"TO BE MISERABLE
OUR SOLEMN DUTY"
Is Keynote of First Assembly
Address of Year, by Dr.
H. C. Mason.
PRES. CAMPBELL URGES
INTEREST IN ACTIVITIES
Dr. Mason Talks to Men Stu
dents in Evening in
Guild Hall.
At least five hundred and fifty stud
ents and members of the faculty at
tended the first assembly of the year
Wednesday morning. Dean Straub
opened the exercises by suggesting
“America” and accompanied by Profes
sor Annette, a new member of the school
of music, the assembled student body
gave outward expression thus of that
feeling of unity and co-operation that
prevaded the assembly from the begin
ning.
Rev. Parkinson, of the Methodist Epis
copal church of Eugene, conducted devo
tionals after which President Campbell
made a plea for the support of the
weekly assemblies, and made several
announcements relative to the try-outs
for men’s glee club Wednesday and the
final try-out for the girls’ glee club
Thursday at four o’clock.
President Campbell is very anxious
that the entering class realize the bene
fit and pleasure to be derived from a
lively interest in campus activities, and
he particularly emphasized the advan
tage of an early choice in campus in
terests. He also urged the under-class
men especially to plan upon maintain
ing a high scholarship and entertaining
sn ambition toward honor work here
in the university.
The particular feature of the assemb
ly was an address by Dr. H. C. Mason,
of Seattle, who for fourteen years was
pastor of the university church at the
University of Washington, and who has
a keen interest in students and their in
terests. His address, “The Gentle Art
of Misery,” held the attention of every
person in the hall, partly because of
the startling things he said and partly
because of his individual way of stating
them. k.
The keynote of the address lay in the
fact that the universe was constructed
to make people miserable and that it is
Undoubtedly our solemn duty to live in
line with the purpose of the universe.
In an unusually clever fashion Dr. Ma
son propounded a series of rhetorical
questions after this nature: “Why does
the sun shine in the summer when it is
bot, anyway?” “Why does a river al
ways flow in a wet place?” “Why does
the big fish always escape instead of the
little one?” These created great merri
ment but left the seeds of reflective
thought never-the-less. By thus present
ing the absolute antithesis of the mes
sage he wished to leave, he secured a
more masterly effect and left a more
Irradicable impression than would other
wise have been possible Further-more,
he furnished everyone there with an hour
of genuine enjoyment.
Dr. Mason also addressed a meeting
of the men students of the Uniersity
Wednesday evening at seven o’clock in
Guild hall, after which he left for his
home in Seattle.
‘ DEBATING PROSPECTS GOOD
Last Year's Team Back; Freshmen Look
Promising, Says Prof. Prescott.
Material is on hand for a strong in
ter-collegiate debating team for the com
ing season according to Prof. Prescott,
head of the public speaking department.
In addition to the fact that last year’s
team is back in its entirety and a num
ber of freshmen with promising inter
scolastic reputations have loomed up.
Of the old team. Rosalind Bates. Earl
Fleischman and Walter Myers expect
to continue. Nicholas Jaureguy is as
yet undecided as to entering and Cloyd
I>awson is ineligible for all expecting the
Montana debate.
Two debates with O. A. C. have been
scheduled for February, one each with
Stanford and Washington Universities
will occur in March while the L niversify
of Montana team will be met in April.
The first meeting of the year con
cerning debating work has been called by
Professor Prescott. It will take place
at 4 p. m. Friday in Prof. Prescott's
office in the basement of Johnson hall.
PICKS FROSH COMMITTEES
Freshmen Acquain
itely Postponed o
tance Party Indefln
i Account Measles.
As the time for
draws near the r
men “prex” Evere
the underdass mix
ewly elected fresh
tt I'ixley is busy
selecting committees. He has several
plans which he inte
the coming event, a
make the assertion
will win, he claims
ads to work out for
ad while he does not
that his freshmen
that they will make
There are severa
ance to be taken up
ley announces that
office Friday at fou
Members of the c<
attend this meeting
things interesting ]'or the sophoomres.
matters of import
in meeting and Pix
the members of the
different committee:! and of the execu
tive board will meet in Dean Straub's
r o'clock.
>mmittee who are to
are: Marie Beach,
Muriel Ferringer, Ada Otten, Elizabeth
Bruere, Anna Eee Miller, Margaret Mc
Kimm, Dorothy H
Cowgill, Frances Br
Eddie Boylen, Bob
Peterson, Horris Bo
arkey, Dwight Hart
man Lind, Lee Wa
The freshmen acq
been indefinitely po
of the measles whic
Delta Delta Delta sorority house
unzicker, Gertrude
ruroek, Hazel Neal,
Montague. Curtis
ock, Douglass Mul
A1 Simpson, Her
ldron.
aaintance party has
stponed on account
h broke out in the
TWENTY OUT
Number Will Be Inc
Appears
reased When Squad
Field.
on
A turnout of tw
Coach Colin V. Dyment at the soccer
meeting yesterday
undoubtedly be grea
the squad appears on the field, as most
of the old men faile
“Last year;” sail
there were no soccer
FOR SOCCER
enty men greeted
This number will
tly increased when
i]l to show up.
Coach Dyment,
games because the
winter was unusually severe and two
or three of the first squad men did not
turn out regularly. We are going to
have the season over
year and escape the
The field will be in shape by Friday
and the first practice will take place
then. No shoes can te furnished at first
as all of the discarded football shoes
have been given to the freshmen boot
ball team. An effort will be made to
get shoes for the f rst squad later.
Coach Dyment haq written to Mult
nomah and O. A. C.
will be scheduled as
have played before;
a Philade.phia high
from Butte high school.
The election of cap ;ain will take place
the early part of October. Until then
Jimmy Sheehy will ait in that capacity.
by Christmas this
bad w'eather?”
for games. They
joon as possible.
Among the recruits are two who
Paul, a wing from
school and Beebe
COMPANY BEI
NG FORMED
Capt.
Bei|i
Paul Bond
Campus to D
ns Recruiting on
rill Corps.
With the ultimate
company of university
captain of Company
Keserve Corps, began
campus yesterday. Four men from Delta
Tau Delta fraternity
drill and last evening
from Friendly hall,
dormitory are Nichols
new of creating a
men, Paul Bond,
2 Coast Artillery
recruiting on the
have signed for
nine were secured
rjThe men from the
s Jaureguy, stud
entbody president,Burl1 Bramhall, Edwin
Cox, Robert Schenek,
Jim Burgess, Don
Knighton and Clarem
Ten University mer
bers of the company
is the intention of Ca
cure at least twenty n
At a well attended meeting of en
Floyd Westerfield,
Bolding, Wiley
e Brenkhow.
have been mem
br some time. It
ptain Bond to se
ore this year.
the dormitory last
1 outlined briefly
rm of service and
thusiastic students at
evening Captain Bon
the sy stem of drill, te
remureration. A maximum of 48 rifle
practices are scheduled for the year.
Men desiring to do the
of practice in a shorti
lowed to do so. Five
prescribed amount
r time will be al
dollars for four
drills per month will hi paid monthly.
Recruits will he expo
timate excuse is offe
Fort Stevens in the
weeks gun practice.
All the fraternities
Bond in his recruiting
the week. It is unde
ial advantages are to
immediate enlistment.
:ted. unless a legi
■ed, to report at
spring for two
will be visited by
campaign during
rstood that spec
be derived from
LAW REGISTRATION
SHOWS GREAT GAIN
p|l
Many Business Men Register
as Special Students in
the Department.
Educational Building Will Soon
Provide New Quarters and
Library for Law School.
Twent.v-six students are now regist
ered in the law school and Dean Hope
expects the entire registration to be at
least thirty-five before the end of the
year. Almost all the old students are
back and a large number of new ones are
expected. A new factor in the make-up
of the law school is the presence of busi
ness men who are registered as special
students, and have no regular connection
with the University.
On or near October first thcf law
school will have quarters in the new
educational building on the third floor.
The rooms are large and well lighted. A
new feature in the department is thh law
library, which will be in the educational
building. All the books belongiiig to
the department will be found in this
library and money for the purchase of
additional copies has already been ap
propriated and these books will be here
soon.
Among the additions are the follow
ing sets:
“Lawyers’ Reports, Annotated,”
“American Decisions,” “American Re
ports,” “American State Reports,”
“American and English Cases, Annotat
ed,” “American Digest System,” and a
“Cyclopaedia of Law and Proceedure.”
Almost all the law periodicals, including
back numbers, will be on .file.
A special feature of this library will
be the study tables, which Dean Hope
says are not excelled by any other west
of the Mississippi. As nothing but; law
books will be in this library, it will be
open to law students only.
The faculty of the law school num
bers five this year, two new additions
having been made. Professor Ralph W.
Hamilton who is a graduate of the Mis
souri law school, and has had ten years
practice on the bar, will take Dr.
Merritt’s work.
The work in Oregon Proceedure1 will
be taken by Mr. E. R. Bryson, of the
Eugene firm of Bryson & Smith. He is
a graduate of the University of Oregon,
and of the Columbia law school, in New
York.
Several new courses are offered 1 this
year, one of which is moot court \^ork.
Mr. Bryson will conduct this work! one
evening a week, one hour credit being al
lowed. The manner of conducting a law
suit, the best methods of attack and de
fense, how to get into court, and ptay
there, will be dealt with. There will be
training in the drawing up of pleadings
and legal forms, as well as all other mat
ters that a young attorney ought to
know. It is expected to extend this
course later to more lectures, and thus
to give -more credit.
Other new aourses offered this year
are: Public service and carriers, con
flict of laws, quasi-contracts, corpora
tions, and mortgages.
A rapid growth in the law school of the
University of Oregon is anticipated by Dr.
Hope and he says that it surely deserves
the attention of those who are thinking
of going to some outside law school, and
that it would be well for them to investi
gate what their own University has to
offer them in this line.
WALTER DIMM RESIGNS
Owing to lack of time Walter Diinm,
the new president of the association has
resigned, making necessary a special
election to be held as soon as the
nominating committee selects a suitable
list of candidates.
Ex-president Dimm is editor-in-chief
of the Springfield News besides holding
a position on the managerial staff of
that paper. Dimm is also carrying work
in the University.
the
C.
MEMBERSHIP NOW 120
Over one hundred and twenty is
count of the membership of the Y. M
A. to date. This number is more than
twice that of last year after the first
ten days of campaigning, nevertheless
Martin Nelson, chairman of the mem
bership committee promise* a still great
er percentage.
SCRIMMAGE BEGINS
Oil KINCAID FIELD
Varsity Scores Two Touch
downs in the First Game
Against Freshmen.
Team Slow in Rounding Into
Shape—Tuerck and Spell
man Out of Game.
The thump and thud of the pigskin
coupled with the smashing of padded
shoulders arose from Kincaid field Tues
day night in the opening scrimmage prac
tice of the 1910 session. Bezdek's
varsity opposed Dean Walker’s freshmen
and pushed over two touchdowns in the
45 minutes session. The frosh, although
they came within placekick range on
two occasions, failed to score.
The initial struggle proved costly to
Bezdek in that Bill Tuerck emerged from
the fray with a badly bruised instep and
a painful Charley horse in his right leg.
Tuerck has been bothered the past two
years with broken arches received last
November in the Southern California
game. In all probability he will be on
the shelf for three weeks or more. Bart
Spellman was also on the sidelines in
last night’s scrimmage due to a sprained
shoulder received the previous afternoon.
He will be on deck in a few days as the
injury is not serious.
Onlookers the past two evenings have
noted several outstanding features ns the
elevens battled With Old Sol working
overtime. First—the varsity is slow in
rounding into shape, both physically and
in perfection of team play. Although they
gained almost at will through the frosh
defenses their work was ragged and un
finished in spots. Second—It will take
two or three weeks of the hardest kind
of labor to rival the well oiled, smooth
working vnrsity of last November. Third
—The freshmen have the material for
one of the best first year teams that ever
cleated the Kincaid inclosure.
First roses go to Shy Huntington,
Bill Steers, Ed Strowbridge, and Dow
Wilson. Shy, calling signals, and using
nothing but a straight and cross-buck
formation, was able to engineer the vars
ity ever the babe’s line on four differ
ent occasions. Besides he was good
for 8 and 10 yards whenever he carried
the leather. “Yearling” Steers, the
husky Dallas boy, was the big shout for
Walker’s cohorts. He was a bear on the
offense and showed a world of speed,
time and again breaking through for
good gains. It looks like a sure varsity
berth for Steers next year is he continues
at his present clip.
Steers and Strowbridge went on in
aviation rampage in Tuesday’s practice
and reeled off a cool 40 yurds by annex
ing four out of five forward passes.
Dow Wilson also showed his mettle at
right end by spilling several plays be
fore they gained any headway.
Bezdek is still harping on the funda
mentals and doling out the usual line of
conditioning stunts. His daily dope
sheet posted in the gymnasium consists
of warming up, 5 minutes, kicking 10
minutes, placekicking 10 minutes, scrim
mage 30 minutes, tackling dummy 10
minutes, falling on the ball 10 minutes,
bucking machine, tapered off with a turn
around the track for everybody.
Johnny Parsons is expected in Eugene
either Thursday or Friday and will no
doubt report for practice immediately.
His arrival will all the necessary zazz
i nd experience to the ibackfield. Cap
tain Johnny Beckett returns to the fold
Friday night after recuperating from an
operation for tonsilitis. From then on
i Bezdek’s machine will be intact and
should come fast.
COURTS NEARLY FINISHED
Tennis Players May Use Grounds Soon;
Are Tarred and Sanded.
After six months time the tennis
courts back of Kincaid field are finally
nearing completion. Devotees of the net
game will be able to play on them in
10 days or two weeks. The surface is
a mixture of tar, sand and flaked gravel.
If this proves to be unsuitable a dif
ferent covering will be used. The courts
are four in number and are for the ex
clusive use of the student body.
1 FRIARS ELECT
j MARTIN NELSON
EMMETT RATHBUN
MEASLES DANGER IS PAST
Investigation Shows Nearly Three
Fourths of Students Had Disease.
“Once is enough for anyone to have
measles” said Dr. W. L. Cheshire, city
health 'office, “and I do not think there
is very much danger of an epidemic on
the campus due to the fact that a sur
vey shc^ws that nearly three fourths of
the students have already had the dis
ease.
“It in very rare when anyone suffers
more than once from this malady and
it is not at all dangerous unless one
catches: cold with it. For this reason
the winter season is the worst time to
have it.
Marion Chapin is recovering steadily,.
No new cases of measles have been re
ported either in the town or on the
campus I and the Tri Deltas declare that
they are all feeling fit. Every precau
tion is , being taken however and the
students arc all being watched and there
social engagements limited.
The Women's league tea for Miss Fox
scheduled for Saturday afternoon has
been postponed by the dean of women
due to ,the fact that many townspeople
are expected to attend. It was not
considered necessary to call off the
Dove reception ns it was a party for
students who had been mingling on the
campus. continually.
CAMPUS TO BE IMPROVED
Work off Putting Extension Building on
New Foundation Has Befjun.
Students attending classes in journal
ism will not have to walk a narrow
plank to get into the extension build
ing very much longer. The work of put
ting it upon a foundation has already
begun. Other improvements are being
made to better the appearance of the
campus. >> Both the sides and the roof
of the women's outdoor gymnasium will
be stained green. The work of clear
ing up the campus will begin upon the
completion of the new education build
ing the first of October.
The plans Mr. Lawrence have made for
the campus call for a drive to run on
the east- side of the new building from
thirteenth avenue to Eleventh. Work
on the drive as well as on paths, cement
walks, Hind lawns about the building,
will not start until early spring when
the plana will be well organized and the
weather i settled. The earth about the
building will be levelled and board walks
built to serve during the months of rain.
JUNIOR CLASS NOMINATES
Helene DeLano and Martha Tinker
Hun for Secretaryship.
At a 'special meeting of the Junior
class in I Guild hall Tuesday afternoon
nominations were made to fill the office
of secretary, left vacant by Miss Marion
Springer who has not returned to
school. Miss Helene DeLano and Miss
Martha Tinker, both of whom were Miss
Springer’s opponents at the last elec
tion again were nominated to run for
the office.
Nominations were also held for class
advisor, pinee Dr. Conklin, former class
advisor, )ias resigned. Dr. E. S. Bates
and Prof. John S. Bovard were placed
in nomination. Candidates for secre
tary and the men put forth for class
advisors will be voted upon in the hall
of the administration building, Friday
afternoon between the hours of one and
three. T'he voting will be in charge of
a committee of: Lloyd Teggart, Bill
Garretson, Wiley Nighton, Dorothy Dun
bar, Leuta Jerard, and Jo Driscoll.
A committee to engineer the under
class mix was appointed. The date of
October 7 was chosen. The mix will
be staged preliminary to the Oregon
Willamette game on the same day. The
committee for the affair is composed of;
Jack Montague, chairman, Walter Ken
non, James Sheehy, Don Belding, and
Rav Couch. Mum’s the word as to the
a shroud of secrecy will sur
plans for the scrap to keep
rying aid inquisitive frosh at a dis
inco.
nix and
round th
The exchequer of the class was re
ported to be in a flourishing condition
due to the efficient manner of collecting
dues at tlie time of registration.
Nov. 4 Selected ais Homecoming
Day; Cook Is Sophomore
Representative.
YELL LEADER WILL BE
CHOSEN NEXT MEETING
Petition for Reinstatement of
BasktbaU Will Soon Go
Before Faculty.
xue auiHHUTuuua t; xiome-coming
day and the selection of the sophomore
members of the student council occupied
the attention of that body at ite special
meeting yesterday afternoon. That No
vember 4, should be chosen as Home
Coming Day was decided without a dis
senting vote, and Gleorge Cook was
elected to represent the sophoomres.
That there should be a Home-Coming
Day was not for a moment questioned, so
great was the success of last year’s
venture. Publicity work will be taken
up immediately under the direction of
Martin Nelson, and by means of the
alumni section of the Emerald the atten
tion of graduates will be called to the
importance of returning to old Oregon if
tor but that single day.
With Chairman Nelson, Harold Ham
street, Jack Dolph, Berneice Lucas and
Beatrice Galor will serve as a public
ity committee.
According to President Jaureguy the
greater part of the nbxt student coun
cil meeting, to held Wednesday evening
at seven o’clock, will be given over to a
discussion of plans and details of the
program of entertainment for the hun
dreds of visitors whb will be on the
cumpus at that time.
Harold Hamstreet, Fred Kiddle and
Jimmy Sheehy were elected members
of the yell-leader advisory committee.
These will report to the student council
the names of nominees for the position
of yell lender, and the council will then
vote upon these nnmen.
The petitions for the reinstatement of
basketball as nn intercollegiate sport
will go before the faculty without any
embellishments in the form of reasons,
was decided yesterdays The history of
was dedided yesterday, The history of
these same petitions, or at least of similar
petitions in the same great cause, was
sufficient argument to make the mem
bers of the council volte against a pro
posal that a committee appear before
the faculty.
The student council this year under
takes new duties as the board of direc
tors of the co-operativ^ store accordingly
it was deemed advisable to separate
ns far ns possible the business of the
two bodies. With thill in mind it was
decided yesterday that at least one ad
ditional meeting should be held as a
board of directors. The regular two
meetings as the student council will be
held as at present. As directors the
council will meet on the first Wednes
day of each month and as student coun
cillors, on the second and fourth Wed
nesdays.
To make it possible for all members
of the council to attend, the hour of
meeting was changed from four to seven
o’clock. Ten members and President
Jaureguy were present yesterday after
noon. With the addition of George Cook
the membership of the council is brought
up to 14.
$7000 TO LOAN TO WOMEN
$5000 More Has Beet Borrowed by Wo
men From Scholarship Loan Fund.
Mrs. P. L. Campbell will go to Port
land, on Saturday^ to attend a board
meeting of the scholarship loan fund, of
whom Mrs. Frederick Eggert, of Port
land, is the chairman. The fund was
started in 1908 by Mrs. Eggert and since
that time has helped 104 young wom
en to Creceive higher education. The
club has $7,000 in the treasury at pres
ent and has $5,000 more which is loan
ed out to young women.
Because of the great demand for help
the club is loaning only to junior and
senior women, but anyone who can be
recommended by a reliable association
is eligible.
Mrs. Campbell says that nearly all of
the girls are making good and that many
of them have repaid the club in one pay
ment. She mentioned one, who, having
received training in art, received enough
from one painting to return the money1