Several
Educatiu
For B
nal Students at Work
. A. Degrees.
Thesis work for both B. A. nnd M. A.
degrees is now in progress in the depart
on. C. E. Ferguson is
ment of educati
preparing a thes is on ‘‘The Finances of
the Oregon Scho
is writing on “1
of School Adm
Hedrick on one
stitutes. P. E
“The Reliability
Examinations.”
Under the dir
ol System”; Harry Drill
he County Unit System
nistration” and E. ft.
phase of teachers’ in
Baker is investigating
erf State Eighth Grade
ing out a course
patent medicines
action of the University
department, stuc ents in other cities are
carrying on rest arch work. II. E. Hus
a grade school at Astor
ia is studying tie mentality of Finnish
children and comparing them with Am
M. Barr of Portland,
a grade school, is mak
aekward children. These
ork are for a master’s
erican pupils. II.
also principal of
ing a study of b
two pieces of w
degree.
W. E. Livingst|on of Pendleton Is work
in food adulterants and
for a high school chem
istry class. W. A|T. Proctort in California,
is observing th: Btudy habits of high
school students, nnd W. R. Rutherford,
city superintendent of schools of Eugene,
is making a study of normal training
classes, in Eugeine and other towns.
WALTER GREBE IMPROVES.
Walter Grebe, who has been in the
hospital during the last week with ery
sipelas and in a dangerous condition, is
well on the road to recovery today, ac
cording to the reports of the attending
physicians.
Word received from the hospital states
that his condition seems to be much im
proved and that he is resting easy. His
temperature yesterday dropped to 100
degrees. v
ATHLETICS IN QUESTION.
The abolition| of all intercollegiate
sports at Wisconsin may be brought be
eeting of the faculty, in
the discussion of inter
111. The same measure
was recently voi ed on by the Minnesota
senate and beat>n by a large majority.
fore the next m
connection with
collegiate buseb
IM NEW COURSES
ADDED TO CUFRIGULLM
Doctor Morton Urges Women
to Take Up New Commer
cial Subjects. |
i At least one course in every depart
ment is open to students entering toe
University in February. These1 consist
of Outlines of English Literature, In
dustrial History, the freshmen Political
Science major, and languages ,when a
certain amount of them have been com
pleted in high school.* I
Commercial Studies Greatest
Commercial studies are offered in the
greatest numbers with English and music
a close second. The brand new commer
cial subjects brought from the 'East are
to be tried out this semester. Practically
all of them are open to women as well
as men and are considered of ftreat ad
vantage to those wishing to tench com
mercial subjects in high schools or en
gage in business. Doctor Morton com
plains that very, few women can he in
terested in his department when it would
be of infinite value to them and add
much to their earning capacity. The clas
ses have grown so rapidly that the scope
I of the work had to be greatly increased.
The new courses are open to all upper
classmen. One of the most highly rec
ommended is that of Advertising which
would put money in the pocket of any
person with ability, in that line.
Offprs Course in Criminology
Professor Bates is offering two new
courses, Walt Whitman and Nineteenth
Century Literary Criticism and Miss Per
kins will give three hours a week of
Chaucer. Professor Wheeler has added
Psychology of Music, Professor( Robbins,
Criminology and Doctor Gilbert, History
of Economic Thought.
The following studies are to he open
in February: I
Architecture: Shades and Shadows,
Perspective, Water Color, Pen and Pen
cil.
Botany: Phenogamie Botany, Pure
Food, Native Trees and Shrubs.
Chemistry: Physiological Chemistry,
Analytical Chemistry.
Commerce: Resources and. Foreign
Commerce, Advertising and Business
Law, Salesmanship, Methods oM'ommer
cial Teaching, Fire Insurance,. Credits
and Collections, Retail Selling, Sales,
Management, Employment and Execu
tive Management, Purchasing, Munici
pal Accounting.
Economics: Economic and Social Re
construction, Business Organization and
Management, State Administration, His
tory of Economic Thought, Backing and
Crises, Criminology, Industrial History
of the United States.
Education: Organization of Common
School Curricula, Philosophy of Educa
tion, Educational Hygiene.
English: Victorian Poets,1 Morris,
Teaehing of English Literature, Brown
ing, Walt. Whitman, Nineteenth Century
Literary Criticism, Chaucer, American
Literature, Outlines of English Litera
ture, English Composition.
Fine Arts: Art Processes, Freehand
Drawing.
Geology: Paleontology, field Geology.
German: A great many courses all to
be found in the catalogue.
History: American Dilpomacy, Middle
Ages, European History.
Journalism: Newspaper Management,
Typographical Laboratory.
]jatin: Plautus and Livy, Latin Liter
ature, Beginner’s Latin.
Law: Conflict of Laws, Damages, Crim
inal Law, Trusts.
Mathematics: Theory of Investment,
Trigonometry, Analytical Geometry, Ad
vanced Algebra.
Music: Rudiments of Conducting, Har
mony, Formal Analysis, Fugul' Analysis,
Musical History. .
Philosophy: Present Day Thought, In
troduction to Philosophy.
Physics: Sound, Moleciilar Physics,
Electron Theory, Essentials of Physics,
General Physics.
Political Science: European Govern
ments, Political Theory, City Govern
ment. *
Psychology: Psychology of Music, Ab
normal Psychology.
Public Speaking: Freshman Public
Speaking and Dramatic Interpretation.
Zoology: Vertebrate Zoology, Bird
Study, Vertebrate Paleontology, Mamal
ian Anatomy.
Mrs. Pennell has requested that the
men should not hesitate to enter her
classes as they are intended to interest
any one.
Professor Robbins will continue his six
classes in Industrial History and make
them open to new students. Last sem
ester’s work eovered English History
while the second part of the year will be
devoted to the United States.
TO DANCE IN CAPITOL
Students at the University of Wiseon
sin will use the state capital for their
junior prom. Many state officials will at
tend.
SENIORS.
Senior class will meet in Deady
h:\ll tomorrow at 4 p. m. Mustache
matters and trial to come up. Every
body out!
Co-ed Says It Is
A “Slide for Life”
Fashion’s Dictates Must be
Passed Up on Special Occa
cions Advises Critique,,
The Co-ed now attends her class,
Her hair done in a slide,
She is a nice engaging lass
When her locks are loosely tied.
Itut Co-eds all, we hate to see
That wide expanse ot brow;
We pray you in all loyalty.
Full down your hair right now.
We know you’re game, a good sport too,
And follow fashion's dictates,
Hut style you know, from head to toe,
Must slip up once, Collcgiates.
»
; You like new styles, we can't blame you,
! Hut Co-eds when you want a slide,
O'relook your hair, hide it from view:
The snow falls thickly just outside.
GAMES MED
SERIES YESTERDAY
Attendance Falls Off and Spec
tators Are a Meagre and
Unenthused Bunch.
Yesterday’s Scores
Oregon Club, IS, Delta Tau. 12: Sigma
Nu, 11, Kappa Sigma, S; Phi Dolt, 22.
lota Chi, 8; Sigiua Chi, 14, A .T. O. 10.
Despite the fact lliat the attendance
has fallen -off since the game for the
championship which was played last Wed
nesday between the I*hi Delta and the
Delta Tans there were some games play
ed yesterday before a meager and uu
entliused bunch of spectators.
The first one came hot off the bat and
proved a thriller from the start to tin
finish. The Oregon Club heal: the Delta
Taus by an 18 to 12 score but it took
fierce playing and five minutes overtime
to turn the trick. Cellars was “on” again
and nothing would stop him. If you want
to talk about luck that is not luck, go
to Jim. lie was responsible for 12 of
the 18 points, and practically respon
sible for pulling the game out of the coals
for he threw a foul that tied the score
just before the shot announcing the end
of the game wns fired. In the next five
minutes of play the Club went at the
game like the men meant business, and
they scored 7 points to a lone 1 of their
apponents.
, Sigma Nu came back strong and show
ed “what stuff dreams are made of” by
defeating the Kappa Sigs in a 11 to 8
game. The Sigma Nus are getting so they
rely upon themselves to some extent, and
the change is noticeable. Iloth teams
fought bard, and nt times one wns re
minded of a football game in which giants
and midgets were participating. Hut even
if the smaller men were whipped off their
feet they still clung to the ball until the
referees whistle sounded and a held ball
was declared.
For about five minutes It looked like
the Phi Delta were going to have some
trouble in retaining their place ut the
top of the percentage column when they
mixed with the Iota Chis, but they final
ly got over the effects of the “hop” and
salted the game away with their eight
others by a 22 to S score. Huntington
grabbed 10 of their points, while Church
added another 8, and Roberts made the
rest.
Then the Rigma Chis and the A. T.
O's. tangled for the next to the last scrap
of the series. It was a good interesting
gnme and everyone present enjoyed it
although it must be admitted that owing
to the proximity of the eating hour there
were few present for most of the time.
There was nothing of special importance
that occurred. It was just a good inter
esting game.
The Delta Tau-Fiji game will be play
ed sometime in the near future and ac
cording to the dope the Delts will win.
This will give them a .700 percentage and
the Fijis one of .100 percent.
FACULTY WILL DRILL.
A faculty military society has been
formed at Cornell University, and 48
members of the faculty have entered up
on their first actual training in soldier
ing. The society is divided into three
groups, one for the investigation of mili
tary history and policy, another for mili
tary drill and tactical instruction, and a
1 third group for rifle practice
SCINTILLATING SEASON
OF BASKET BALL ENDS
Phi Delts Grab Silver Mug With
One Defeat by Betas and
.900 Percentage.
—
CRITIC SUMMARIZES SCORES
.First and Second Teams Are
Selected. Sport Plays Havoo
With Poor Players.
All-Doughnut Selections
First Team. Second Team
Farley .F.. Woods
McC ready.F. Cate
Roberts.C.,. Nelson
Nelson .G.. Campbell
Butt .G.. Medley
_____—_______________
(CHESTER FEE)
The tennis, ns 1 see them, are the best
possible combi nations. Farley is a man
that plays the ball well and can hit the
baskets, lie was one point behind the
high point winner, and played in only
seven games. McCrendy is his , logical
parther, for ho plays the floor in mag
nificent fashion and feeds the ball well.
Besides he is not such a bad shot him
self. Roberts would play the center posi
tion better than anyone else because his
style of play fits in better, lie is a good
feeder, and basket shooter, always sacri
ficing the individual stuff for the team
work, and the advantage accruing. ('.
Nelson is without doubt the best guard in
the league, lie is always on the ball and
very few can take it away from him. And
Butts the other guard is accurate in his
passing, and also n fighter.
The second team would be almost ns
good as the first, and at times might bo
even better. But I believe that if each
team were trained for a certain period
of time that the first would develop into
a far better team than the second.
There are other men that deserve men
tion.. Furuey, Delta Tan,- would be the
best player on the floor if he were able
to see. He has the advantage over them
all by being loft handed, he can shoot
from anywhere, and plays the floor: but
as he is at present most of his work is
individual, owing to his weak eyes.
Scalefe, Forney's running mate, 1ms also
been playing, a good game but is easily
smothered by a fast, tight guard.
Cellars, Oregon (hub. in the last three
or four games, has developed into a good
center, but owing to his showing at the
first of the season, his selection would
not. be justified.
Howe, Kirk and Tonrtellotte deserve
mention for the guard positions. They all
do their work well. Howe hns played a
consistent game all season, never starring
but always there. Kirk displayed some
rare form in a couple of games, but was
not in long enough. Tourtellotte covers
the floor better than any man in the lea
gue,, and is a scrapper.
The Doughnut League has emulated
the Passing Show of 1015, and gone its
way, carrying with it all the laughs and
bruises. And with this resume even its
memory will lie lost to everyone except
the Phi Delts, for they nro the only
people on the campus thnt have any tan
gible evidence of its past existence. They
finished the secies, along with seven
other teams last night, with only one de
feat chalked against them, and that by tho
Beta team which finished with a .000
per cent mark.
Anyone who can figure anything out
of the columns of wins and losses will
ho a good compututor and mystic, for af
ter several attempts 1 have given it up
as a more difficult task than to figure
which tooth of a swift moving buzz-saw
cut me. But I suppose that, every team
was subject to its off-days, for as a rule
that is to be expected; in fact the defects
of ploy were evident in many of the
games when at other times the teams
worked with accuracy and precision.
The reries called for 55 games to he
played. There is one remaining game,
that between the Delts and the Fijis,
which was postponed from January "20.
The series wus a success in one way hut
in another way it proved a failure of the
most serious kind. Today there are at
least four men lnid up or out of the game
permanently from various sorts of blood
poisoning. Three of these nro cases
where infection came about in the foot
and the other is a serious case of erpsip
olas. The cause of this trouble lies in
the fact that the men were not in con
dition while so strenuously exercising in
the games and therefore did not have the
resistance to throw off the germs which
they caught. To consider starting about
75 men, who had just returned from their
Christmas vacations and had naturally
dissipated to a greater or less degree,
out: upon a series of basketball games,
where each man out of personal and
(Continued on page fotr