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OREGON OFFICIAL ORGAN EMERALD OF STUDENT BODY VOL. 17. EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1916. NO. 76. .UUUIinNJI LEAGUE UNDER FULL STEAII All But Two of Preliminary Games Gone by the k.. Boards MEXICAN ATHLETES CAVORT Baseball Series Started; Betas, Iota Chis and Sigma Chis Are Winners. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ The standings in the Doughnut ♦ ♦ league follow: ♦ ♦ Won. Lost Pet. ♦ ♦ Beta Theata Pi.1 0 1.000 ♦ ♦ Iota Chi .1 0 1.000 <» ♦ Sigma Chi.1 0 1.000 ♦ ♦ Oregon Club .0 1 .000 ♦ ♦ Phi Delta Theta.0 1 .000 ♦ Friendly hall ,.... .0 1 .000 ♦ + Alpha Tau Omega.. .0 0 .000 ♦ ♦ Phi Gamma Delta...0 0 .000 ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ All but two of the preliminary games In the Doughnut league series have been played, but of those played, one is yet to be decided. The Fijis and A. T. O’s Will probably meet tomorrow afternoon to settle a tie game played Monday. Dead Ban’s diamond has been a busy spot dur ing the twilight hours for the past week, and some of the playing of the fraternity Ben would put the famous Mudville team to shame. It is doubtful if any game will follow the conference games of this weekend, hut the preliminaries will probably be Completed by Wednesday of next week. Mexican athletes, frosh with “prep” School reps, bushers, football heroes, basket tossers, fussers; men who do not fcave the time to make the Varsity, all arrayed in any and every kind of a uni form—more often parts of uniforms— are cavorting around the diamond on Cemetery Hill these evenings, when nor mal man should be satisfying his appe tite, in an endeavor to show the highly critical fans how the national game Should be played. Why? The Doughnut baseball league has cut loose. Along about 1910 and 1911, Lair H. Gregory vas getting out a sheet on the Campus that he called the “Midnight doughnut.” When spring came and the fyoung men’s fancies turned to thoughts of gloves, bats, and balls, Gregory con ceived the idea of having the different fraternities and clubs on the campus form an association, which should organ be leagues for the various athletic Sports. The plan was heartily received and the association form(|l and called “The Doughnut League” in honor of Gregory. Four Doughnut League baseball games bare been played so far this year. Betas Won from the Oregon club, 3 to 2. Iota Chi defeated the Phi Deltas, 9 to 8. The Alpha Taus and Fijis thrilled the audi ence in a 2 to 2 tie that will be played off some time this week, and the Sigma Chi sluggers beat the Friendly Hall ag gregation in a 12 to 10 hit and run fest. “Red” Slater, who opposed “Rudy” Rutherford in the opening game of the series, showed a lot of the round-house variety puzzling the opposing batters as Well as “Monty,” who was on the receiv ing end. “Estecady” Bartlett on the in Hitial sack, pulled some clever stuff in the last frame. While the base-runner was getting instructions from “Rudy on bow to score and tie up the game, Bill Burgard slipped the ball to “Esty” who hid it until Fleischmann got off, tagged him and ended the ninth with a love •core. The Iota Chi-Fhi ueita contest air-tight for the first three innings, and then both teams began showing a pro pensity for scoring. “Christy” Kennon, Varsity squad pitcher, appeared in the role of catcher and looked like a leaguer on high balls. The game between the A. T. O. and Fiji teams was a pitchers’ duel between “String” Blackaby and “Chief” Wilson. 4he game went five innings in fine shape Pod probably would have gone longer had not darkness intervened. The game will be finished some other evening this Week. It may be that Fatimas are poor train ing diet, but the Sigma Chi’s maintain that the way to win a baseball game is __ Gym. Tracksters Trimmed for Me Novices Under Ed. Shod Will Be Given Chance Show Racing Proclivities kley On Saturday, May 20, at nine-thirty in the morning, all track novices will be given a chance to show what they are made of as that is the date set by Ed Shockley for the novice track meet, The idea of the novice meet is to get more students interested in outdoor letics. Shockley is holding the among the members of his gym classes and has required that each entry sign up for three events. First, second and iet to ath meet third places will count points as in any track e in** ill be meet and a record will be kept of th dividual point winners so that it w known who wins the meet No arrange ments have yet been made to give the winner anything in the way of a 'but something might be put up before the meet is held, Because of the amount of training ne cessary for some events the meet be cut down to the easier races field events. There will be a 100-yard high 220, 880, lowhurdles, pole vault, jump, broad jump, javelin and shctput. The high hurdles, discus, mile, two-mile and 440 will 'be left out. will and FLOWERS FORBIDDEN AT ISIS JUNIOR PROM. Committees Appointed to That No Guest Has Nosegsf; Admission Lowered to $ See y; the b'hen Flowers are positively taboo at Junior Prom. A committee has appointed to see that no one gets ihside the door with the sign of a nosegay At the class meeting yesterday it also decided to cut the prices of former p by ovel. years and charge but one bone, idea of cutting the admission chi and forbidding flowers is so that every' one may be able to go,” said President Scaiefe. The water fete plans, as drawn u Bob Mci^urray, promise something n After the water fete there will be a dance at the shack. If the weather is inclement, the men’B gym will be put to use. May 6 will be a night of vaudeville in Junior circles. Because of the cap: of Guild theatre, only people rece: invitations from members of the jrlass will be allowed to view the vaudevil|istic capers. was The rges acity : ving THE OREGANA OUT SOON Ex Half of Book Has Been Printed; pected to Be Finished by Junior Week-End. Over half of the 1917 Oregana is off the press and the remainder is being rushed through with all possible speed according to Jimmie 'Stoddard^ the edi tor. He announces that the book will be out before Junior weekend despite the fact that the work has been delayed somevyhat by the non-arrival of cuts. The press work, the editor saysi, is especially fine, due to care of the ex perienced men who are handling the job. Th halftones show up especially fine. The engraving is also of fine quality, the arrangement of individual pictures being very good. “We have done our best,” said Editor Stoddard, ‘‘to make an accurate and com prehensive account of college life.” — GETS $50,000 SALARY. R. L. (Rube) Goldberg ’04, University of" California, famous cartoonist, has signed a three-year contract with i' the Evening Mail Syndicate at $50,000 a year. Goldberg is the author of i the “Foolish Questions” and “I’m the C}uy series. His salary is the highest paid of any newspaperman in the United States, outside of those who fill executive posi jtteD** * "" " ’ — TREASURER'S REPORT HEALTHY BALANCE Hard and Dry Year and Impe cunious Students Do Not Hurt Finances. Class treasuries are, on the whole, In a pretty healthy state, despite the al leged hard times, the impeculnousness of most of the students and the melan cholic air which the treasurerers assume when speaking of assessments, collec tions and expenses. According to these guardians of the exchequers the method of collecting dues at the registrar’s of fice has proven satisfactory and will be done the same way. Statistics from the 'bookkeeper show that $515.60 has been taken in since last September and the $462.81 has been paid out, leaving a balance in the four treas uries of $52.79. The Juniors lead with $84.36 having collected $117.21 and issued requisitions for $32.85. The Seniors are next with $31.55 to the good, their receipts amount ing to $60.00, and expenses $32.85. The Sophomore class has $1.84 on the credit side of their ledger. With the regular dollar tax and a special assessment of 25 cents per capita they have cornered $192.25 and have spent $190.41. Out of the $211.35 taken in by the freshmen 25 cents has been asved. Koy Stevens, keeper of the 1916 purse, presents a rather gloomy view of the finances of his class. “Money is coming in slow—everyone seems to be broke. People are willing enough to pay but don’t seem to have any ready cash. We’re planning on some kind of a memorial but more dues must be col lected before any further expense can be taken.” “Pretty good condition,” is the way Bob Langley spoke of the Junior bank balance. We cleaned up $90 on our dance given during Home Coming week and will make $120 on the Junior Prom but only one-half of our class has paid the dollar tax. Junior weekend outlays will be cut down—economy will be the keyynote. Even with this frugal admin istration, however, expenses for the three days will be in the neighborhood of $200. Don Belding, the Sophomore treasurer, reports that 85 per cent have paid the usual dollar levy while but 50 per cent have come through with the 25 cent spe cial tax. “Our only indebtedness is the armory bill of $20, which will be cancelled as soon as possible.” “We’ll not have a cent left over,” said Ward McKinney of the 1919 class when asked as to the financial rating of the Freshmen. “At present our outstanding accounts amount to $50. There will be class meeting in the near future to de termine the best method of clearing up our indebtedness.” TWINS WIN IN DEBATE Eugene Trio Defeats Four Portland Girls In English Class Meet. Three Eugene twins defeated four Portland girls, 23 to 3, in an English class debate Tuesday on the subject: “Re solved, That the professional schools of the University of Oregon should be moved to Portland.” Dr. E. 6. Dates chose Essie Maguhe, Leta Rhodes, Sylvia Rowland and I/u cile Saunders, all from Portland, to up hold the affirmative, and Helen Brenton, Martha Andrews, Dorothy Andrews and Claire Warner, all from Eugene to up hold the negative. Due to the illness of Miss Warner, the negative team was composed of the first three only. Each has a twin and the girls declare that this fact accounts for their success. The members of the class acted as judges. CELESTIALS WILL ACT. A Chinese play with an all-Chinese cast will be presented by students from the Orient studying in colleges around Boston. Undergraduates from Harvard will play ythe masculine roles, while wo men from Wellesley and Radcliffe will take the feminine parts. The college dub of Wabash, consisting of the wives of faculty members and trustees, has started e. compaign for a j500Q^gymnasium fund._ ^ PORTLAND AND OREGON i » W. B. D. Dodson, of Portland, I Talks to U. Class on Issuance of Bonds for Line to Alaska. "Portland and the state of Oregon fails toUake advantage of its industrial and commercial opportunities,” said W. B. D. Dodson, secretary of the bureau of trade and commerce of the Portland chamber of commerce, when addressing the class in industrial and commercial survey 'yesterday afternoon. Mr. Dod son’s argument was, in substance, as fol lows : Portland is but 100 nautical miles far ther from Alaskan trade than is Seattle and a vessel leaving Portland for Alsaka would hf|ive to change its course but three times instead of the “1400” deviations necessary on the Seattle route. 1,800,000 people live in the territory involved in Oregon; jt;h;ere is 20 times the arable land that Puget sound can boast of; the rich est timb'er distinct in the world could be tapped. 1 Oregon has the advantage as a distributing center on land, and yet wholesalers, retailers and manufacturers locate on the sound. The obvious reason wholesalers and manufacturers pass up Portland in favor of Seattle is that steamship lines and water transportation facilities are plen tiful on the sound and mighty scarce around Portland. Steamship lines tried Portland some time ago; they were not guided b|? the best business principles and failed. The failures seem to have filled individual capitalists with pessismism. They assume the attitude: “It can’t be done.” | Why can It not be done? The rail roads do not interfere; the Columbia bar is now in good shape. The two main reasons advanced by business men for not entering the shipping field with Portland as a base is that it is at a dis advantage as to distance and that it would tlVke a higher type of vessel to carry on 'the trade from Portlai^J to Alaska than it would from Seattle. Mr. Dodson pointed out that the 100 miles handicap is insignifican* Sound cities have overcome distance advantages in regard to trade with California and have acquired; the greater part of Oregon’s rightful trade with our southern neigh bor. Oregon’s bountiful natural re sources should have an access through Oregon ports to Alaska’s $20,000,000 yearly trade. The bureau of trade and commerce, of which Mr. Dodson is secretary, has in terested T. B. Wilcox, president of the Portland flour mills and “one of the most successful business men in the west in a plan to bond the port of Portland for $1,000,000 to, provide means of im proved water transportation to Alaska. The legislature will be asked to sanction this move at its next session. Or, the matter may be decided at a special elec tion in the summer. The committee in charge found that the only way to apportion the burden of installing a system whereby Portland would cofaoe into her own as a port would be to bond the poTt of Portland. Then all would! cooperate in making the com munity prosperous. The plan has not been formulated in exact detail as yet, but a period of from 10 to 15 years will probably be set |for redemption. The interest will be taken caTe of iin the meantire and deficits, if any, will fall back upon th people. The port spepds some $500,000 a year now for improvements, dockage and so on. One suggestion is to underwrite the city agaihst loss. DRILL JUNIOR WEEK-END If Company Can Beoome Proflolent an Exhibition Will Be Arranged The University voluntary company will put on an exhibition drill Junior, weekend, provided the men can become proficient enoutfh by that time. The plan was, objected to last evening on ac count of lack of uniforms and arms. H. K. Kingsbury was elected captain of Company B to succeed Captain Eel. Harwood, who resigned his position of active captain. He was in turn elected first lietuenant of the squad. The senior class of Syracuse university has adopted a class budget of $500. It is proposed to use a part of this money to recast the Crouse college chimes. Odd Facts Shown Concerns Seniors I *' I ‘ Tape Measure Jin Hands of Prent Brown Shows Curi ous Measurements. At last the true facta about the Seniors are coming to light. No one—not one— is escaping the vigilant eye and ever ready tape measure of Prent Brown. No longer will the tall, thin ones be able to sayy: “Oh, I’m not iskinny. I really weigh quite a lot.” ot “I know my face looks plump, but I only weigh one hun dred and twenty.” No, all gentle pre varication is at an end. The seekeT af ter truth has only to consult the record and measurements for the Senior caps and gowns, accurately recorded by Prent, to ascertain the truth, all the truth and nothing but the truth. Also, some very odd facts have been discovered concerning some of our prom inent Seniors. The , measurements of Anse Cornell and Esther Campbell coin cide exactly! They both lay claim to a 38 chest. Their weight is identical and horrors! even to this, I they are both the same height! We wish to make a note here that this is the first case of dual personalityy discovered so far, in the history of the University, on the campus. The long and the short of this Senior gown stuff is suramedl up in Jim Coss man and Hermes Wifightson. Hermes has not been caught yet, but Jim’s gown —his first, he tells us—measures 62 inches, he weighs 207 pounds and is six feet two inches tall, while his head size is seven and three-eighths. Enrl Morri son scores his one point in the contest by tying Jim on the hat band, both of them contending that |hey have the big gest heads in the Senior class. SENIOR EXAM OATES: MAY 29-30, JUNE 1-2 I Faculty Also Adopts Tentative Commencement Schedule) June 2-5 1^ Time. i At a meeting of the faculty hold April 6 it was decided that the senioTs should take their examinations May 29-30 and June 1 and 2. As May 30 is Memorial day no examinations will 'be given at that time. i A tentative commencement schedule was taken up at the meeting also and the following program iadopted, although according to Secretary N. O. Grimes it is subject to change: Friday, June 2, 1916i Evening, “The Comedy of Errors.’* Saturday, June 8, Alumni Day, Forenoon—Business meetings. Noon—University dinner. Afternoon—Faculty baseball (O. A. C. vs. U. of O.) and president’s reception. Evening—Alumni ball. Sunday, June 4—Baccalaureate seT- • mon, and faculty sacred concert, school of music. I Monday, June 5—Forenoon, class-day and commencement program. Afternoon—Fortieth anniversary cele bration, Founders’ day,, Laying corner stone of the new Education building. Evening—Flower and fern procession. Failing and Bcekmau orations. C. N. HSHEB IS G0MIN6 I Regent and Newspaper Man Will Ad dress Journalism Students Fri day Afternoon. t Charles H. Usher, publisher of the Salem Capital Journal and president of the Guard Publishing company, of Eu gene, will speak In Gu Id hall Friday to the faculty and students of the school of journalism. Mr. Fisher is a regent of the University and one of the successful newspapermen of the state. He has conducted at various times the Boise Captital News, of Boise, Idaho; the Re view, of Roseburg, Oregon; and the Daily Guard of Eugene, He sold his in terest In the Guard several years ago, but within the last few weeks has again invested in the Eugenb property. Mr. Fisher’s lecture will be' open to the pub lic, President Campbell -will preside^ DRENCHES FIELD IE FOR CONFERENCE MIX Washington Team Arrives To morrow for Two Big i Contests. r«* FRIDAY’S GAME AT 4 P. M. “BUI Tuerck” Scheduled for Opener Against Visitors’ Best Bet—Rogers. Bain last night and showers during to day have put the diamond on Cemetery Ridge in poor shape for the games with Washington commencing tomorrow af ternoon at 4 o’clock. This ha/dicap will mitigate ugainst the Varsity’s chances as Coach Bezdek has been depending on a fast field. But— When Umpire Jimmy Richardson has finished the usual preliminaries, |the vnrsity baseball team primed to the let ter, will take the field against Washing ton at 4 p. m. Friday, in a supreme ef fort to retrieve some of the lost ground of their recent northern invasion. Tlhat it will be a battle for blood ia testified by the fact that both Coach Bezdek hnd Coach Brinker will depend upon their star pitcher to win the opening game. Big William Paul Tuerck will be on the mound for the varsity, with the dou ble purpose of beating Washington and incidentally getting Tevenge for the 6 to 0 whitewashing he received at the hands of Charley Rogers in Seattle. This is Bill’s fourth year in college and will mark his final appearance against |the purple and gold. Rogers will, no doubt, work the open the the ing game for the invaders despite fact that O. A. C. knocked him off rtfbber in less than five innings at Cor vallis yesterday. The final score wars 9 to 8, and the Aggies should repeat today with Bickey Williams doing the firing. The strain of overwork seems to have had its effect on Rogers’ arm and he will be lucky if he can pitch Friday’s game in Eugene. Last night marked the last real work out for the regulars 'before the Washing ton and O. A. C. games. Never before has the varsity played such ball as they did in the five-inning practice game with the freshmen. There was not a miseue to mar the afternoon session, and evbry man on the team hit the ball on the nose. “You boys are certainly playing ^ine ball,” said Bezdek, in the shower room at the conclusion of the practice. "You are hitting and fielding in great style—I think we have finally hit our stride.” The lineup as given below is certain save for the possible exception of Joe McLean in right field. Joe has been woefully weak in batting practice and “Be*” may station Jake Risley in his place as an eleventh-hour change. “Doc” Medley, although somewhat “stove up” after the early week’s baserunning grind, ought to be in shape after today’s rest. “Shy” Huntington’s hand is now as good os ever. He has been throwing out the baserunners the past week with uncanny accuracy. Bight Fielder “Bud” Young, of the Washington nine, may be pulled in frbrn the gardens to play first base in place of Ladner, who, is in a slump. In iall probability, “Scoop” Rathbun will [be chosen to work in Saturday's game which will be called at 8 p. m. Opposing him will either be Miles “Standish" Catey or “Southpaw” Thompson. Carey lias the first call as the varsity mauled Thompson to all corners of Denny field in the second Washington game in Seat tle. Should the present threatening weather cause the postponement of Fri day's game a double-header will no doubt be staged on Saturday, The lineup for Washington tomorrow is as follows; Second base, Kem^e} third base, Been; centerfield, Thompson; shortstop, Smith; first baBe, Ladnerj right field, Young; left field, Taylor} catcher, Wlslon; pitcher, Rogers. Ojre~ gon’s men will be; Second base, Grebe; center field, Sheehy; shortstop, Cornell; catcher, Huntington; first base, Nelson} right field, McLean; left field, Medley; third base; Maison; pitcher, Tuerok. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦-4H* ♦ ♦ ALPHA KAPPA PSI, 4 ♦ Announces the election b"| ♦ + Emmett Rathbun ♦ + Bernard Breeding | ♦ ♦ John Beckett. ♦