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VOL. 17.
EUGENE, OR
EGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1916.
NO.
50.
Nomination and Election of Secretary of Student Body at 4 p. m. Wednesday
SIMPL SPELING”
RAPIDLY GAINING
IN UNITED STATES
Over 9,000,000 Circulation
Among Papers and Magazines
Using “Nu Styl.”
IS TOPIC FOR ASSEMBLY
Workout Is Devoted to Hit
ting, Sprinting and
Warming Up
Dr. Carl Danto, professor of German,
Reed college, Portland, will talk on
“Simplified Speling” at the assembly
hour tomorrow.
Reed college ruses the simpl word
forms recommended by the simplified
speling board in class ritten work, and
in The Quest, the college publication.
One hundred twenty-two other institu
tions in the United States and Canada
use at least the 12 words first adopted
by the board in 1898, which ar “program,
catalog, tho, altho, thoro, thorofare,
thru, thruout, demagog, pedagog, pro
log, and decalog.” Many of these scools
permit the use of all the simplified spel
ings in official correspondence, publica
tions, and other Titten work. In most
cases this is by faculty resolution. The
following scools in the northwest hav
adopted simplified speling in some one
of its forms: Reed college, university of
Idaho, Albany college, and the Cheney
normal scool. More than 7500 teachers
encourage its use. The number of stu
dents who hav adopted it is over 115,000.
The increase in the number of scools to
adopt it in the last 18 months is 101.
The pres is taking up simplified spel
ing, at least to the extent of fhe 12 N.
E. A. words. Among the dailies and pe
riodicals are the Seattle Star, Toronto
World, Denver Post, News, Express and
Times; Current Opinion, Literary Digest,
Educational Review, The American
Schoolboard Journal, and Outdoor Life.
The total number of publications is 228,
having a circulation of more than
9,000,000.
The movement has been endorst by the
State Teachers’ association of Oregon,
California (northern and bay sections),
Washington, Idaho, Colorado, Ohio, Mis
suri, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, South
Carolina, New Jersey, and Montana.
The folloing is a partial list of the sim
plified speling rules as laid down by the
board:
1. Drop final e when useless or mis
leading, as twelv, starv, believ, engin,
activ, emamin, etc.
2. When final ed is pronounced d,
write it simply as d, as aimd, whiskd,
raind, etc.
3. In the combination ea use the let
ter which is sounded and omit the other,
as tred, helth, hevy, harty, wether, etc.
4. Omit silent b; h, n, r and s, as
thum, det, lam, num, rime, pur, etc.
5. Change ph to f when so sounded,
as alfabet, fotograf, filosofy, farmacy,
fysiology, etc.
6. Use one 1 in place of two, as til,
wil, ful. skil, dulness, etc.
7. When z is the sound use that let
ter instead of s, as advise, riz surprize,
etc.
S. When ice is pronounced is, spell
it so, ns notis, justis, lattis, etc.
9. Omit te from ette final, as cigaret,
etiquet, quartet, etc.
Among those who advocate simplified
spelling and use are Edmund L. James,
president university of Illinois; Edward
F. Dunne, governor of Illinois; Mrs. Ella
Flagg Young, ex-supcrintendent of
schools, Chicago: Dr. W. M Evans, staff
of Chicago Tribune; Nathaniel Butler,
director of co-operative work, university
of Chicago; I)r. William H. Maxwell, sup
erintendent of schools, New York city;
W. D. Whitney, Yale university; Max
Mueller, Oxford university, England;
Theodore Roosevelt, Chu -les Sumner,
Blander Matthews and David Starr Jor
dan.
Income of Colleges.
Harvard and Cornell lead the univer
sities of the United States in the matter
of income, each having an annual fund of
more than $3,100,0Qp. Columbia leads
with the number of Instructors, while
Cornell has 750 and Harvard 859.
Illinois, Wisconsin and Northwestern
are leading in a tight race for the con
ference championship in basketball.
M. E. Will Testify
in Sheridan Case
Emerald Managng Editor Re
turns, But Back Again He
Goes to Face Court.
Harold Hamstreet has been home for
two weeks; only Sunday he came back
to school—and then, early Monday morn
ing he received a telegram requesting that
he return at once and appear before the
county court.
Ii: isn't as bad as it sounds though.
Last summer Hamstreet was reporting
all the Sheridan news for the Oregonian
and once he was out with the sheriff.
They saw a barn burn and later some one
decided that there was something queer
about it. Now its a case of arson up be
fore the county court and he has gone
home to tell them just what he knows
about everything.
He hopes to come back some day—
majbe before spring vacation.
SECRETARY OLCOTT
ADDRESSES STUDENTS
Administration of State Office
Is Explained by the
Speaker.
Secretary of State Ben W. Olcott gave
the
first of the lectures of the economics
of State Administration course in Guild
hall this morning. He brought with him
the original State Constitution and first
set of laws which he exhibited to the class
in connection with his talk. This is the
first time the Constitution has been re
moved from the capitol to be taken to
any other city. Both documents are writ
ten by hand as there were no typewriters
in 1857. The Constitution lay around the
vaults in Salem 25 years before it was
bound.
Mr. Olcott outlined in general the
functions of each of the State Commis
sioners and their importance was ex
plained. “The administration work is
now founded on business principles. The
state printer, for instance used to re
ceive more pay than the secretary of
state does now. This office was regard
ed as a political plum. Today the same
is handled in an economic and business
like way.”
Fifty blue books were distributed
among the commerce students by the
speaker.
ENGLISH HOSPITAL OPEN;
21 BEDS ARE OCCUPIED
Aiim
ents Are Weak Verb Action, Split
Infinitives, Bad Grammar, Lapses
100 Workers Needed
Twenty-one prospective inmates of ihc
University English hospital will meet in
Villard hall at 4 o’clock on Wednesday
to decide on a suitable hour for regular
weekly treatment.
Each of the twenty-one is suffering
from an aggravated case of disjointed
phrases, split infinitiives, broken rules of
rhetoric, lapses into vernacular, bad
grammar, or weak verb action. Their
major professors said as much when
they appended an “Eng.” on their grade
cards at the end of last semester.
Er. Bates is prescribing physician, but
Miss Julia Burgess will have charge of
the patients and administer the cure.
The department of history has the
largest number of defectives—six. Law
and ethics are tied, with three each, for
second place. American literature, Eng
lis hliterature, geology and German each
contribute two. Journalism sends but one
as does art appreciation. One man—a
particularly serious ease—was recom
merded twice, by two different depart
met ts.
Bad temper and unwillingness to take
the medicine will be considered most
dangerous symptoms. Dr. Bates said
that if a patient resented the diagnosis
the treatment might last until June. If
he is cheerful and tries to benefit by the
special care so unselfishly bestowed up
on him, he may be pronounced cured in
a fe w weeks’ time.
Treatment is corrective and prophy
lactic. It cinsosts of one hour of in
struction every week in. the principles
that underly the correet use of the Eng
lish language. The most common mis
takes in punctuation, spelling and con
struction will be pointed out and co
rected, for the future good of both 3tu
den: and instructor.
This is not a rest cure and no crad:t
will be given.
INTERGLASS GAMES ON;
FROSH SHOW GLASS
Juniors Beat
Win From
Is
•Seniors; ’19 Men
{Sophs; Interest
Lacking. >
While the knigt
and horsehide, tal;
spring weather, w
roid around the
ere
di
tin
Do
ud
allov
s-ho
the
t le
was going on in
minded one of the
winter when the
ball games were in
The first inter
were pulled off Alj
iors and juniors a
freshmen were
that may have a
to which excelled
baskets.
Fine Exhibitioh
A finer exhibit!
ging, jiu jitsu, wn
in one game Vf
Coach Bezdek w
exhibition and at
got to blow the
five players would
tie madly for
seldom forgot in
The dancing
have laughed with
seen the havoc w
tory powers of
by the little pills
Big Jim Cossman
of the inability ol
him with the nec
“My wind is gone”
an unsuccessful
ket from a recun
under it.
Henry Howe
floor for a while
suit, he seemed to
ball into the arm^
under the basket,
disastrous results
mates.
Jul iltsu
A fine exhibition
of "jiu jitsu” was
and Frank Scai
strangle hold and
to separate the m
y Captain Walter
hs of the big stick
ing advantage of the
pounding the sphe
araond a battle royal
e gymnasium that re
cold bleak days of last
ughnut league basket
full swing.
•lass basketball games
onday, when the sen
the sophomores and
.ved to settle disputes
sen between them as
in the art of tossing
so
atti
t<!
iors would wear
ors because Manic
is out of town anfl
the necessary togs
There were few
as the fine weathe:
the most of them t<|>
i—Not Basketball
ion of boxiug, slug
efstling and football nil
never seen. Even
refereed enjoyed the
times he actually for
tvhistle when four or
make a dive and wres
ball, something he
Doughnut games,
queen “Fatima” would
glee if she could have
•fought on the respira
•me of the gladiators
that bear her name,
jomplnined continually
his lungs to provide
c|ssary quantity of air.
he wheezed as he made
empt to shoot a bas
bent position directly
re madly around the
adorned in a bathing
persist in passing the
of a junior directly
generally with the most
to himself and team
Holds Abound
of the Japanese art
given by Harry Ivuck
Kuck secured a
the referee was forced
cn.
il'e.
Church said the sen
ilsuits of different eol
ger Claud Hampton
neglected to provide
for his men.
spectators at the game
r was too much for
resist.
DELEGATES WILL ATTEND
GATHERING
Y. M. and Y. W.
tives to Week
sion C
Will Send Representa
end Ministry Mis*
onference
A week-end conference is scheduled at
O. A. C. by the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C.
A. Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sun
day of this week,
delegation to repre
These students ar»
guests of the O. A
Y. W. C. A. during
AT CORVALLIS
Oregon is sending a
sent her student body,
invited to be the
C., Y. M. C. A. and
their stay at the con
ference. Already ;i dozen have signified
their intention of going from here and
anyone is invited to attend.
The program includes addresses by
Dr. John H. Boyd of Portland; Presi
dent C. J. Bushnell of Pacific University;
Gale Seaman, Pacific coast Y. M. C. A.
secretary; Dr. Kenneth Latourette of
Reed; President W. J. Kerr of O. A. C.,
and other speakers. Presidents of six
educational institutions will speak or
preside..
Although all delegates are urged to go
for the full time, |thoge who can not go
until Sunday will tie welcome. Informa
tion and copies of the program may be
had from Arlo Briistow, ’18, Miss Mary
Gillies, and J. Foster. Rates of a
fare and a third have been secured on
the S. P. and a registration fee of 50
cents will be charged to cover general
conference expenses. The total expense
will be $2.30.
The program of this conference and
the advantages of going to it will be ex
plained Thursday afternoon at 4 in
Deady hall by Gale Seaman.
“Co-op” Goes Too Far
The project of tj»e Stanford Bookstore
to supply the houses and clubs on the
campus with groceries and supplies has
been temporarily dropped because of the
unwillingne.-.s of si>me of the houses to
join
culty of financing
ginning.
in the undertrking and of the diffl
the project at the be
Committee Pledged to Recog
nize “People’s Choice” for
Eva Brock’s Successor.
Nominations nnd a straw vote elec
tion of student body secretary are
scheduled to occur Wednesday at 4
o’clock in Villard hall. This was decided
at a meeting of the executive commit
tee Monday afternoon. The election will
not be binding until that body passes up
on it, but all members of the committee
have now pledged themselves to vote for
the “people's choice.”
At Monday’s meeting, also, A. R. Tif
fany, graduate-manager, was empowered
to order the athletic blankets now due
several graduates of the University.
These will be awarded later by the ath
letic council.
The committee will hold another meet
ing this week, Thursday afternoon at 3
o’clock.
STUFFY BUILDING CROWDS
FROSH JOURNALISTS OUT
Prof. Allen’s Class of Budding News
papermen Moves to Commerce
Budding.
Through the courtesy of Dean D. W.
Morton of the school of commerce the
freshmen journalism class, which has
been reciting in the little stuffy room of
the extension building, will now meet in
the big cool room on the north end of the
commerce building.
Within the last few days the exten
sion room has become very hot and dis
agreeable. After class yesterday, some of
the women complained to Dean Allen
who spoke to Secretary N. C. Grimes
about the matter. Dean Morton im
mediately offered the commerce building
room.
“I appreciate Dean Morton’s kindness
very much,” said Professor Allen last
night. “When I talk to a class I like to
walk around and I couldn’t do so in that
little room. Moreover, it is a mighty
uncomfortable place these warm days.
Will Not Admit Mere Man
Mere man without the passport of a
woman escort will not be permitted to
witness the girls’ basketball at the Uni
versity of Kansas, according to an an
nouncement recently mnde. The stocks of
the Kansan co-eds accordingly have risen
above par.
U. 0.-0. A. C. DEBATERS
MEET FRIDAY, MARCH 3
Dual Contest Will Moot Question of
President Wilson’* rive-Yenr
Navy Policy
The Oregon-O. A. C. dual debate is
to be held Friday, March 3. The negative
team composed of Rosalind Bates and
Walter Myers will debate here, while
the affirmative, which consists of Cloyd
Dawson and Earl Fleischman, will de
bate at O. A. C. Edwin Cox, and Ho
bart McFadden have been selected as al
ternatives on the Oregon teams.
The question to be debated is: Resolv
ed that the United States should main
tain a navy at least as strong as Pres
ident Wilson advocates in his five year
policy.”
Work Moving Slowly.
“The teams are getting along very
slowly,” said Robert Prescott, coach.
“This is due to the new material'to work
with. Mr. Dawson is the only man on
the team that has ever had any intercol
legiate experience, and he was only in one
debate.”
The team which debated against O. A.
C. last year, with the exception of Nich
olas Jaureguy, who has been ill and is
unable to try out for debate this year, is
graduated.
The University held its first contest
with O. A. C. last year, and won by a
unanimous vote here, and lost by a two
to one vote at Corvallis. It is understood
that the O. A. C. team of last year is
intact. |
The tri-state debate contests aire to be
held March 24. Oregon’s negative team
will debate with the University of Wash
ington, at Seattle, while the affirmative
will meet the University of Stanfard
here.
The teams for the tri-state contest have
not been determined. But owing to the
ineligibility of Mrs. Bates, on account
of the non-co-ed" ruling of the tri-state
league, a re-adjustment of the teams will
be necessary.
Normans Inovate
College Haircuts
‘ 'Feather-Edge" Originated in
Time of Conquest Says In
tellectual Tonsorialist.
The Norman soldiers of the time of
the Norman Conquest in the eleventh
century, are to blame for the whole
thing, declared the barber, snapping his
scissors viciously to emphasize the state
ment. They did it, and because some in
spired barber of the present day con
ceived the idea of imitating them, the
college man, to be in style, must now
periodically submit to a tonsorial opera
tion known as a “feather-edge” haircut,
by which most of his hair is removed
from the dorsal region of his head and
neck.
Further questioning revealed the fact
that the college man is exceedingly par
ticular about his haircut. The back of
his head must be given just the right de
gree of “featheryness” or he will be
much displeased. He seldom protests in
the chair—few have the necessary cour
age—but if it is not done exactly to his
liking he will hunt a new barber.
The average man allows from three
weeks to a month to elapse between
haircuts, but the fastidious collegian
feels it necessary to undergo the ton
sorial operation at least every ten days.
Another barber volunteered the infor
mation that this haircut is called the
“feather-edge” to distinguish it from the
“soup-bowl” variety in which the hair
gives the appearance of having been cut
while a soup bowl was jammed over the
top of the head.
100 TOILERS WANTED
FOR GOLF DAT WORK
Saturday, February 25, Is Date
for Labor on Course: Women
Will Serve Lunch.
because of bad weather, golf day is to
be held on Saturday, February 25, when
would-be Ouimets, and Harry Vardons
will have a chance to prove their en
thusiasm for the game, by materially as
sisting in getting the nine-hole course in
the University field at the corner of
Fifteenth avenue and University street,
into shape for play.
According to Professor Tt. W. Pres
cott, the originator of the idea, who has
charge of the details, 100 workers will
be required. Early next week the atu
dent committee, consisting of James
Cellars, Emmett Rathbun and Bothwt.il
Avison, which has been working with Mr.
Prescott in the matter, will begin to line
up the able-bodied and see that the nec
essary tools are provided.
Activities will begin at eight o’clock
in the morning and by noon it is planned
to have the work of smoothing down the
greens around the holes, removing the
dead grass, and making tee stands and
sand boxes, finished. This work will be
done systematically, different squads be
ing assigned certain details. Luncheon is
to be served the toilers by University
women interested in golf, and the after
noon will be given over to play and the
instruction of novices.
‘‘We want to get things started ibis
month,” said Professor E. E. DeCou,
chairman of the intra-mural committee,
nnd also an enthusiastic golfer, ‘‘and
then March can be spent in getting new
players into shape, so that it may he
possible to hold a tournamet in April.
With proper working members of the
faculty nnd students will take up the
sport with enthusiasm, and we should
get a good many out.
‘‘There is a number of faculty mem
bers, as well as students, who wish to
play golf, hut cannot find time to go out
to the only available golf links—at the
Country club,” Mr. DeCou continued,
‘‘but the nearness of this new course to
the University will make it possible fur
those persons to get out for a game
without much loss of time.”
“The board of regents has already
granted us $50 with which to mak*. a
start,” said Mr. Prescott, “and stu
dents must demonstrate their interest by
keeping the course in condition. If they
do this, it may be that the board will
help us further.”
Honor System Sought
The honor system has been the chiel
plank in the platform of the University
of Oklahoma for the last month. Thai
much sentiment against cheating has
been aroused is shown by the fact thai
a large number of girls are signing th«
resolution, taking a stand against cheat
ing in the final examinations.
OACH CURBS PEC
OF Pill SLUGGERS
AT FIRST PRACTICE
Squad of 25 Turns Out. Real
Baseball Weather Makes
Men Perspire.
BARRING OF FRESHMEN HURTS
Hilting, Sprinting and Warm
ing Up Constitute First Work
Out of 1916 Season.
"Don’t throw hard—don’t curve them
until I any so, Soak out your arm every
night under a hot shower. Don’t strain
your arms and legs—and don’t hit too
hard.”
Such were the admonitions that Coach
Hugo Bozdek addressed to some 25 var
sity. baseball candidates last night who
spiked the soft ground under balmy
spring skijs and a midsummer sun. It
was a day among days and to say it wns
wnrm is putting it mildly. The sudden
rise in temperature caused great beads
of perspiration to roll off the boys’ fore
heads, as they scampered over the cak
ed diamond and larruped the ball all over
the field In hitting practice.
The very atmosphere breathed base
bnll—it was cracking fine. The more
ambitious recruits, over anxious to cut
loose their whips and remove the Mor
ris chaig kinks from thi-ir limbs soon
aroused the ire of Conch Bezdek by their
strenuous workouts. “You boys have to
take it easy the first night out,” said Bez.
“You’ll ruin your arms if you throw
hard. Get your muscles in condition by
eusy warmups—then there will be no
danger of Charley horses.”
Practice consisted of hitting, sprinting,
and warm-ups for the pitchers and cat
chers. Three letter men and seven of
last year’s squad indulged in light batting
practice for over an hour. Some 15 frosh
grabbed flies, blocked grounders, and
speared line drives off the bats of the
old men. Bill Tuerck, Dick Nelson, Walt
Ivennon, Scoop Rath bun and Sam Bullock
loosened their arms by throwing to Hun
tington and Holcomb, who held the pad
ded gloves.
"If wd* are going to hnve a team
you’ll all have to do your share toward
it”, said Bez. us he measured the boys
for the new uniforms that will be pur
chased soon. “We lack material but we
are going to have perfect organization
and harmony in the squad. No crabbing
will be tolerated.”
Practice will be held from 4:00 to (1:00
p. m. every night. When the weather is
good the squad will work outdoors and
regular games are on the boards between
the varsity and the fro"h. Rainy nights
will find the boys in the gymnasium.
Sprinting on the corked floor, fielding
practice, and warmups for the pitchers
will mark the indoor sessions. Hurd
work will be the menu from now on.
REQUIREMENTS ALTERED
Rhodes Scholarship Regulations Are
Radically Changed.
Some of the rules regulating the
Rhodes Scholarship examinations and
appointments have been changed recent
ly. The chief alterations are as follows:
1. The qualifying examinations will
hereafter be held in each state every
yenr.
2. Scholars will be elected from 32
states each year instead of from the 48
states in two years out of three.
3. Candidates can compete in alter
nate years for either the state in which
they have their domicile or in that in
which they have received any large part
of their education.
According to the Rhodes Scholarships
Bulletin which A. R. Tiffany, University
registrar, has at the administration of
fice, the 48 states are divided into three
groups of 16 each, designated us groups
A, B and C. Oregon is in group B. Fdr
the year 1917, scholars will be elected
from A and (3. For 1918 /rom B and
C; and for 1919, from A and B.
Candidates may t^ke the examination
in October of any year and may offer
themselves for election in any following
year.
Cambridge May Close.
For the first time in over a thousand
years the University of Cambridge, Eng
land, is on the verge of closing. The Med
ical school is the only department with
enough students to run.